It's good to see that intelligent conversation and thoughts are still alive.

In the respect of enviroment - I wouldn't change were I live for quids!!

However I do get very peeved off, working 7 days a week to help fund some dope smoking idiots lazy lifestyle, or pay for the next lot of 15 year old mum's get out of school free card (Yes I know I'm generalizing). Especially when I know how hard my parents worked and they never got baby bonuses, first home owners grant etc. etc and nor did my husband and I. We've all had to work our buts off to get ahead and just when everything starts to come together you get socked with a great tax bill.
We're better off running our business at a loss rather than trying to improve our investment and therefore potentially employ more, spend more and on and on.
I also get annoyed when I see retiree's struggling to make ends meet, especially when they've contributed to our way of life all of their's and we value them so poorly. I'd be happy allocating more funding to them and anyone else that has spent a number of years contributing to our way of life.

All said though, I personally class myself as blessed : We have food on the table (beer/bundy in the fridge), money in our pocket (some) and a roof over our heads (plus toys). Australia ain't so bad.