On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:42:44 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

>In article >, Bruce
> wrote:
>
>> The Australian PM just promised to contribute 150 million to American
>> Mars stuff. In the meantime, his country's drying out and his farmers
>> and animals are starving. That money could have been used a lot
>> better.
>
>Crikey! That's six bucks from every man, woman and child in the
>country. What a monster! That six bucks apiece could certainly be
>better spent on the greening of Australia.
>Here's your new PC slogan:
>"I missed Utopia by six bucks". Spread the word.

Our Federal government in particular has been a complete joke in the
past decade or so. In so many ways, it's hard to know where to begin.
Australia is in big trouble in terms of both politics and the economy.