Who's your Daddy?

"For historical reasons, we've come to have a childlike faith in the ability of governments to solve our social and economic problems. It doesn't seem to matter that the solutions are in social relationships or economic dynamics outside a government's sphere of operations; we still want them to fix things. There is no public voice in Australia saying loudly, consistently, that governments cannot solve the important problems we confront. As a result debate about welfare, health care, schools, mental health, environmental sustainability, universities and problems in the bush remain on a treadmill, going nowhere. In these areas, our political culture is out of sync with the culture of enterprise and collective self-help we need to create solutions."
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"It is my firm belief that all the efforts of government and industry will come to naught unless the good citizen and consumer takes the initiative. There is no need to wait for government to act. You can do it yourself.
You can, in a few months rather than the 50 years allowed by some governments, easily attain the 70 per cent reduction in emissions required to stabilise the Earth's climate. All it takes are a few changes to your personal life, none of which requires serious sacrifice."
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