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cchris · 05-15-2004, 10:58 PM

It's election year and the same old line has been pushed by a journalist.

"Prime Minister" how much does a loaf of bread cost?

Um...Aahh about 90 cents.

Journalist gets a headline and it's an out of touch leader on the front page of the paper.(Bread here costs about $3).

My question,quite seriously,is should the Prime minister or President of a nation know this stuff or are the important matters that pertain to the running of the Country too demanding to notice?

It is a bad example if I were to use the American President but our bloke here is a knobhead who prides himself on mixing it with the common folk and taking advantage of just dropping into a Pub to have a beer with the locals.He can afford to too due to the relative safety that is Australia.(Can you imagine the uproar from the average Yankie taxpayer? "Hey George,it's your shout". "No worries", I'll have 83 Buds thanks.)

Our guy goes in and orders 3 VB's and a diet coke.

Australia,the lucky country.

Taxpayers laugh,yet rejoice.

Is that the difference between the nations and the responsibilities involved?

Anyway,I don't visit the politics part of the board and I am in no way trying to invoke anything other than an odd question that I feel in my particular part of the world is relevant.

Oddly enough he knows how much a beer costs cause he got that one right,but bread and butter is different?

05-15-2004, 10:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	So how much does a loaf of bread cost? It's election year and the same old line has been pushed by a journalist. "Prime Minister" how much does a loaf of bread cost? Um...Aahh about 90 cents. Journalist gets a headline and it's an out of touch leader on the front page of the paper.(Bread here costs about $3). My question,quite seriously,is should the Prime minister or President of a nation know this stuff or are the important matters that pertain to the running of the Country too demanding to notice? It is a bad example if I were to use the American President but our bloke here is a knobhead who prides himself on mixing it with the common folk and taking advantage of just dropping into a Pub to have a beer with the locals.He can afford to too due to the relative safety that is Australia.(Can you imagine the uproar from the average Yankie taxpayer? "Hey George,it's your shout". "No worries", I'll have 83 Buds thanks.) Our guy goes in and orders 3 VB's and a diet coke. Australia,the lucky country. Taxpayers laugh,yet rejoice. Is that the difference between the nations and the responsibilities involved? Anyway,I don't visit the politics part of the board and I am in no way trying to invoke anything other than an odd question that I feel in my particular part of the world is relevant. Oddly enough he knows how much a beer costs cause he got that one right,but bread and butter is different?