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This isn’t new The Government of Bhutan’s central “economic policy” focus has been the ” Economy of Well-Being” Social Democracies around the world have been practising it to some extent far more than Australia has. Some like Cuba are not even given a remote chance to practice what they preach by America. The people’s choices are always deemed ignorant by the conservatives of Western Democracies.

Bernie Sanders in America has spent his life advocating “another form of economics” always losing out, not to the Republicans but rather to the non-progressives in the Democratic Party who remain blinded to any other form of privatised economics than is currently practised. They simply hold the power and the megaphone not the logic or commonsense thought that exists outside of the current matrix we have constructed.

Yet Australia’s Conservatives and the LNP regard what Chalmers has been echoing as some radical change of life and in their kindest moments writing it off as pure fantasy. It’s not but it’s rarely spoken of out loud in Australia.

Jim Chalmers Essay

This is not to suggest that Chalmers is predicting the end of the capitalist order. Far from it. But the capitalism Chalmers envisages is one where markets must work to advance well-being. So too must governments. That’s hardly a radical view, but it has to be asserted, because governments have lost sight of that objective. Hence the importance attached to the wellbeing budget.

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Five days a week of free preschool seems like a no-brainer to anyone with a heart. But there’s one big catch – ABC News

At the same time, new analysis this week revealed that the CEOs at the top ASX-listed companies earned 132 times the average Australian salary. Some made even more: the boss of CSL raked in $58.9 million.

How about that? 132 times! Of course, these disparities will always be with us: risk, reward — all that. But I wonder if I’m going to hear Mr Tens of Millions gripe in the near future about lack of growth, poor productivity and the need for better training, while women with three degrees take his kids through the alphabet?

Five days a week of free preschool seems like a no-brainer to anyone with a heart. But there’s one big catch – ABC News
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Oh, for a government that values values – » The Australian Independent Media Network

This Coalition ATM government simply does not subscribe to the values promoted by its own Department of Home Affairs.

The “public good”? “Mutual respect, tolerance, fair play, compassion”? Forget them, they are “leftist values”, part of a “leftist agenda”. Remember Peter Dutton’s warning that “a single act of compassion” could destroy the cordon of cruelty his government has erected in the name of “border security”?

“Leftist” or otherwise, our country deserves a government that values values. Not weasel pretend-values, not a list of definitions to be ignored but actual heartfelt real dinky di ones that truly define our aspiration to become the best, most humane society we can be.

via Oh, for a government that values values – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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British Values Oath Proposed By Sajid Javid | The Huffington Post

6) Not making eye contact on public transport.

Source: British Values Oath Proposed By Sajid Javid | The Huffington Post

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A Fixed Constellation: In Defence Of Those Who Don’t Share ‘Australian Values’ – New Matilda

Australian values are an entirely subjective thing, writes Michael Brull.

Source: A Fixed Constellation: In Defence Of Those Who Don’t Share ‘Australian Values’ – New Matilda

US Exceptionalism, values

Choice or Truth

Education, health, values

What’s that you said? Cuba providing literacy programs in rural communities with big aboriginal populations like Wilcannia. Cuba a small socialist island and Australia a rich country in natural resources and we can’t find the wealth and resources to provide education and health for the original inhabitants of our land. It says a lot about the priorities of Capitalism and Socialism, say no more. Cuba Libre is not just a fucking drink but it is food for thought.

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Tony Abbott – Worst PM in Australian History: Corporate government citizen control.

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Progress despite the haters:

You will

What I’ve learned this week is that Labor leaders will always be more popular after their time in office. I think we’re already seeing this in the way that the public admire Gillard not very long after her opinion polls were as low as Gough’s. Because Labor reforms are enduring. They might not be perfect at the time, they might not go as far as the Greens would like them to, which is irrelevant when you consider the Greens don’t actually have to fight to turn ideas into policies. And of course Labor governments and oppositions will make mistakes and will be lambasted by their own supporters amongst others and will hopefully stick to their values in the end.

One thing I’ve learned about politics is that, like life, it’s complicated. I’m proud to stand by Labor while they keep fighting the good fight. Implementing good public policy isn’t about ideological purity. It’s about outcomes. Outcomes can be messy, ugly, and usually less than perfect and can make enemies of powerful people. Progress doesn’t often come about in a revolution – it can be just a preference over something worse. But any progress is better than no progress. And of course it’s preferential to be going forwards, however slowly, rather than backwards like we are under the Abbott government.

My support of the Labor Party isn’t about aligning my identity so closely to the party that the minute they do something I disagree with, my faith crumbles irrevocably and I turn my back forever on the movement and become bitter and twisted, and likely to lash out. I don’t hold the unobtainable expectation that the Labor party will be everything I want them to be all the time without fail. How is it even possible to be everything to everyone when everyone has different opinions about what this ideal looks like? Being a Labor supporter is about supporting progressive policies that align with my values. This means taking the good with the bad, disagreeing when you disagree and giving credit when credit’s due – all in equal measure.

I don’t think Gough got enough credit for his brilliant political career while he was in power, just as Labor gets no credit for their previous two terms, nor for the work they are doing in opposing Abbott. People always wait to say the nicest things about people after they’re dead – when it’s too late for them to appreciate the compliments. I keep this in mind while I watch in frustration modern Labor deal with the exact same situation. Gough supported Labor to the end. I’m happy to wait 30 years for Labor to get credit, as long as in the meantime, they keep reforming. Because it’s the progressive outcomes that are important. Far more important than what haters say today.