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Which $5 billion is that?
The Gillard Government
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Everyone wants money
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You can bet the dopey so n so's will build the same namby pamby stuff in the same place before the river destroyed it. The slogan will be "bigger and better" ($$$). Some people are as thick as two planks.
Rebuild the essentials, do the massive rubbish clean up and then build the namby pamby stuff at local government expense.
The RBA are certainly open with their criticism of the Gillard Government. Any way it has to be passed by both houses and if the senate rejects it twice, I dare our Joolya to go to a double dissolution.
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lol Noco - I don't think she would be game. But we can only hope for a DD at some stage to clean out the senate as well...
Hi.
Well, I think we are going to have to wait until the NSW state election, to see the %swing against the state government. If there is a big swing, then we will see a small crack in the Federal Great Wall.
Also it will be interesting to see how 'Rob" reacts.
One would assume he still wants to be a politican.
Because no employer would put up with the "b**ls**t that he can churn out.
Golly gosh a thought came to me#### (garbage run).
Cheers
Well, I think we are going to have to wait until the NSW state election, to see the %swing against the state government. If there is a big swing, then we will see a small crack in the Federal Great Wall.
Also it will be interesting to see how 'Rob" reacts.
One would assume he still wants to be a politican.
Because no employer would put up with the "b**ls**t that he can churn out.
Golly gosh a thought came to me#### (garbage run).
Cheers
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Unfortunately in Australia a change of government will not really make much difference.
Both the major parties are guilty of overspending, blatant pork barrelling, pandering to special interest groups, short term planning and general irresponsible fiscal policies.
You are either deluded, naive or too young to know any better, if you think that a change of government will stop this rapacious tax grab of all levels of government in Australia.
Most people would be quite happy to pay a one off levy in a situation like we have today with the QLD flood IF there hadn't been such a litany of mismanagement of taxpayers funds going back many years.
Of course those that complain about a new tax will be labelled unpatriotic,uncaring and uncompassionate but really given the track records of governments around Australia most people have little goodwill left when it comes to another tax grab nonwithstanding that it is for a very good cause.
Both the major parties are guilty of overspending, blatant pork barrelling, pandering to special interest groups, short term planning and general irresponsible fiscal policies.
You are either deluded, naive or too young to know any better, if you think that a change of government will stop this rapacious tax grab of all levels of government in Australia.
Most people would be quite happy to pay a one off levy in a situation like we have today with the QLD flood IF there hadn't been such a litany of mismanagement of taxpayers funds going back many years.
Of course those that complain about a new tax will be labelled unpatriotic,uncaring and uncompassionate but really given the track records of governments around Australia most people have little goodwill left when it comes to another tax grab nonwithstanding that it is for a very good cause.
No I am not too young, but I know that there was a sustancial surplus in 2007.
You can kick **** out of all the government that you like.
Hello we have to have sombody.!!!!
I think we have to have the best of the bad lot. Thats not Gillard.
Cheers.
You can kick **** out of all the government that you like.
Hello we have to have sombody.!!!!
I think we have to have the best of the bad lot. Thats not Gillard.
Cheers.
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The surplus should have been a lot bigger if Howard et al hadn't wasted billions on middle class welfare payments.
And you can hardly blame the present administration for the GFC.
That is not to say that the Gillard government haven't managed to mismanage the economy and failed to curb the excesses of government spending.
However until we get someone in either of the major parties who wants to really and genuinely commit to smaller government then we are in for more of the same regardless of who wins office.
Unfortunately for the Liberal Party the best person for the treasurers job, Costello is no longer available.
And I can hardly be enthused at the prospect of Abbott and Hockey running the economy.
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Indeed!And I can hardly be enthused at the prospect of Abbott and Hockey running the economy.
O'l Pete's had to chip in with criticism of the flood levy to give them a hand.
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Bingo. Abbott was more indulgent with his pork barrelling to the independants that Labor as, yet people think there would have been a significant difference. The only difference is that Labor has hypocrites on the front bench & in the senate, whilst the Libs elected one as leader.
The public servants who run program delivery are the same people regardless of who wins office, which makes the slavish devotion to one side of politics over the other baffling.
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Hmmm - is there a wiff of an election coming up? Suddenly Abbott is being targeted as a terrible person and seems to happen when lefties are in campaign mode...
Or is it just another mirage...
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I don't vote for either party and have criticised both, so I'm not sure pointing out hypocrasy is campaigning for anyone - Abbott's record is a pretty plain to see.Hmmm - is there a wiff of an election coming up? Suddenly Abbott is being targeted as a terrible person and seems to happen when lefties are in campaign mode...
Or is it just another mirage...
I understand only one side of politics is allowed to be criticised on ASF, but surely if Garratt can be (rightly) derided for backflips and hypocrasy, why should Abbott be exempt?
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Sorry, Mofra. It was a bit of tongue in cheek...
Of course, no politician will ever be perfect and all have their share of mistakes. However, it is my view that the Rudd and now Gillard government have been somewhat astounding in their lack of ability to govern effectively. And that's not specifically an anti-labor statement. If they were libs, I would be just as appalled. While Hawke and Keating weren't perfect either, they did provide much better leadership for Australia than what we have seen from labor since 2007, IMO.
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The Greens are too canny to allow themselves to be wedged. But it will be interesting to watch them as the flood levy bill goes through parliament.
From: Gillard hits rough water on flood levy
Friday, January 28, 2011
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Top...rd_hits_rough_water_on_flood_levy_570160.html
And this very telling response, when put under pressure in an interview, what did the PM come up with:
From: Gillard hits rough water on flood levy
Friday, January 28, 2011
http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Top...rd_hits_rough_water_on_flood_levy_570160.html
And this very telling response, when put under pressure in an interview, what did the PM come up with:
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Mate, she hasn't hit rough water, she's completely underwater. The only people supporting her now are nailed on Labor supporters.
Swinging voters like me will toss her out if the greens do not do so, before the next election is due.
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The following is a somewhat frank assessment of the ALP's climate policy changes.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/28/3124315.htm?site=thedrum
If she succeeds, her Green bed partners will have still got an extra tax on the better off (flood levy) and a carbon tax.
As Meatloaf would say, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
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YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THIS FARMER'S OUTLOOK ......
While suturing up a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, whose hand had been caught in the gate while working his cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.
Eventually the topic got around to Julia Gillard, and her being our prime minister.
The old farmer said, "Well, ya know, Julia is just a Post Tortoise."
Now not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked,
What's a "Post Tortoise?"
The old farmer said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a Tortoise balanced on top, that's a post Tortoise."
The old farmer saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain.
"You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she's up there, she sure as hell isn't goin' anywhere, and you just wonder what kind of dumb bastard put her up there in the first place."
While suturing up a cut on the hand of a 75 year old farmer, whose hand had been caught in the gate while working his cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.
Eventually the topic got around to Julia Gillard, and her being our prime minister.
The old farmer said, "Well, ya know, Julia is just a Post Tortoise."
Now not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked,
What's a "Post Tortoise?"
The old farmer said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a Tortoise balanced on top, that's a post Tortoise."
The old farmer saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain.
"You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she's up there, she sure as hell isn't goin' anywhere, and you just wonder what kind of dumb bastard put her up there in the first place."
Garpal Gumnut
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Logique
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Four Corners tonight is a bio of Julia Gillard, and afterwards Q&A returns with Graham Richardson, Amanda Vanstone, Catherine Deveny and Gerard Henderson.
