Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:29 pm
Gladys Liu pulling a Dastyari. Surely she has to get the sack! Although, there always seems to be a separate set of rules for the corrupt LNP politicians.
Q. wrote:I'm saying surplus/deficit figures are are meaningless and the continual reference to them is macroeconomic ignorance.
The surplus/deficit figures tells us zero about how well a government handles the economy, wage growth, living standards etc. The fact we are in a per capita recession is testament to that.
Psyber wrote:Q. wrote:I'm saying surplus/deficit figures are are meaningless and the continual reference to them is macroeconomic ignorance.
The surplus/deficit figures tells us zero about how well a government handles the economy, wage growth, living standards etc. The fact we are in a per capita recession is testament to that.
Sounds like traditional Greek economic policy to me. Just spend and expect the rest of Europe to bail you out.
Q. wrote:Psyber wrote:Q. wrote:I'm saying surplus/deficit figures are are meaningless and the continual reference to them is macroeconomic ignorance.
The surplus/deficit figures tells us zero about how well a government handles the economy, wage growth, living standards etc. The fact we are in a per capita recession is testament to that.
Sounds like traditional Greek economic policy to me. Just spend and expect the rest of Europe to bail you out.
By all means, compare Australia with Greece if you want to look like you don't know what you're talking about.
Psyber wrote:Q. wrote:Psyber wrote:Q. wrote:I'm saying surplus/deficit figures are are meaningless and the continual reference to them is macroeconomic ignorance.
The surplus/deficit figures tells us zero about how well a government handles the economy, wage growth, living standards etc. The fact we are in a per capita recession is testament to that.
Sounds like traditional Greek economic policy to me. Just spend and expect the rest of Europe to bail you out.
By all means, compare Australia with Greece if you want to look like you don't know what you're talking about.
I was citing the Greece mess as an example of where uncontrolled spending leads.
The question is do we want the extreme left free spending devotionists to lead us there...
Q. wrote:Also, it's worth noting that in today's Yahoo Finance conference that Peter Costello stated that Govt spending per capita is currently at a record high:
https://tradingeconomics.com/australia/ ... t-spending
But yeah, we'll keep quoting budget figures like they mean something and making dumb analogies like:
"The labor government is the 3 weeks in Croatia throwing up off the side of a sail boat.
The liberal government is then the next 6 months back at home paying off the credit card bill."
FlyingHigh wrote:Q. wrote:Also, it's worth noting that in today's Yahoo Finance conference that Peter Costello stated that Govt spending per capita is currently at a record high:
https://tradingeconomics.com/australia/ ... t-spending
But yeah, we'll keep quoting budget figures like they mean something and making dumb analogies like:
"The labor government is the 3 weeks in Croatia throwing up off the side of a sail boat.
The liberal government is then the next 6 months back at home paying off the credit card bill."
LOL for a government who oversaw the massive housing asset price inflation in the 90's and 00's. That is what we are now paying for now with the final death-knell of manufacturing over the last ten years, retail struggling, various sectors of agriculture struggling, whinging about utility prices and council rates, because everyone needs to buy everything as cheap as they can to get by.
FlyingHigh wrote:Q. wrote:Also, it's worth noting that in today's Yahoo Finance conference that Peter Costello stated that Govt spending per capita is currently at a record high:
https://tradingeconomics.com/australia/ ... t-spending
But yeah, we'll keep quoting budget figures like they mean something and making dumb analogies like:
"The labor government is the 3 weeks in Croatia throwing up off the side of a sail boat.
The liberal government is then the next 6 months back at home paying off the credit card bill."
LOL for a government who oversaw the massive housing asset price inflation in the 90's and 00's. That is what we are now paying for now with the final death-knell of manufacturing over the last ten years, retail struggling, various sectors of agriculture struggling, whinging about utility prices and council rates, because everyone needs to buy everything as cheap as they can to get by.
Jimmy_041 wrote:I’d agree with most of that Psyber other than:
Late 90’s slump - around 97.
Booney wrote:#hillsong
Q. wrote:Just a minor case of electoral fraud from everyone's favourite party of corruption:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-06/josh-frydenberg-gladys-liu-high-court-challenges-election-result/11675738
"You intended to convey that it was an AEC corflute didn't you," Ms De Ferrari said.
"It was similar to the AEC colours, yes," Mr Frost replied.
"That is a yes then?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied.
Jimmy_041 wrote:Q. wrote:Just a minor case of electoral fraud from everyone's favourite party of corruption:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-06/josh-frydenberg-gladys-liu-high-court-challenges-election-result/11675738
"You intended to convey that it was an AEC corflute didn't you," Ms De Ferrari said.
"It was similar to the AEC colours, yes," Mr Frost replied.
"That is a yes then?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied.
Anything goes in the DPRV
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/19/red-shirts-scandal-is-back-threatening-to-derail-2018-victorian-election
Q. wrote:Jimmy_041 wrote:Q. wrote:Just a minor case of electoral fraud from everyone's favourite party of corruption:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-06/josh-frydenberg-gladys-liu-high-court-challenges-election-result/11675738
"You intended to convey that it was an AEC corflute didn't you," Ms De Ferrari said.
"It was similar to the AEC colours, yes," Mr Frost replied.
"That is a yes then?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied.
Anything goes in the DPRV
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/19/red-shirts-scandal-is-back-threatening-to-derail-2018-victorian-election
You do love a tu quoque logical fallacy