and a VERY generous welfare scheme
And therein is one of the fundamental issues, however try getting the dole to fill in a gap between being made redundant in a specialised industry (not my original trade, but then again nobody was doing any hiring during the GFC) in early 2009 and the next vacant position in my industry only coming up about six months later two states away. The whole welfare thing is geared towards school leavers and single PG13's with a litter - not those people who have worked as hard as they could for the last 25 years and worked to get ahead.

Whoops, didn't realise I'd stepped up onto the soapbox.... sorry

Byron, you've nailed it. Red, green or blue pill? They're all muppets these days, not many stand out as a cut above between them.

Regards,

Dave