tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119607598372255618.post4626876583245127220..comments2023-10-14T19:19:26.556+10:00Comments on Cairns Forum | Ross Parisi - Blog: Cochrane's ego causes her to shoot herself in the foot.Ross Parisihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06615592651520788835noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119607598372255618.post-92041006895721529702012-03-27T15:45:29.061+10:002012-03-27T15:45:29.061+10:00To be on council, which is the grass roots of our ...To be on council, which is the grass roots of our three tier government system in Australia, "service" experience is just as important if not more so than "business" experience. When we brought in the concept that governments were to be run as a business and not so much as services to the community, we took a backward step. This has led to privatisation, higher taxes, government waste, excessive consultants and so on. Government agencies are costing more every day to administer services not actually give the service. Even if the service needs to be subsidised by the tax funds, that is better than paying inflated prices through the private sector. Governments do what they can to reduce their own costs but not the cost to the people. Where else does the money come from but from the people. If a government is in suplus and the people are paying through the nose for interest on debt, then they have lost the plot. It is a balance of government and the people, both achieving a surplus and not having to pay excessive interest on debt. Then we will all be winners. Governments are there to serve the people not the elected representatives and the huge beaurocracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119607598372255618.post-9231967335368939502012-01-14T14:22:14.947+10:002012-01-14T14:22:14.947+10:00"We think that you really need to have a busi..."We think that you really need to have a business background to be on council" - is this the LNP team?Richienoreply@blogger.com