Kevin Rudd

[MrBurns]

Re: Does Rudd inspire confidence?

Govt under fire for 'appalling' stimulus fire link -

I dont like Keven Rudd and this just cements my feelings, the man is a shifty, grubby little opportunist and I hope the Australian people now see him for what he is -

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/11/2488110.htm

 

[Calliope]

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Kevin Rudd greets Lowitja O'Donoghue before delivering the apology.

Sorry state of affairs

Nicolas Rothwell | February 13, 2009

Article from: The Australian
THE first anniversary of the national apology to the Aboriginal Stolen Generations falls today, shadowed by financial turmoil and the heavy pall of bushfire smoke. It is shadowed, too, by promises unmet, commitments fading and fine words receding into the murk of time.

 

[metric]

Re: Does Rudd inspire confidence?

Govt under fire for 'appalling' stimulus fire link -

I dont like Keven Rudd and this just cements my feelings, the man is a shifty, grubby little opportunist and I hope the Australian people now see him for what he is -

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/11/2488110.htm

and he cant wait till his ear wax is aged......


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[rhen]

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This irritates me too. As does his general tone which is "I know more than you dumb voters ever will and you are just so lucky to have me here in charge of your lives."

I did, however, give him some brownie points yesterday for his very clear rejection of Mick Dodson's demand for the date of Australia Day to be changed. He seems to have succeeded in putting that person, big black hat and all, back in his box, at least for now.

Your being a person who appreciates canines (as I do), it gave me a wry smile to remember the perhaps overused quote: ""biting" the hand that feeds you" in respect to "boxing" Mick (no disrespect intended).

Anyhow, I just wished to present two, more significant, quotes by Thomas Sowell:

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayers’ money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse.

and

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

 

[Julia]

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Great quotes, Rhen. Thank you.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

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Rudd and Swan need to go, and soon.

Gillard and Tanner would make good replacements, either of them would be a better Prime Minister or Treasurer, take your pick, than Rudd and Swan are at present. Ditherers both of them.

gg

 

[Julia]

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It won't happen, of course, gg, but I do agree with you. Both Gillard and Tanner seem to be fairly authentic human beings, rather than the cardboard cutouts of Rudd and Swan, both of whom are way, way out of their depth.

 

[Bobby]

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When I was very young there were toilets in Sydney's CBD that used to charge 2'P to use , thats 2 pennies pre 1966 .

They had a attendant in charge of taking this fee .
That job would be perfect now for Mr Swan with his present SKILL levels ''

 

[Calliope]

Re: Does Rudd inspire confidence?

Rudd and Swan need to go, and soon.

Gillard and Tanner would make good replacements, either of them would be a better Prime Minister or Treasurer, take your pick, than Rudd and Swan are at present. Ditherers both of them.

gg

It is a worry that not one of the Gang of Four has any credentials or experience on fiscal policy, so they have to run everything past Ken Henry. So you could say that the stimulation package has been cobbled together by amateurs but totally endorsed by someone who does not answer to the electorate.

They do have a Minister who has the economic credentials and experience. That is Craig Emerson. But he is not a member of the Gang of Four.

 

[Wysiwyg]

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It is a worry that not one of the Gang of Four has any credentials or experience on fiscal policy, so they have to run everything past Ken Henry. So you could say that the stimulation package has been cobbled together by amateurs but totally endorsed by someone who does not answer to the electorate.

They do have a Minister who has the economic credentials and experience. That is Craig Emerson. But he is not a member of the Gang of Four.

They`re using the well worn path of ... fake it till you make it.Besides, any government that hands us back our own money is lovable.

 

[Calliope]

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I think the time has come for Mr Rudd to swallow his pride and ask his wife for advice on how to get out of the hole he has dug. I see nothing wrong with this. After all Mrs Howard was a power behind the throne.

Ms Reine is the expert in the family on making money. Throughout his bureaucratic life Mr Rudd's expertise has been in spending money. Making the money has been the taxpayers problem not his. His concerns have been more with looking after the non-taxpayer. Their votes decide elections.

I am sure, if she wanted to, Therese could give him sound advice on how to to prevent Australia's slide into bankruptcy.

 

[kincella]

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his wife needed no skills other than to line up and receive govt handouts....you know the money handed to any two bit player...for when they found a person a job.....thats where her money came from....and still does..
now if they put the person into the wrong job...and that person went looking for another job...the govt paid them 6000 again.....hows that for easy money....and no checks....

there were lots of funny things going on in that new industry....and still is today

he left the electricity running 24/7 to pretend an investment prop was his PPOR...so no CGT was payable on the sale....oh and he got the prop very cheap with inside information...
its all out there on the web....

 

[Calliope]

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When I was very young there were toilets in Sydney's CBD that used to charge 2'P to use , thats 2 pennies pre 1966 .

They had a attendant in charge of taking this fee .
That job would be perfect now for Mr Swan with his present SKILL levels ''

I remember those guys Bobby. But I think they had skill levels way out of reach of Swanny. You will remember that when the pubs shut at 6PM the drunks had nowhere to go to relieve themselves but these toilets. Handling them required diplomatic skills. And they weren't always choosy about where they were sick. The attendants did a good job in keeping the place clean. They used to even wipe down the seats after each use.

