Jim SpearsSPECIAL EXPOSE REPORT ON POLITICAL CORRUPTION
June 2nd 2008 03:27
The Swagman has been known to boil a Billy but now I’m going to boil your blood. What do you trust your politician with? Tax dollars, public services, education, health etc. These public interests are being held ransom as politicians using their ability to fund improvements, create ministries to curry favour with voters at election time. It is more popularly known as “Pork barrelling” and it is designed to sway votes during the crucial points of the electoral process.
Some politicians even stoop to “Pork Barrel” ineligible voters like innocent children. In Saturday’s Herald it was revealed that John Howard’s ham sandwich to provide $500,000 to protect Orang-utans in Borneo was to go unfulfilled. The promise was made to Daniel, 11, who has since established a national fund-raiser for the Orang-utans so their future is secure but his political nous earned a promise with witnesses while bringing the seamy side of politics into view. We’d all agree that some moral tales are for parents but for a lesson in “politik-ing” the Prime Minister is the better tutor. He should have said to Daniel “Of course you realise that all promises are made pursuant to an election win and that I, and my parliamentary colleagues, will not accept any responsibility for it not coming to pass. Thanks for your support champ.” When this duty went neglected Daniel was left with a bureaucratic kiss-off; a harsh lesson learnt too soon.
We are now at the heart of the matter: conspiracy. These promises sprout wildly and widely creating dreams and bringing hope but only half survive. Parties have been known to deliberately choose opposing platforms to manipulate voting patterns. They only want to seem different and the public interest is the victim. A conspiracy between government and business is expected but a conspiracy between parties within a political system? That is a cadre attempting to maintain the elite. And they all do it.
When you vote you invest in a dream so you should get a return. Perhaps it as simple as having set promises putting them in a hat and letting fate decide. Let the pollies decide the language not the goal. It is a foolproof system.
Surely the Orang-utans deserve
that much.
Some politicians even stoop to “Pork Barrel” ineligible voters like innocent children. In Saturday’s Herald it was revealed that John Howard’s ham sandwich to provide $500,000 to protect Orang-utans in Borneo was to go unfulfilled. The promise was made to Daniel, 11, who has since established a national fund-raiser for the Orang-utans so their future is secure but his political nous earned a promise with witnesses while bringing the seamy side of politics into view. We’d all agree that some moral tales are for parents but for a lesson in “politik-ing” the Prime Minister is the better tutor. He should have said to Daniel “Of course you realise that all promises are made pursuant to an election win and that I, and my parliamentary colleagues, will not accept any responsibility for it not coming to pass. Thanks for your support champ.” When this duty went neglected Daniel was left with a bureaucratic kiss-off; a harsh lesson learnt too soon.
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We are now at the heart of the matter: conspiracy. These promises sprout wildly and widely creating dreams and bringing hope but only half survive. Parties have been known to deliberately choose opposing platforms to manipulate voting patterns. They only want to seem different and the public interest is the victim. A conspiracy between government and business is expected but a conspiracy between parties within a political system? That is a cadre attempting to maintain the elite. And they all do it.
When you vote you invest in a dream so you should get a return. Perhaps it as simple as having set promises putting them in a hat and letting fate decide. Let the pollies decide the language not the goal. It is a foolproof system.
Surely the Orang-utans deserve
that much.
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