John “Can you tell me about the various State and Federal Governments that you recall over your lifetime. The good and bad ones and the trends you have seen in your lifetime.”
Well, that’s quite easy because there’s two systems. First, there’s the Capitalist system but it has destroyed the world because this is where wars were fought over and everything. The capitalist system eventually destroys itself, and capitalism lead to communism because the masses rebelled against the suppressions that was put upon them. Money started the war.
The German Jews were running Germany, and the Rothschild’s, who were American based were living in Germany and were the main money lenders. This played into Hitlers hands. He promised the peasants which the capitalist system created. It was more or less throughout the world. Then you’re getting into the Labour type of government.
Once things really get tough, those who are running the Capitalist type of Government they always create a situation where they can ease themselves out of it, by doing ridiculous things. A Labour Government always comes in at the worst of times, when there is a high unemployment and they’ve to turn round and make enormous decisions and try to give a fair go to the people that they represent.
This has been Governments put in all through my lifetime, and unfortunately this is where their is frailty or stupidity in the human being. Give a person who has the arse out their trousers a few bob, and get them going, well then they become little capitalist’s themselves. Then they are the destroyers of themselves.
Money gets the better of them too. Money is the root of all evil of course it is. If we could only get back to the bartering system. If you could make me a loaf of bread, and I could give you a few spuds or something or a rabbit, we’d be a mile ahead of ourselves.
The banks have got themselves down to about 2 or 3, and they’re making billions of dollars. Well how are they making the billions of dollars. It’s not through themselves sweating and rolling their sleeves up. Its only the intrigue and the way the people are being exploited through loans and bank charges and God knows what. They should be bombed off the earth.
They are one of the greatest destroyers of the family life, because most arguments and family split ups are caused by one or the other being blamed for being a bad housekeeper or wasting money and all this and God knows what.
The Governments at the present time are certainly letting the people down and this is why I think we are paying a big price.
John “Who have been the good Prime Ministers and Premiers of your lifetime?
Of course there’s not a shadow of doubt that I’d choose John Curtain. Menzies had to go because he was going to sacrifice half of Australia with the Brisbane line. He was going to let the Japs have all the Northern Territory right down as far as Brisbane and then he was going to fight them from there down to Sydney and all the way to Victoria with water pistols. The people of Australia could see what was happening and the kicked Menzies out. They called him ‘pig iron’ Bob because that’s where he got his name from because prior to that he was sending all the metals and iron over to Japan. All they did was make them up into ammunition and Christ knows what and belted Christ out of us with our old ploughs and bloody bits of metal.
So we really got it back in our darn face. That was when Curtin came in.
Of course Menzies was Queen mad. Britain could no way at that time help Australia because they had the battle of Britain, and were fighting bloody Germans on their own doorstep. The French were useless and still are - madmen. They were talking about that ‘Magno Line’ and ‘Secreed Line’ but the bloody Germans went up around the corner of it. Of course they were ‘white anted’ with that Beeshie Government. They were traitors. France were full of traitors and so England had a hell of a battle there’s no doubt about that.
Once Curtain come, he went straight to America and what hastened the help was once the Japs bombed Pearl Harbour and like one of the war journalists said: “All Japan achieved by doing that- they awoke the sleeping giant – America”. And of course we know the end result. Then there’s Chifley.
This country was lending millions and millions of dollars overseas. It was in one of the most viable positions in its life. Curtin won the War and then Chifley took over.
During the War everyone was dribbling into War loans and putting money into investments and Chifley was kicked out when he was going to nationalize the banks. Now I had bank managers coming up here and their argument was you’re not going to have a choice. They ‘ll only be controlled by the Government and they will close down banks. Look what has happened now. They’ve rationalized the banks themselves. They’ve have finished up with 3 banks.
If the stupid people of Australia, had left Chiefly go ahead and rationalize the banks, we would be a far better country today.
We are controlled by capitalism and the stupidity of people that seem to have the wool pulled over their eyes. We are paying the penalty for it now. There’s not a shadow of doubt.