what a joke.

We were once known as the lucky country. Where everything was at your fingertips and attained easily. Well it seems that that is just a myth these days. I went against all judgement and voted for the labor government last elections. What a load of crap that turned out to be.

Listening to the water restrictions I cringe at the thought of the destiny of the next generation. You Mr Rudd promised us water. Where is it? All I hear is things like putting a bucket in the shower to save water. Does that not ring alarm bells in your head? Does it not scream desperation?

And yet you go gallivanting around the world like everything is ok. Well it’s not.

The health system is a joke. A joke of such massive proportions and yet you fail to see it.

My dad came to this county in his youth, to have a better life. He put the blood and the sweat into work and helped the economy. He left a family behind and followed promises of a better life. He worked his ass off. He was the one doing the jobs society had turned their nose to. He did it because he was promised a good life and a comfortable retirement.

He counted on being cared for just like he did for the country. And what did the labour government do? They screwed the system over. Where is the money you promised that would go into the health system? If you had any idea of how to run a country you’d have put that cash advance you gave to every tom dick and harry into the health system.

What happened to doctors who knew what they were doing? What happened to the beds you promised? Why is my dad being pushed around like a number. He’s been misdiagnosed, mistreated, misunderstood and worst of all mislead.

I’ve watched people in pain be turned away at emergency wards. Patients waiting for hours for a doctor. I’ve watched my dad miss his meds because you have a shortage of nurses. I’ve seen nurses too lazy to feed a patient. I’ve seen so many responsibilities hand balled to the next person that it leaves me disgusted.

Must it be that I need to scream and yell before something gets done. Must it be that I need to remind the nurses of his meds. Must it be that I have to take on their role.

I’m so fed up with this system.

I’m fed up with the efforts of my parents being sent down the toilet. This isn’t what you promised them. This isn’t what they gave up everything for. This isn’t what they wasted their youth and health on.

They came and they did their part to build a prosperous country. You can’t chew them up and spit them out. You’ve done that with the economy, the ecology, the nature of this country but you cannot do it with the people.

It’s about time you kept your end of the bargain with that generation before this one decides on a mass exodus.

~ by liladreams on November 4, 2009.