I wish this election was over!

I have been trying so hard not to even utter a word about this bloody election but today I have circum to the pressure! I have had enough of reading ‘who won the debate’, the ‘Actress who did the Labour add that lives with her parents while her Paddington home is renovates’ ‘millions being ripped from the Education budget’ ‘sexy pollies’ ‘inappropriate comments’ ‘biased media’ ‘PNG or not PNG’ blar blar blar!

I have a mate on Facebook that has been VERY vocal about the current Government for, what seems to be, years. Today I open Facebook to see he has commented on a Labour Party post (and quite politically incorrect I might add). I couldn’t help myself, so I read considerable amounts of comments to the post. Some were encouraging others damming but the one that pissed me off the most just stated ‘If you vote for tony abbot you're UN AUSTRALIAN’ I copied and pasted this comment as it is for all to see.

Un bloody Australian indeed! No one has the right to call anyone this. No message of support, no comment of value, just the same crap that we get from the politicians themselves.

What is most Important to me

Paying back debt – If we keep borrowing at the rate we are how the hell will we ever pay it back? It’s a bit like buying a house, then a car, extending the house, renovating the house, going on expensive holidays, eating out every night, private school tuition, designer clothes all on a basic wage – it doesn't add up.

Employment – Everyone that needs to work needs a job. If everyone earns a decent wage then we will have taxes collected that will fund the entire infrastructure we need.

Australian Society – We need to know that the people joining our community are here to do just that. We have a wonderful multi-cultural society that needs to be unified. Over many generations we have seen immigration from every country and most seem to get along just fine. By all means join this country and celebrate the culture you bring, but let us all celebrate with you, as we do with you. The best example I can give of this was the engagement party I attended on the weekend. Macedonian / Greek / English / American / Italian / Australian (sorry if I left anyone out). Traditions shared, food shared, music shared and most importantly best wishes for the couple. This is important to me and I hope every Australian whatever their background. 

  

Planning – We all know we need new schools, roads, bridges, airports etc so let’s look at these issues and plan for the future. It will not happen in 5 minutes but we need to make good plans so we can work out how to achieve them. One example I can give is the M5 in Sydney – when I was growing up we could look at the street directory (remember them?) and see a dotted line that said ‘future motorway’, I’m talking in the 70’s, but it must have been planned long before this as the corridor had been left. It finally got built but some idiot decided to reduce it from 3 lanes both ways to 2 lanes so now we have to do it all again to extend it. I would love to see the difference in cost between doing it properly in the first place to doing it now.

Politics and politicians are a pain in the ass but we need to make a decision as to which party will be able to deliver what is important to us. This should have nothing to do with what your family votes or what your friend votes, it has to do with YOU and who you think can deliver what is important to YOU for this country’s future.