Kevin Rudd interviewed by Ray Hadley on 2GB

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News & Politics

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• kevin
• rudd
• 2gb
• interview
• ray
• hadley
• thursday
• february
• 25th
• 2010

[squellock]

m15 I need to send you a document. Its dynamite. JD

[manque15]

send away

[commonagenet]

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[MrsDilligaf]

Vicky - Even though we have a large beef export industry we have to allow beef importations due to our numerous so called 'free trade' agreements with other countries. If you want to see how much Australia has been screwed over by our politicians and industry leaders then read some of these free trade agreements.

So many people complain that they can only buy foreign produced food on the supermarket shelves. The reason is that our industry has been sold out.

[bullsnutsoz]

get yourself some notes on a computer in front of you and smooth it out somewhat.

and you seem to miss the point; this is not mindlees acts of stupid govts; this govt as in the US has a mission to destroy our ecomomies and in so doing make us so poor taht we meekly accept the NEW world order. Make no mistake this is what is going on.Youtube pastor lindsey williams and Alex jones

[LibertyDownUnder]

@Mollarooza, well I agree with you. But if you want to call it 'exploitation' - fine.

I call it a job. I'd rather be exploited for my skills than to starve or be dependant on handouts / welfare.

Our min wage is one of the highest in the world. It's like $7 in the US.

[Mollarooza]

@LibertyDownUnder

Guess what your boss was ripping you off for your hard work if he was paying you that little

Just remember its easy to say jobs wouldn't exist without your greedy boss, but it goes both ways, your boss wouldn't be rich without you working for him for peanuts

[LibertyDownUnder]

@ace9042, I worked for $12 / hour for a long time and I had no problem with it. This job wouldn't exist without my so called 'greedy' boss. It was certainly better than sitting at home unemployed, which I also did for a very long time.

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Japan has people in their 80s and 90s working full time to support themselves, while the Government has been bailing out thier banking system for 20 years now.

You can see this in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=SyH2d0qXcJ­w

[ace9042]

@LibertyDownUnder

It would be nice if the free market DID determine a wage, instead of greedy company men who profiteer and who have not seen an honest days work in their life.

Those people who are willing to work for $12 and hour are third world peons from India who share apartments with 10 people, Globalism in action.

Japan has a higher average wage than Australia, and they are very competitive. They also don't flood their country with cheap labour. They must be doing something right.

[LibertyDownUnder]

@ace9042, ok but who should decide what's a fair wage? Politicians or the free market?

If businesses are leaving here because they can't find workers - that's not too bad. that means (almost) everyone's got a job.

But when they leave because regulations won't let them find workers - that's completley different.

There's 100s of thousands of people who would be happy to work for $12 / hour or even less, but the Government won't let them.

[ace9042]

@LibertyDownUnder

Businesses are fleeing overseas because they have to compete with sweatshops. Just look at Bonds closing down their factories.

You have to keep a balance between workers rights and a company's ability to compete.

Without that you have bodies piling up on work sites and people dying of asbestos poisoning etc.

I'm reluctantly in a Union (I hate Labor), but workers need to be paid what they're worth in accordance with economic output they deliver.

[LibertyDownUnder]

@ace9042, farmers need to learn to compete like they did in NZ, and Governments need to learn to stop fixing wages and regulating our industries to death.

We have 1 of the highest min wages in the world, no wonder why companies are fleeing oveerseas in droves.

Would you start a manufacturing business here with all the rules we have?

[ace9042]

@LibertyDownUnder

It's not about patriotism, it's about self sufficiency. Once our farmers go out of business because they can't compete with slave labour, we are at the mercy of foreign countries to supply our food.

They killed our manufacturing base with free trade, but people can live without that flatscreen TV. The same cant be said for food.

[LibertyDownUnder]

Beef imports are not something that should be regulated by the Government.

The last thing you want is people like Julia Gillard to decide what we can / can't import and why.

Banning imports sound nice and patriotic, but it fires back when other countries retailate and ban Australian imports. This stuff is what made the great depression go global in the 30s, so be careful what you wish for...

Nice video otherwise.