Olympics: Time to pull the plug?
Posted: Tue 16 Aug, 2016 7:33 am
I thought that I was hearing wrongly when, on Q&A last night someone said that the Australian government had spent $40 million on the Australian SWIMMING team.
Surely not. I must have mis-heard. Surely no government would spend $40,000,000 on just the swimming team. But yep. There it was on the ABC news this time though only $38,000,000. Well that made me feel better NOT. It raises the question, how much of the people's money was spent on the other teams. Seems to me that while people are SLEEPING in the STREETs such waste is criminal. Isn't it time that we "Pulled the Plug"on the Olympics at least until such time as we can provide food and shelter for all Australians. Next Olympics we can say "thanks for the invitation but sorry.............we have other, more important things on which to spend our people's money." How many other cash-strapped Nations might follow. Reminds me of the time I was locked up in a holding cell, following a protest rally and we were all bursting for a pee but........delicate little souls hat we were, there was only one toilet in the corner with no walls or door. No one wanted to go first until one person could wait no longer, said "stuff this" and enjoyed great relief. Upon completion I turned to see almost eeryone else lined up to follow. Just takes one to start the ball rolling or in this case the pee flowing. Olympics NO THANKS. Perhaps later.
Surely not. I must have mis-heard. Surely no government would spend $40,000,000 on just the swimming team. But yep. There it was on the ABC news this time though only $38,000,000. Well that made me feel better NOT. It raises the question, how much of the people's money was spent on the other teams. Seems to me that while people are SLEEPING in the STREETs such waste is criminal. Isn't it time that we "Pulled the Plug"on the Olympics at least until such time as we can provide food and shelter for all Australians. Next Olympics we can say "thanks for the invitation but sorry.............we have other, more important things on which to spend our people's money." How many other cash-strapped Nations might follow. Reminds me of the time I was locked up in a holding cell, following a protest rally and we were all bursting for a pee but........delicate little souls hat we were, there was only one toilet in the corner with no walls or door. No one wanted to go first until one person could wait no longer, said "stuff this" and enjoyed great relief. Upon completion I turned to see almost eeryone else lined up to follow. Just takes one to start the ball rolling or in this case the pee flowing. Olympics NO THANKS. Perhaps later.
