Waewick wrote:Rev seriously your love of Labor clearly knows no bounds.
I think Labor stink, are corrupt(as corrupt as the Liberals), federally I'd never even entertain the idea of voting for them not even for the lolz so long as a sleazy grub like Shorten is leader.
However, in this state, there's no real alternative that will do any better. The alternative we do have, will potentially be much, much worse.
Will the state Liberals fund public transport expansion and improvement? Not that I'm a PT user, or have any intention of hoping on a train or tram any time soon, but PT is a vital component for a thriving and moving city. Even I can recognize that much. The old tram network should never have been ripped up(I'm sure many of us here agree on that).
Let's be honest, they wouldn't have extended the tram line to the EC, they wouldn't be planning on extending it east up north tce, or north towards the oval. They wouldn't have electrified any section of any line on the train network.
Would we have the superway? Would work be underway on the north south corridor?(which I think the whole damn thing should be underway, and it should go all the way to Victor, but that's just my opinion)
Would the Southern Expressway have been duplicated?
Would the Northern Expressway have been built?
Would the PREXY been built?
How about Techport? Would they have campaigned and pushed as hard as Labor did for the destroyer contract, how about the frigate and submarine contracts?
Would they have tried to save Holden? Or would they have rolled over because their federal counterparts weren't interested? (although one can argue that GM wasn't interested)
What sort of a dogs breakfast would the old RAH look like and be right now, if the Liberals were in power and implemented their redevelopment of it as opposed to Labor's new RAH?
Would their plan for a new stadium on the old railyards site have been delivered on time, and on budget?
These are just off the top of my head..
But really, show us, like I aske in the other thread, why the Liberals would have been better. OR why they would be better next time around.
If they were so much better, if they had a clear positive vision for the state, they would have won by a landslide. The only reason they came close, is because Labor's been in power so long.
I really wish the Liberals did have a positive, clear vision for our state. A vision that we can all get behind.
Because while Labor is moving things along, all be it very slowly much to my frustration as I've expressed before on this site, it seems at times that it's not based on a broader vision but knee jerk reactions almost, and then at other times it does seem there is some sort of grander plan they are working to.
This state needs a revival in it's politics. If the Liberal party can provide that, then great.
But they haven't provided that, and they are letting the state down.
But what do they care? They are getting six figure salaries at our expense, and a huge superannuation and pension to boot. Keep that gravy train rolling.