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Flat White

Government has never been so big – and yet so incompetent

1 October 2020

12:37 PM

1 October 2020

12:37 PM

In the history of Australia, never has government been so big and yet so incompetent in dealing with the problems that we face. 

The lost and hopeless soul of government is proving to be nothing more than an imposition on the way we live our lives, in the most intrusive way possible – lecturing us on how to look after ourselves. 

The idea of self-responsibility, in 2020, is so passé. 

Why wouldn’t it be? 

Look around at all the alarmist and, often, contradictory edicts government deploys. 

Only a table of ten allowed for a venue booking; but then you can go down the road to your local supermarket and walk wherever you...

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