costello needs to help rudd and swan, page-9

I'm getting a bit tired of people praising Costello, and the man himself dining out on the fact he reduced government debt.
Is there any of us mere mortals that wouldn't have been able to do the same job by selling a massive profit-making taxpayer-owned business, and introducing a consumption tax?
Not really rocket-science.
Let's put Costello's results into perspective people.
.......we paid dearly for that signature smirk.
Cheers.