Malcolm was always the last of the big spenders, that's why he couldn't keep his trousers on!
But JH should have learnt from his time as 2ic to Malcolm and let the Treasurer Peter Costello handle all the finances instead of trying to 'buy' the electorate. But power goes to your head when you become the head honcho and, like Malclom before him, in the last two years of his tenure JH tried to spend his way back into government. The public was not fooled.
