Comments by "John Woodrow" (@johnwoodrow8769) on "'Trump brought his A game': Voters have their say after final presidential debate" video.

You speak for America's allies do you? I'm Australian and I can assure you about the worst thing I can imagine for stability and peace in this part of the world, and the standard of living in Australia, is for the radical left to have control of the White House. China is a massive destabilizing force in the region, and Joe (and Karmal when she replaces him after a coupe months) will just embolden China. Fossil fuels are critically important to the standard of living of all Australian's and the stupid idea to phase them out will not only drag the US standard of living down, but have a flow on effect to Australia. As long as China continues to buy most of the coal we produce we may be ok.
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@monte5293 Whatever you say. I live in Australia and the Australia - US alliance is as strong as ever, if not as good as its ever been. I would guess the same would apply with a conservative government in the UK. The rest of your comment is just the mindless repetitive chant of the radical left lacking any level of fact. China phasing out coal, you're totally deluded if you actually believe crap like that. Since 2011 China is consuming more coal per year than the rest of the world COMBINED (around 95% of the worlds production). It is also the worlds biggest coal producer by a large margin. The reason China is threatening to cut back purchases of coal from Australia has NOTHING to do with 'global warming'. They are playing geopolitical games, as well as supporting their own domestic production in this current global slump.
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@monte5293 Clearly you are Australian, so really have little knowledge of what US citizens actually think. You are just lying, there is no other way to say it, when you false claim that Australia does not have an EXCELLENT relationship with the Trump Administration. Scott Morrison and Donald Trump appear to have a very warm professional and personal relationship. The only person dreaming about the future of coal is you. Without coal exports the economies of both Queensland and NSW would collapse. Coal royalties alone contribute around $4 Billion dollars to the Queensland state budget. That's what pays for all the left-wing jobs in the public service, the hospitals, the teachers (probably the social security you rely on). It's what funds the arts, and social services in an already financially broke state. That's just the royalty component. The direct and indirect employment contributes 100 times that amount. And as far as coal disappearing, you may wish it would, but that's all it is, dreaming. Here, read this and actually learn something about the subject rather than sitting in your parents basement playing computer games ...... “Despite the growth in low-carbon fuels in recent decades, the reality is coal remains a major fuel in global energy markets ... the world consumes 65% more coal today than in the year 2000,” the report by the Paris-based agency said. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iea-coal-idUSKBN1YL005
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@monte5293 Your now can see into the future. Amazing talent, I'm impressed. About the only things I can see is the relentless rise of China, a continued march toward socialism in the West with the resulting significantly lower living standards, especially for the poor and young. Donald Trump is the last chance to create a movement to stop this happening. If Joe Biden is elected then I despair for future generations, but at my age it won't be my problem.
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@monte5293 Well rather than read tea leaves to figure what might happen with coal in 10 year time, perhaps you be better of looking at projections from a high credible and thoroughly researched source. Try this as a starter ..... https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-2019 On what basis do you make the silly claim that "right wing ideology of putting profit before anything else"? I could just as easily make the claim that left wing ideology is promoted by a small group of elites manipulating the masses (that they actually despise) for person power and wealth. Joe Biden, Bill Shorton, Paul Keating would be a classic examples. True conservative values are predicated on the belief that the individual, and not the state, is best placed to make decision about their own lives. That government is mostly just a milestone around everyone's neck. Unless you have actually worked for the government (I have in all 3 levels at points in my working life) you can have no idea just how inefficient and incompetent it is in everything it does. People may think they know, but you truly have to experience it to understand just how bad government is. Anyone who thinks government is going to 'save them' or 'lift them up' is going to be sorely disappointed. As Ronald Reagon once said "the nine terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help". The only real role government should have is to perform functions that individuals cannot do e.g. defense, and ensure that artificial barriers that prevent individuals wanting to improve their lot are removed e.g. access to education. IT IS NOT to engage in wealth redistribution from those prepared to have a go toward those to lazy to get off their arses. And it is these lazy sods who compete for the limited resources that should flow to the truly needy in society e.g those born with physical or mental handicaps. You really think a corrupt near brain dead individual like Joe Biden (or the radical socialists for which he is just a puppet front e.g AOC and Bernie Sanders) is going to stand up to China. You need to get off Twitter, it's making your brain turn to mush.
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@monte5293 You just continue to sprout nonsense and don't even have a basic understanding of economics or politics. If you think the NDIS is a success that is just more evidence you are totally clueless. It is being bled dry by the 'not for profit' service providers. Billions of dollars of taxpayer money are going in, and only a tiny percentage of that ever finds its way to the end user. It is a total gravy train for the 'middle men'. The people who provided services prior to the NDIS, the true charities, were just dumped after looking say the blind in Australia for the previous 150 years. Paul Keating is a VERY wealth man. How do you think he got all that wealth on a parliamentary salary. Someone JUST gave him 50% of a multi million dollar piggery as a present. It's pigs can surely fly. The ONLY reason Australia has had 29 years of uninterrupted GDP growth is because both sides of politics have engaged in mass immigration. It is a massive ponzi scheme (look that one up as you probably don't know what the term means). GDP per person has been declining. If you don't think the social security system is full of 'dole bludgers' who are more than capable of looking after themselves but think the 'system' owes them a aliving you are completely naive. I spend many years in the Northern Rivers Region of NSW. Every second person is an 'alternative', many with university educations, living of the taxes paid by others. Who the fuck's idea do you think it was to purchase the submarines .... your Labor clown Kevin Rudd, that's who. I'm done, you're an idiot, and I'm a bigger idiot for 'talking to you'. I can see why you support Joe Biden and Labor in Australia.
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@monte5293 Kevin Rudd announced the decision to build the 12 submarines in the 2009 Defense White Paper. You really are a clueless idiot.
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