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Comment Re:the usual suspects (Score 1) 13

Oh but I can't see Any problems with taking all of that information and having a bunch of people not yet out of College be tasked with keeping it secure. They've surely been properly educated on both physical and software security standards when they have one of the world's biggest collections of Government staff data, no questions. Yes? Please?

Comment Re:where actors, writers, others don't have an uni (Score 1) 34

That's one example of defending jobs where they probably shouldn't have, compared to the decent pay, safety protections and things like weekends off that Unions have fought for. Every organisation needs oversight and rebuilding from time to time, but the existence of Unions is quite necessary to counterbalance the hyper focus on profits at the expense of all other factors that so many business owners/shareholders have (which actually hurts the business in the medium to long term).

Comment Re: Obama can't run for a 3rd term (Score 1) 248

Funnily enough "Liberal" doesn't Leftist like many people think it does, it's really about protecting personal freedoms. Perhaps a third of the time I think we're fighting over the meaning of words instead of actual facts :/ In the USA "Liberal" came to mean Progressive because of FDR's New Deal, and it's stuck. It makes Australian politics kind of confusing because there's a Liberal Party which is actually well named (generally they're centre right), but because American political language is so pervasive people think they should be Leftists.

Comment Re: Investing in what? (Score 1) 134

Indeed, traders mostly chase quarterly gains and large pay-offs, they don't get much credit for a buy and hold strategy that benefits the entire company, the staff and the customers over 5-10+ years. That kind of thing doesn't show off their 'creativity, talent and verve', but stability is what creates long term economic success not another tulip bulb bubble.

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