The boom as can be seen was very fragile. Government did not plan beyond the boom except to put the Telstra money aside to guarantee Parliamentarians and public service superannuation. Skills training,stuffed; infrastructure needs stuffed;Manufacturing,stuffed. Stock market up on debt and false valuations. Yes Simco we are all paying the price of the excesses during the Howard era. And you say bring these conditions back. Thats why the libs cant be trusted because they would continue on the same merry way and transfer the burden to ordinary Australians
