Letter to the Editor
If Albanese’s Labor/Greens Government was so concerned about the cost of our healthcare in Australia, why did they NOT do something about it in May 2022 when they first came to power? Why now, after almost 3 years, just before an election?
(Or, why did they NOT do something about it while in power between 2007 and 2013?)
Yes, I know, stupid question,….the reason is obvious!
Just another EMPTY promise before an election!
Remember in 2022, during THAT election campaign, Labor/Greens promised a CUT/DROP of $275 per year on our electricity bills,….when in fact our electricity bills have RISEN by FOUR-TIMES that amount!
Only an unintelligent, uneducated FOOL would believe them this time! Here we go again, Labor/Greens “MEDISCARE” campaign is back, as it has done during every election over the last 10 elections!
Fairdinkum, if the Liberal/National Coalition wanted to dismantle, or defund, or destroy Medicare, WHY did they NOT do it when THEY were in power between 1996 and 2007, or between 2013 and 2022????
I’m surprized that the desperate Labor/Greens Government hasn’t dragged-out the old “Work Choices” scare campaign as well!
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Labor/Greens are promising $8.5 Billion, and the Coalition (Liberal/National) are promising $9 Billion,….BOTH empty promises!
Even IF their empty promises were kept, it would only achieve TWO things:-
*All the hypochondriacs would be turning-up at their Doctors every day, with their ‘sniffles’ and broken fingernails, clogging-up the healthcare system, and preventing Doctors from treating ‘genuinely’ sick people,….and costing the Medicare system a fortune.
* It would completely destroy the Australian economy. More DEBT!
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Australians seem to forget that Governments do NOT have ANY money,….they only have OUR money,….OUR hard-earned TAX!
EVERYTHING has to be paid for,….SOMEBODY has to pay,….for EVERYTHING!
There is NO such thing as a “Free-Lunch”!
If a patient visits a Doctor, and does NOT pay for the consultation up-front,….the Doctor still has to be paid by someone,….they do NOT work for free,….and guess who pays the bill?
No, NOT the Government or Medicare, THEY do NOT have ANY money remember. Yes, YOU the TAXPAYER will pay the bill!
There is NO such thing as a FREE LUNCH!
The Medicare LEVY that everyone pays out of their income, ONLY covers just 9% of Australia’s healthcare bill,….who pays the remaining 91%?
It’s just NOT sustainable! If we were serious and fairdinkum about improving our healthcare system, the LEVY should be at least DOUBLED! Yes, I know THAT suggestion would be extremely unpopular, but it’s REALISTIC!
Up until recently, MINING (especially COAL mining) has been carrying our Country, and paying our healthcare bill, our education bill, and EVERYTHING else in our day to day lives, but our Labor/Greens Government is quickly DESTROYING “OUR” number one source of income and wealth,….”OUR” future!
All that pain, suffering, and destruction for NOTHING, for a problem that simply does NOT exist,….yes, I’m referring to the Climate Change conspiracy theory/myth/hoax/scam,….the greatest CON in the world’s history!
Unfortunately, the Liberal/National Coalition, a “Clayton’s” Labor/Greens Government are NO better, and heading down the same path of destruction, so the only Party that can save us, the only Party to vote for, is “ONE NATION”!
Rusty Marsh,
Cowra NSW 2794.