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				You Asked for It! » Imperialism and Selling Babies have a bad name   2005-02-09 21:59 Brendan Halfweeg "Papua New Guinea would be better off if we kept it and gave them citizenship and Statehood." PNG would be better off, but would the rest of the Australian taxpayers be better off? Let me see: 1. Increased welfare costs (far in excess of the aid/hush money we send them now) 2. Increased policing costs 3. Civil strife in Bougainville 4. Potential for conflict with Indonesia Hell, why stop at PNG, bring in the Solomons, Fiji and the rest of the South Pacific in and we'll become one super-state of dole bluggers. Imperialism and Selling Babies have a bad name -- ABL 2005-02-10