Rudd is displaying the symptoms of an addict:
'I'm a fiscal conservative'
'I have a surplus to spend'
'I just tried debt once'
'I can just keep spending without consequences'
'OK, there are consequences but I can just ignore them'
'OK, I'm gonna need more money, where can I get it?'
'I can break and enter into the mining sector'
'Oh no! they're putting up a fight'
'OK, I'll just break into the emergency fund'
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