Your point about Johnny Howard and his brother might not be a true parallel for this didn't absorb $43 billion and generations of debt.
I think your point was to try and draw an ETHICAL parallel rather than worry about the net effect on Australia's financial position.
I'll settle any day for Julia bailing out her boyfriend's hairdressing business using taxpayer's funds (in the unlikely event that were necessary) in lieu of borrowing $100,000,000 every day in such a dangerous global financial situation.
And what for?
To expend it on things like the NBN and not on ports and loading facilities that are needed to speed up our vital exports.
