To vote or not to vote - that is the question?

 With State and Federal elections on the horizon, thoughts are turning to consider how to vote – or if it’s worth voting at all.

Some people are indifferent or simply don’t care, but many who choose not to vote have legitimate reasons. motivations vary. Some think that people who vote have a naive believe that voting is a civic duty and that their ballot will make a difference.Our system of proportional representation means that often some very strange and incompetent candidates are elected.

We all know that politicians and would-be politicians make a noise about listening to the people and working for everyone’s benefit,

but once they are elected, their focus changes to ensure they maximise their income and benefits before voters realise they are charlatans.

In Australia, we have a broken Federal system with a bunch of independent states swallowing buckets of money and a national Government which duplicates all functions of the States plus defence and ‘intelligence gathering’. We need more cost-effective goivernment - get rid of duplication. We don't need both State and Federal Governmen ts - it shout be one or the other.

It really doesn’t matter who wins Government because politicians seldom do the things they promised. And all the work is carried out by the same bureaucrats- whichever bunch of turkeys managed to con voters.