Tropical Plant Conservatory to go whilst politicians live it up

 http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/budget-cuts-will-kill-conservatorys-tropical-plants/story-e6frea6u-1226238574728

You can tell that you're in South Australia when the government wants to get rid of something which is iconic and draws people to SA. Yes, the Bicentennial Conservatory is to have its heating cut down or removed resulting in the death of (some?) tropical rainforest plants.

Yet, the government finds the money to send politicians and ministers all over the world on expensive ''fact-finding'' trips which are claimed to be for the good of the State, when we all know it's about having a holiday at taxpayers expense.

I for one, would like to know what has been implemented in South Australia as a result of one of those ''fact-finding'' trips? We never hear any politician come out and say ''We are going to start this or implement this, as we found it works great in Italy or Madrid''. In addition, we know its par for the course for the politician to say that they've ''slaved their guts out''. Geez, I'd say that to if I was in government and was taking a nice holiday paid for by the tax-payer.

At the end of the day, we have such a small population and Adelaide is quite a small city, yet the government is so top heavy with bloody leeches sucking it dry for what its worth. Thanks Mike Rann for helping blow our government worker population out of proportion.

It really pisses me off about the waste of money in the government. In reality, most of the overseas trips taken by politicians need never happen. I thought the idea of having these people in government is that they are expertise in their area and allow their expertise to be used for the good of the State. If they are not experts, what are we paying them for ?

I think its time our various political parties (and lets face it - they are all as bad as each other) get real and start becoming really efficient. Get rid of all the dead wood at all levels in government - state and federal. And cut back this unwarranted spending on overseas holidays by politicians. To my way of thinking, if our elected politicans can't work out what to do themselves about our countries various woes and problems, what are we paying them for ?

Get Real