tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post234844129351045698..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: Retailing your countryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-23550846505925921662007-11-03T03:53:00.000+11:002007-11-03T03:53:00.000+11:00One wants to ask Mr. Harvey: why, exactly, does he...One wants to ask Mr. Harvey: why, exactly, does he object to a labor shortage? What does he think that a labor shortage is? Does he not understand that the opposite of a labor shortage is a labor surplus, otherwise known as <EM>unemployment?</EM> One is tempted to suppose that Mr. Harvey pined for the bad old days when fifty resumes reached his desk for every open position, but let us be kind: surely Mr. Harvey is merely confused.<BR/><BR/>The principal object in building a strong national economy is to avoid shortages of everything but labor, precisely to bring labor into short supply and thereby broadly to force wages up. Whether this is what Australians want is for Australians not me to say, but if it is what they want, then one hopes that they will soon teach Mr. Harvey the error of his ways.Howard J. Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107528208467150644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-1505311890153532242007-10-29T12:06:00.000+11:002007-10-29T12:06:00.000+11:00Throughout the 1950 and 1960s, when the West was i...Throughout the 1950 and 1960s, when the West was in a strong economic position, businessmen complained about labour shortages.<BR/><BR/>In the late 1960s, governments responded by increasing immigration. However, in the 1970s, most western countries slipped into recession due to factors such as East Asian competition, rising oil prices and the cost of the Vietnam War. <BR/><BR/>Not only did immigration fail to keep the good times rolling, but it actually slowed down the recovery by putting a greater burden on the state.<BR/><BR/>Whereas western states should have been investing money in areas like research and development to make the West more competitive with East Asia, they had to divert more resources into welfare, educatiom etc to deal with the needs of immigrants, who were, not surprisingly, struggling to integrate and find jobs in the middle of a recession.<BR/><BR/>A classic example of this was where the uk government encouraged Pakistani immigrants to move into Yorkshire and Lancashire to work on the mills which were just about to close.Mike Courtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226171376902020196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-85220898131548067442007-10-26T11:48:00.000+10:002007-10-26T11:48:00.000+10:00The Europeans are idiots. How can you have sympath...The Europeans are idiots. How can you have sympathy for somebody who shits in their own bed and then complains about the smell?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-74255321243008957942007-10-25T07:46:00.000+10:002007-10-25T07:46:00.000+10:00The Dutch tried out a guest worker scheme in the 1...The Dutch tried out a guest worker scheme in the 1960s and 70s. They now have the major social problem of "disaffected youth". <BR/><BR/>There's a story <A HREF="http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/071019-slotervaart-youth-mc" REL="nofollow">here</A> about riots in a suburb of Amsterdam - riots which took place despite generous spending to try to alleviate social problems in the area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-1716092017057692322007-10-24T22:47:00.000+10:002007-10-24T22:47:00.000+10:00A horse stud? I expect Mr Harvey prefers to call i...A horse stud? I expect Mr Harvey prefers to call it a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacienda" REL="nofollow">hacienda</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-53141084426064633152007-10-24T21:06:00.000+10:002007-10-24T21:06:00.000+10:00I think I read that he wanted to employ them on hi...I think I read that he wanted to employ them on his horse stud. Presumably they subsequently could be retrained to sell video cameras once they'd mastered the horse. Less than impeccable logic indeed.philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011647023598364166noreply@blogger.com