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Rudd saved us from the GFC?You dont think it had anything to do with inheriting a healthy surplus.A robust economy.A healthy bank system that wasnt up to its elbows in toxic deriviatives.A stable real estate market.Low unemployment.
Rudd saved us from the GFC?
What he did was panic.I liked getting my $600 payment just as much as the next guy.My car rego was due it came in handy.I'm sure a lot of people were able to pay off their credit cards too.
As for stimulating the economy and saving us from ruin.Well that is debateable.I dont think we were in any real trouble at least not the Apocalypse they were trying to make us believe.
The truth is at the end of Howards term.Australia was in surplus.Where are we now?
As for Swan winning the award for worlds best treasurer.
I can just imagine the committee who gave the award.
Sitting around a table. Well I dont know who this guy is but its the only country not on the verge of bankruptcy.He must be good.