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Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments

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I would not take an isolationist approach when comparing "the good old days" to the present. Global forces and global trends play a greater role in quality of life than ever before, and the role of governments is reduced. The rapid and extensive deindustrialization of the west, weakening labor movements, fiscal policies that disempower workers, the increasing inequality and concentration of wealth in the hands a few at the top, the affordability gap, and other factors have contributed to a reduced quality of life. There is no question that those at the top have made a concerted effort, over decades, to erode the gains that were achieved for working folks from the 1940's to the 70's.

Re: Shawny’s concerns about Victorian and Australian Governments

Reply #481 –
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It's not unusual for people getting older to think everything was better in days gone by!
Indeed. Most older people tend to live in the past, as the present starts to contract for them.
Unfortunately, it appears that the past has been significantly better than the present for Victoria, not just the fact that some of us are getting older.
Crime levels stand out to me. The police do seem overworked and under-resourced.
Last week I was involved in a car accident. An older gentleman appeared to have suffered some sort of medical episode, his car then accelerating into the side of my car, only to plow into the one in front of me, before accelerating through a red light, to hit another car front on. We had 3 police cars, an ambulance and a fire truck on site to deal with it. However, as there were no significant injuries, the police decided not to made an official report: too much work for something that insurance companies need only deal with.
I found this perplexing, to say the least. But, it was explained to me that the local police were simply too busy to worry about something where nobody was hurt and all of the parties agreed on what happened,
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