Not sure who Gary J Matthews is but he's not happy..........cheers Bob

 

 

WHY  MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HATE GLOBALISATION



By Gary J.  Matthews (a Vietnam Veteran)



Ten years ago Australia had five car manufacturers, Ford, GMH, Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi.

Now we have none. All gone  overseas and the reason given? Costs were to high. Funny in that the cars

we are  now importing (Malaysia etc) are no cheaper.

I remember back in  1968 living in Brisbane, when the 3 major cities back then were Sydney,  Melbourne

& Adelaide and Adelaide was the  Industrial City.

Adelaide - South  Australia, was where you went to work in the Iron Ore Industry, or where you  could get a

job making railway tracks for B.H.P.

You could  get a job building ships, submarines, cars, washing machines, fridges, TVs,  Hills hoists, Victa

Lawn Mowers or make tyres at Bridgestone tyres. 

Lightburn Washing Machine Company even made a car called a  Zeta. It was not much of  a car, but at

least it was Australian and we built it. I worked at Stanvac  where we made our own Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene

and Oil. We had Oil Rigs in  Bass Strait, North West Shelf and the Timor Sea. We even had  Australian

owned Service Stations like (H.C. Sleigh) Golden Fleece and many of  us young wanna-be mechanics

back then worked as a driveway attendant. (Just like  Stanley)

I remember catching  a train from the city to Gawler and then on to Freeling, Hamley Bridge,  Stockport,

Riverton, up to Clare, Gladstone, Laura etc. And all these towns  were bustling with activity, and on the

weekends they were all open for  business.Our shops were  filled on every shelf with food and products

all proudly made or grown, in  Australia. Our fridge was full  of Lamb Chops and Steaks because it was

cheap as we were a huge Lamb and Beef  growing Nation. And once a month  Mum would make us all

a delicacy! It was called a  Sunday Roast Chicken.

I remember  when we all had trade skills and high quality tools that would last and  last. But most of all

we  had Mates. We as Australians watched each others backs even if we had not met  yet, and we all

said GDay to everyone with a smile. Our kids could go  anywhere they liked on their bikes, just as long

as they were home before dark.  Australia was pretty  safe back then.Yes, Australia was once a self

supporting nation that had it all.
 
It had Farms that  produced our dairy, fruit & veggies and meats etc. And Politicians  back then were

known as Statesmen and they were voted by the people, for the  people, on behalf of the people and

did what the people wanted. We had public  utilities owned by us the people, that guaranteed our Electricity,

Water and  Sewage forever.

No one knew how much the Snowy Mountain Scheme cost, we  just built it.

No one knew  how much the Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Indian-Pacific railway  cost!

WE JUST  BUILT IT!

Then came  CORPORATE GREED.

Now  everything above has GONE.

Now we dont  watch each others backs anymore but watch each other through security bars, 

burglar alarms, and security screens.

Now we dob each other in.

Now we  import poor quality processed food.

Now we  import cheap tools that break just taking them out of the packet they come  in.

Now we rely  on ships to bring in our fuels.

Now we cant  afford our own Lamb or Beef anymore.

Now we eat  steroid pumped chicken just about every day

Now we  import trade skill workers on 457 Visas.

Now we have  high unemployment as nearly all of our Industry and Manufacturing has gone  offshore.

Now we have that many Laws that we have just about outlawed ourselves.

But I guess  we need even more laws, so now we will have Sharia Law as well. We now pay for  water

that falls out of the sky at $3.80 a litre.

Now we have  taxes for everything.

Taxes for  carbon, taxes for sake of having taxes, (They call them Levys).

And dont  forget the newest tax is the ISLAMIC TAX (Halal Certification)

Now here in  South Australia in our towns we have Railway Stations and railway tracks, but no 

trains.

We have  Public Bus Stops in our Towns but no buses. We have Hospitals  and Clinics but

very few Doctors or Nurses.

We all have  Mobile Phones, and have little to no reception.

We have  Digital TVs with Bugger all Signal in the country.

And the worst of  all, is our once great nation is being sold off, piece by piece to every other 

country on earth, except us.

Tis very sad but very true! Enjoy what's  left while you can?