Views in verse on tough love
We have heard today that Toyota, the last of the major manufacturers here in Australia, will be up and off from these shores by 2017. It appears that the major players (including recently Ford & GMH) no longer wish to wallow in the subsidy washed indulgence of this 'long thought necessary' industry.
Well it may be painful at first but I expect that we will get used to it once the money appropriated to this industry is re-applied (to perhaps infrastructure) where the resulting productivity increases may help to improve the lives of all Australians instead of weighing them down like a millstone. Why so...?
Every mid sized car manufactured in Australia of late has cost the taxpayer circa $50,000 to produce - the profits of this flowing to our 'hard done by' industrial bandits and the unions who have been complicit in this burglary.
So, while there are challenges in putting the ten thousand odd workers into more meaningful jobs, with maths like the above, how long is it going to take us to get over our 'soon to be departed' friends?
Reminds me a little of Cousin Eddie visiting the Griswolds for Christmas break and couldn't leave till he had really ...made his mark!
Wonder what we might chance to say if they wish to return one day?
AWOL
" Guess who called today...?"
A friend did say...
It appears you've come back
After going away...(I hear...)
You wanted to know
just how I coped with this?
Well if dreams are a guide
I've seen you each night
since that day
you simply took flight
You could say
I've been a little messed up
Since then...
But daylight finds me
a more grounded guy
far from chasing
dreams in the sky
I've worked out
who the hell it is
that I really am
I sense you sought
someone better than me
I hope you found a hero
Not a calamity
But whatever your outcomes
I am now at ease
And so as I write
I must 'call it a day' but
Let me first note
in an positive way
"you left me alone and
I learnt to like it!"
So if per chance
you do knock on my door
Be prepared to wait
an hour or more
Yet no matter
how long you wait
The bolt will remain
closed true
For whatever your reasons
I've spent
too long alone
and from this grind
I surely have grown (and)
In weighing it up...
'you've made me a better man '
(for someone)
Grahame Flynn - Sent from my iPad
