But, we do have the structure in place to blow the 2 party system open, and grass roots campaigns can actually make a difference. My hope is that enough Mafoo's out there get sick and tired of th bi-partisan crap that has run this damned country for way too long (both of the big parties suck, no doubt) that they do somthing about it. I can hope right?

Well i live on the East coast of Australia... and a few things:
-The weather is no where near as bad as everyone makes it out to be. 90-something % of the whole population lives near the coast where it is cooler... The harshest weather is in the outback where you wouldnt be moving anyway. As for the UV, its only a problem between 11 and 3 in the summer months... and you can just put on sunscreen. Its no where near as bad as some people here are making it out to be!
-There are, of course, some very hot days in summer that get 40+ degrees, but overall the weather is very pleasant. Depending on where you live of course, even winter is comfortable to be outside in, and there are many sunny days.
-Best beaches in the world
-Games are generally more expensive taking into consideration conversion rates of currencies. However JB-HiFi sell for far less then every other retailer, and they are starting to dominate the market so other retailers may be forced to start reducing prices
-Currently in the Commonwealth but may become a republic at some stage in the future. The latest referendum for becoming a republic got turned down quite convincingly... When Charles however, becomes king, it may be a different story
-in my *personal* opinion the government currently is pretty good. any government could be better but im very happy with the way the country is being run at the moment
-probably the worst thing in my opinion is the public transport.... Most cities, with the possible exception of Melbourne, have public transport systems that are not up to par with other major world cities. Still, they are bearable.

I love living in Australia, and i doubt i would ever want to live anywhere else... I personally recommend either Melbourne or the Hunter valley/Central coast in NSW. Melbourne constantly tops lists of the most livable and best cities in the world, and the Hunter valley/central coast regions are absolutely beautiful if you would rather live in a more layed back and relaxing place.
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For 200 years, the US used to stand for something. I want to live in the country that follows those views.

When I was born, the US was the best country in the world with respect to that. Not anymore. If our government wants us to follow in Europe's footsteps then fine. I just don't wish to go there.

I want to live under the form of Government that's closest to the US in 1920 (and add in civil rights). That country, I think is Australia. It's not the US, and nothing in washington at the moment tells me it ever will be.

We all know how that decade ended. 

Some of it is political beliefs about how a country should be run, but most of it is just based on horrific incompetence at the top (and this is any party of late).

Not to drag this into a huge political debate, but the single biggest issue I see with the US right now, is income vs. expense. For the last 60 years or so, we have been spending money at a rate we could not sustain.  The way we got away with it, was raising GDP. Yea, we ran up a huge debt, but each year we made so much more money than the last year, we could feed that dept.

Those years are over, and yet we still spend like we are living in them. Right now, as a nation, we need to cut spending by 1/3, and if we did that, it would be a good start. What do we do? We double spending, and put us on a course to spend that way for years.

In the end, we will have to print a lot of money to get out of this. What that means, is the 80K a year I make today, in 10 years will have the spending power of 60K. I do not want to spend the rest of my life in decline because the people I in trust to maintain my country are grossly incompetent to do so. Being I have no power to replace the people in my government with people who know what they are doing, then next best thing is to replace the government that resides over me.

Someone made a comment about me not wanting to pay taxes, and that’s completely wrong. I pay over 40K a year in taxes, and would not mind paying that money if I thought it went to what it should go to. I would guess 5K of that 40K is well spent, and the other 35K is pissed away. I work hard for that money, and the people I in trust that effort with (my government), needs to do a better job with it.

So I don’t hate America, I am just tired of working for them. If the Australian government will do a better job with my effort, I would be much happier giving it to them.

And I am serious by the way. I am planning on moving somewhere that is not on a path for total failure.

We know how... but amusingly nobody knows why.

I believe the most commonly believed theory among economists currently is debt deflation cause by the Federal Reserve stepping in and trying to fix a regular depression.  Forcing a "great" depression.

The theory being that depressions are natural since the world moves in cycles, however being part of a natural depression isn't great for your political life, so you try your best to postpone it... and just make matters worse.

Things start slowing down, so the fed lowers interest rates... so more people invest, and more people... however these people shouldn't be investing and take risks they probably shouldn't... and bam.  You've got a big problem.