Go Wash Yourself, Barefoot

Barefoot,

I have no question. I just cannot believe that -- in the paper last week -- you would be pushing a company such as Amazon.com. Talk about being a hypocrite! Here we are, us plebs who go to work every day, some of us for minimal wages, working 40 hrs a week to pay for our mortgages and living expenses, doing our damndest to make ends meet. And you are telling us how great this overseas company is just because they can deliver washing powder faster than Superman -- and cut back jobs. What about advance Australia fair?

Reg

G’day Reg,

Competition’s a bitch, ain’t it, Reg?

Whether you or I like it or not, Amazon is coming to Australia and it’s going to rock the retail industry. And that’s the point I made to my readers: there are 1.3 million Aussies retail workers, and jobs will go. (They’re called the ‘country killer’ for a reason.)

So what can we do?

Well, we can vote with our feet and buy everything locally from Aussie producers and retailers.But you and I know ... we won’t.

Scott