Small business job summit announces the bubonic plague is preferred to unions

Organised by the small business think tank, the MTG, concluded the 3 hr job summit with senior representatives from construction, engineering, hospitality, farming, fishing, medical, legal and accounting business groups representing 5.3 million working Australians

SVP’s Matt Carrel and Art Wilkes of the MTG, still working from lockdown due to ongoing health issues, kept a tally on the conference room and those attending by video. Key questions raised at the summit were:

1.   Is small business happy with the ALP being elected?

Interestingly 14% of delegates expressed delight about this result. These were the oldest of small business attendees that have seen more than 9 elections and understand that the ALP historically drives the cost of everything upward and the value of everything downward. Immediately the ALP is elected, these seasoned business owners sell all assets and buy them back a year or two later at half price.  “How good is that eh?” said an old farmer called Wayne explaining this strategy to me.

2.   Is small business happy with the ALP energy policy?

98% are very unhappy about Chris Bowen’s total ignorance of nuclear power and the abundance of uranium and thorium on our doorstep. Most small businesses pay close attention to what is happening to other renewable energy gullibles such as Germany and UK on skyrocketing energy prices but gave Bowen the benefit of the doubt whether he had a working television.

3.   What does small business recommend about worker shortage?

96% recommend immediate re-introduction of national service which integrates skills training like Israel and Singapore. At the same time this also boosts our defence capability and gets younger people a dose of discipline and respect. Cutting unemployment benefits would help.

The delegates agreed that Australia should copy successful strategies of successful nations

4.   Should small business pursue gender and race equality policies?

100% of respondents advised the ongoing small business policy since the end of World War 2 that all new staff are taken, not on gender or race or religion or vaxxed/unvaxxed, tall, short, fat or thin. Always just on merit, nothing else.

5.   Could the unions integrate successfully with small business ?

95% of respondents indicated they would rather catch the bubonic plague or set fire to their premises, than allow unions in the door.  They had the overwhelming view from previous skirmishes, that unions are the kiss of death to any small business and totally ignorant of any business objectives in “meeting the market” and have crucified most Australian industries by the double edged sword of forcing higher wages coupled with lower productivity.

In an open forum for good ideas, the Bradfield Scheme and the Boomerang Railway received unanimous support as “Nation Builders” whereas Snowy 2.0 was loudly berated.  Decreasing the number of public holidays, eliminating the anti-employment payroll tax, incentivising small business with cuts in Federal, State and local regulations and fees were subjects that were thrown around.

All attendees agreed it is harder for small businesses to meet the avalanche of increasing costs under socialist leadership. Working longer hours on standard rates appeared to be the only solution so that at the end of each week, there would indeed be, some money in the tin.