In other words these guys performed a useful and necessary service.

 

[MrBurns]

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I think the time has come for Mr Rudd to swallow his pride and ask his wife for advice on how to get out of the hole he has dug. I see nothing wrong with this. After all Mrs Howard was a power behind the throne.
Ms Reine is the expert in the family on making money. Throughout his bureaucratic life Mr Rudd's expertise has been in spending money. Making the money has been the taxpayers problem not his. His concerns have been more with looking after the non-taxpayer. Their votes decide elections.
I am sure, if she wanted to, Therese could give him sound advice on how to to prevent Australia's slide into bankruptcy.

All he needs to do is stop the handouts and give tax cuts across the board, that will at least encourage the whole economy and may even help employment.
Ahh but with tax cuts KRudd will have less to squander.

I'm sick of rubbishing KRudd he's such an easy target.

 

[shaunQ]

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All he needs to do is stop the handouts and give tax cuts across the board, that will at least encourage the whole economy and may even help employment.
Ahh but with tax cuts KRudd will have less to squander.

Its already been said, but he's also inherited a lot of squander - budget is down $120B+ over 4 years without any stimulus. They can't cut taxes without MASSIVE cuts to existing expenditure. Not saying the handout was a good alternative but I guess the idea is to give that money out without cutting income permanently.

What they really needed to do was spend say 0.1% of GDP on advertising and propaganda to tell you never had it so good.

 

[rhen]

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All he needs to do is stop the handouts and give tax cuts across the board, that will at least encourage the whole economy and may even help employment.
Ahh but with tax cuts KRudd will have less to squander.

I'm sick of rubbishing KRudd he's such an easy target.

Well then, let's study one of his cygnets:

The Australian Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) has been noted for swimming with only one leg, the other leg being rotated over the body and tucked under its furled wings. Cygnets do this from a young age.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan

My Addendum: This enables the Australian "bird", (Cygnus atratus waynus) to swim in circles, sounding loudly as it whirlpools us deep into a recession and perhaps worse.

If you haven't already, read yet one more example of this: Swan enthusiastic about emissions scheme

http://www.businessspectator.com.au...tic-about-emissions-scheme-PH3JH?OpenDocument

 

[Calliope]

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Rudd a 'toxic bore' says Abbott

He got that right

 

[moXJO]

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$8B gone missing. Thats a fair size whack.

ALMOST $8 billion has disappeared from the Federal Government's Building Australia Fund which was initially valued at $20 billion.
The admission was made in a Senate estimates committee hearing yesterday by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.

Greens senator Scott Ludlam has called for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to immediately investigate the shortfall.

"Such a major revelation should have been announced by the prime minister instead of just through a casual throwaway line by minister Conroy," Senator Ludlam said.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25099553-29277,00.html

 

[Julia]

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Rudd a 'toxic bore' says Abbott

He got that right

Some quite fascinating dynamics happening between Mr Abbott and Julia Gillard.

Rather than being insulted by her description of him yesterday as being a "doberman" in contrast to Christopher Pyne's "poodle", Mr Abbott returned what he apparently perceived as a compliment by following his "toxic bore" description of Mr Rudd with the remark that Ms Gillard was a fine parliamentarian.

 

[Calliope]

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No comment needed, except I think Ruddy is hilarious.

Toxic assets are not as hard to deal with as toxic bores

February 25, 2009

Article from: The Australian
Tony Abbott tells Sky News that parliamentary democracy is under threat from lethal prime ministerial dullness

THE guy (Kevin Rudd) is a toxic bore in the parliament. Thank god you've got (Julia) Gillard there, who is a fine parliamentarian to liven up the awful performances of the Labor Party.

The Prime Minister confirms Abbott's assertion to Matthew Franklin of The Australian in a press conference:

FRANKLIN: Mr Rudd, are you a toxic bore?

PM: Can I say that anyone, anyone -- you wrote about this today, Matthew. (Inaudible.) If you are dealing with the totality of a global economic crisis, unless we have a restoration of private credit markets and private credit flows across the global economy and normal flows in Australia, then we're never dealing with the full dimensions of the problem. That's what I was saying in the parliament yesterday, that is the reality which every government in the world is wrestling with --

Franklin: So does that mean yes?

PM: That is the reality which every government is wrestling with. Secondly, stimulus along the lines of nation-building plans and what we described before are part of providing near to medium-term support while private credit markets are being restored. I think it's important to be up-front with the Australian public about the dimensions of the problem which are occurring in the global banking system, what's causing that, where the solutions may lie. Secondly, what we in Australia are doing in the near to medium term to support growth and jobs on the way through. That's the right course of action and I'll be sticking to it.

Another journalist: Mr Rudd, Tony Abbott described you this morning as a toxic bore. How would you describe him?

PM: I think when you're dealing with a global economic crisis it's important to be serious about, of course there's a problem and what you can do about it. This Government is in the practical business of trying to fix problems and can I say people losing their jobs isn't funny.