Are Labour working furiously to get Australia in Debt?

[Punk Rooster]

well, they seem to be trying to get in debt at a million miles an hour!

[smac]

http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/docs/cs-200 ... s-2008.pdf

[Punk Rooster]

http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/docs/cs-2008/econ-cs-2008.pdf

i'm not reading that 36 page document!
give me the gist of it- are you sledging me or supporting me?

[smac]

I didn't read it either - at least not since year 12, almost 20 years ago.

To answer your question... Sledging you!

I think Government spending is pretty important at the moment, a budget deficit (not one of crippling size) will assist the recovery process rather than hinder it, IMO.

[Mickyj]

I think Rudd is trying to do what FDR did to get the USA out of the great depression in the 1930's.You know building the Hoover dam etc .

Not sure what Rudd could do to keep punk happy .

[Punk Rooster]

I think Rudd is trying to do what FDR did to get the USA out of the great depression in the 1930's.You know building the Hoover dam etc .

Not sure what Rudd could do to keep punk happy .

not giving families/single mothers/pensioners a $1000 spending money for christmas would be a start

[stan]

I think Rudd is trying to do what FDR did to get the USA out of the great depression in the 1930's.You know building the Hoover dam etc .

Not sure what Rudd could do to keep punk happy .

not giving families/single mothers/pensioners a $1000 spending money for christmas would be a start

Yeah that was a load of crap. Absolute bullshite!
I hear plasma TV's did well. And you know what also it was the first time I have driven past the Highbury Hotel in the middle of the day on saturday and it was frickin packed. I guess the Pokies did well also.

[Mickyj]

I think Rudd is trying to do what FDR did to get the USA out of the great depression in the 1930's.You know building the Hoover dam etc .

Not sure what Rudd could do to keep punk happy .

not giving families/single mothers/pensioners a $1000 spending money for christmas would be a start

Yeah that was a load of crap. Absolute bullshite!
I hear plasma TV's did well. And you know what also it was the first time I have driven past the Highbury Hotel in the middle of the day on saturday and it was frickin packed. I guess the Pokies did well also.

So what should Rudd do to keep Australia out of a recession.Just remember we were going to have this recession the way Howard and co went towards the end ?Dont believe me why did interest rates jump straight after the last election ?
I love people who whinge and whine but can never do a better job.Or worse the ones who whinge and whine but vote informal.And no I couldnt do a better job and yes i voted .perhaps a commie system no unemployed in a commie state.

And I think all polticans are crooks none of them could lie straight in bed .And the biggest wanker is Senator X IMHO.

[smac]

Not sure you can blame Howard for the (non-existant) recession either. Global forces have caused a lot of our currnet financial troubles, the condition of the economy when the change of Government happened is a large factor in the fact we are not in a recession. It had some robustness that is now being relied upon to keep us out of the shite.

[Psyber]

..So what should Rudd do to keep Australia out of a recession.Just remember we were going to have this recession the way Howard and co went towards the end ?
Dont believe me why did interest rates jump straight after the last election ?

Fear?

I love people who whinge and whine but can never do a better job.Or worse the ones who whinge and whine but vote informal.And no I couldnt do a better job and yes i voted.
perhaps a commie system no unemployed in a commie state.

Not too many actual workers either, that's why the economy struggles, and the shops run out of stock!

[Mickyj]

..So what should Rudd do to keep Australia out of a recession.Just remember we were going to have this recession the way Howard and co went towards the end ?
Dont believe me why did interest rates jump straight after the last election ?

Fear?

I love people who whinge and whine but can never do a better job.Or worse the ones who whinge and whine but vote informal.And no I couldnt do a better job and yes i voted.
perhaps a commie system no unemployed in a commie state.

Not too many actual workers either, that's why the economy struggles, and the shops run out of stock!

I'd pick you up on the shops run out of everything in yes you are correct on eastern Europe and Cuba .Not so sure re China seen shows on channel 2 where all the Chinese families have Punky's Large Screen Plasma TV's .
But hey if they have a mind boring job then they are at the same level as me

Still you have to tell me how Rudd can make a better australia ?

[Psyber]

You are right about China - I suspect the Chinese are just more diligent by nature.
Rudd making a better Australia? I really don't know.
I thought he was doing a fairly good job at first, but I am now worried about level of debt we may accrue.
And the talk of borrowing from the middle east - sounds sort of worryingly familiar for those of us who remember Gough...

[mick]

You are right about China - I suspect the Chinese are just more diligent by nature.
Rudd making a better Australia? I really don't know.
I thought he was doing a fairtly good job at first, but I am now worried about level of debt we may accrue.
And the talk of borrowing from the middle east - sounds sort of worryingly familiar for those of us who remember Gough...

Yep it'll be Whitlam again, only this time Jim Cairns is female with red hair

[redandblack]

Clutching at straws time again

[Mickyj]

You are right about China - I suspect the Chinese are just more diligent by nature.
Rudd making a better Australia? I really don't know.
I thought he was doing a fairtly good job at first, but I am now worried about level of debt we may accrue.
And the talk of borrowing from the middle east - sounds sort of worryingly familiar for those of us who remember Gough...

Yep it'll be Whitlam again, only this time Jim Cairns is female with red hair

Interesting that she comes from Adelaide i wonder who she follows in the SANFL.
Could be worse guys Liberals could be still running the country.And fighting the terrorists all over the world .

[mypaddock]

It's just the Australian political cycle running its course again.
Labor spending and getting the coutry into debt, Liberals get back in and put us in strong financial position, Labor get back in and start to spend up big again and get us in debt... etc etc

[Q.]

It's just the Australian political cycle running its course again.
Labor spending and getting the coutry into debt, Liberals get back in and put us in strong financial position, Labor get back in and start to spend up big again and get us in debt... etc etc

Somehow I don't think it has been or is as simple as that.

[mick]

It's just the Australian political cycle running its course again.
Labor spending and getting the coutry into debt, Liberals get back in and put us in strong financial position, Labor get back in and start to spend up big again and get us in debt... etc etc

Somehow I don't think it has been or is as simple as that.

I guess that that remains to be seen I sincerely hope you are right, no one sane would want to see the country go down the tube simply to get a change in government.

[Mickyj]

It's just the Australian political cycle running its course again.
Labor spending and getting the coutry into debt, Liberals get back in and put us in strong financial position, Labor get back in and start to spend up big again and get us in debt... etc etc

Somehow I don't think it has been or is as simple as that.

I guess that that remains to be seen I sincerely hope you are right, no one sane would want to see the country go down the tube simply to get a change in government.

Is there something to the fact that most of the anti Rudd/Labor people are North fans ?
Just an observation that's all.

[mick]

No just seems that way, I know "Redden Whites" would be greatly offended by this idea plus a few others on here. Kev's wife is a Walkerville girl, I wonder if she is a North supporter? Jane Lomax-Smith is a North supporter, I am pretty certain John Bannon is a North supporter, I think your theory is looking a little shaky