Abbott and Hockey tried it and hostile Labor/Green/micro parties, senate, press and voters hounded them from government.
Turnbull put much on the table about cost cutting and everything was ridiculed by hostile Labor/Green/micro parties, senate, press and voters set to hound them from government for the temerity of trying.
We're a spoilt and overindulged nation and voters will just never accept the need for belt tightening when social media allows vicious, misdirected and misleading campaigns to go viral within days against politicians who even try to discuss belt tightening.
