He wrote:- “Blue-collar people today are economically much better off than they were in, say, the 1950s or 1970s. Their inflation-adjusted average overall income and benefits are considerably higher, their houses are bigger, and they have access to labour-saving technologies their grandparents couldn’t even envisage.“The paradox of markets is that people pursuing their rational self-interest … Continue reading Samuel Gregg is the Friedrich Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History at the American Institute for Economic Research.
Go to bed with Greens, wake up to a toxic society
Source: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/go-to-bed-with-greens-wake-up-to-a-toxic-society/news-story/f78babea4a06e9a6c7f440271cfe054f You can tell a lot about a person by the things they don’t say. Silence often condemns more frequently and powerfully than words. Anyone (as we’ve seen in the past 18 months) can grab a sign, chuck on a scarf and walk through the streets as part of a baying, screeching mob. That … Continue reading Go to bed with Greens, wake up to a toxic society
Boil It Down!
When you strip away the spin, the Budget figures reveal: Government spending as a proportion of GDP is the highest in four decades, excluding the peak of Covid-19 spending. No improvement in the budget position compared to forecasts made at the last election, despite an unexpected tax revenue windfall of nearly $400 billion. Spending growth is … Continue reading Boil It Down!
Outback Magazine- A Very Kind Review
Active Humanity "As a mentor and a father and a husband and a friend As a leader and as someone upon whom you can depend As a steward of the country with a future to unfold Your place within this country is a story to be told.” So wrote poet and OUTBACK contributor Andrew Hull … Continue reading Outback Magazine- A Very Kind Review
Ukraine Support
Andrew Roberts gave the following speech in the House of Lords, following the publication of the report ‘Ukraine: A Wake Up Call’ from the International Relations and Defence Committee. We must not underestimate the gravity of what has happened, which is that during a war against totalitarian dictatorship, the United States has effectively changed sides. It is … Continue reading Ukraine Support
Time To Call a Halt
Surely, the time has arrived for an immediate halt to be called to all projects to extend solar, wind and the massive additional grid network to distribute these ‘renewables’. The damage to our agricultural production, the rush to the exit of so many wind and solar investors and the weight of scientific questioning the wisdom … Continue reading Time To Call a Halt
Direct Parallels From the Australian Spectator
Rotherham, Rochdale, Wadeye? Crimes in remote communities are being ignored like Muslim rape gangs Tony Letford Getty Images Tony Letford 25 January 2025 9:00 AM When Musk claimed that, ‘The snivelling cowards who allowed the mass rape of little girls in Britain are still in power… for now’, he must have known that his inflammatory … Continue reading Direct Parallels From the Australian Spectator
Fascism
German playwright Berthold Brecht wrote in reference to Nazi fascism- This was the thing that nearly had us mastered; Don’t yet rejoice in his defeat,you men! Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard, The bitch that bore him is in heat again.
Christmas Letter
Christmas Letter- 2024 Here I am on Christmas Eve, again prompted to review my decision to break the annual habit, by the receipt of welcome epistles from so many others. My personal doings are mostly included in my online journal (jdoboyd.com). These include my Birdsville via Wagga trip with two other octogenarians in May/June. In very … Continue reading Christmas Letter
Trump Triumphs
"It is impossible to overstate the importance of Donald Trump’s triumph. Israel, for one, will be heaving a mighty sigh of relief. Iran’s ayatollahs will be shaking in their boots. One wag posted a video online of the mandarins at the United Nations running around in a panic shredding all their documents. The transgender madness … Continue reading Trump Triumphs
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