Australia’s economy is doing much better that the U.S. economy, thanks to their deals with China, yet the state government of New South Wales is going to layoff 5,000 government employees, and cap government wages!
Also, Australia’s biggest steel maker, BlueScopeSteel, is laying off 1,000 workers! Back in July solar power companies announced they were losing 73 jobs per day in New South Wales!
September 8 saw 30,000 protestors hit the streets in Sydney.
The latest economic news out of Australia says consumer spending is up, 1%, and their export economy hit 1.2% growth. Household savings is at 10.5%. Analysts expect overall economic growth to expand by 4.3% by the end of the year. Much better than the U.S.
So why are Australians still losing their jobs?
BlueScopeSteel claims they’ve been losing money, no thanks to the rising Australian dollar! Company officials says most of their sales are overseas, and the high Australian dollar makes their products too expensive for international customers.
Workers and union officials say it’s really because company management is financially incompetent.
As the U.S. dollar falls, other currencies, like the Australian dollar is rising.
The Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) says because the New South Wales (NSW) government has failed to adopt the ‘Fair & Equal Price for Solar Solution’ plan, at least 73 solar power jobs are being lost per day.
NSW officials want a four month delay before adopting the plan, but company officials say that by then their companies could be shut down. The plan would allow residents to put affordable solar power on their own homes, then sell excess power back to the grid. The plan would not cost anything to the state government.
This brings us to the strange announcement that NSW is going to lay off 5,000 of its own employees, and cap wages for the rest.
From what I could find, the only reason for the government layoffs are because the elites of Australia want to privatize everything. NSW’s Premier Barry O’Farrell claims it’s a necessary step in preparing for a much more competitive world (the overall bad global economy caused by the United States, like the falling U.S. dollar driving up the Australian dollar).
Residents of NSW aren’t taking this laying down, not like most people in the United Police States of Corporate America. Here’s what some of the September 8 protestors had to say: “IR laws, stick it up your barrell O’Farrell.”
“Our message to Barry O’Farrell is you are a horrible bastard. You’re a liar and we’re going to fight you every inch of the way.”-Matt, prison guard
The protestors also sang the old Twisted Sister song “Were not gonna take it.”
NSW firefighters also protested, at least 500 firefighters with dozens of fire trucks arrived in Sydney, and union bosses told the firefighters to be ready “to drag this government into the gutter…”!
“O’Farrell doesn’t give a stuff how hard we work, how smart we work, all he wants us to be is cheaper. We have to say no.”-Jim Casey, Fire Brigade Employees’ Union
When will the slaves of the United Police States of Corporate America say no?