23/02/10

Well,I planned to read my microeconomics text today, and that's all I did.
Pages 51-92 continued with chapter 2 "the economising problem and it seems to be a brief run through of random systems, terminologies, a few statistics and an overview of the different economic systems,ie,Laissez faire Capitalism,Command(Communist and mixed systems, like ours.I see what they mean about our capitalist leanings, and as much as I am repelled by the Command system, I fear the selling of public assests is steering us more into a Monopolistic Laissez Fair,capitalist, economy ruled by goliath, multi-national companies disguised as true blue locals.In turn they endevour to push the market prices up to the point where their own workers can't afford the basics with the meager wages they are paid, largely due to the fact that they can pay according to a state or federal award system as suits them.Although coles is owned by west farmers, I wonder what percentage is owned by Australians,True, the foriegn investment dollars boost our exchange rate, but the heartless, mechanical,bulldozer nature of groups like Coles including,(K mart,First Choice, Liquorland, Target,Vintage Cellars,Shell),and Woolworths group, (BWS, Dan Murphies, Woolworths plus)tends to close down our small businesses where the genuine service is and employ robots to train in their methods,"Would you like fries with that?", "Do you want a bag?","Can I interest you in 3 for the price of 2?", where is the personality.
the zombies who serve at the supermarket chains don't care if you have a nice day, they just want their pittance to cover the next bill.retail is a seathing cesspool of broken dreams, disenchanted teens and mature age employees who are roped in by the hype the Snake oil salespeople, or "Human Resource managers" create with promises of advancement, appreciation and stability.
The only one you get is stability as it is virtually impossible to get fired with the Unfair dismissal laws being so strict, and every opportunistic deadbeat trying to sue for unfair dismissal etc.we brought this on ourselves by supporting franklins in the 80's anmd Kmart even earlier.how many butchers are left now compared to 10 years ago, and look at the water injected 3rd rate mince we can now pick up at exorbitant prices and feed to our unsuspecting families.