oh, please - we only make the coat of ignorance in just so many sizes - you're exceeding the range
whatever we think of Rudd - and, I sure don't think much -
his response to the GFC - his immediate actions - although some stuffed up - were actually very good
sure, the pink batts stuffed up a bit - but, the idea was very sound
it's like if you look at the John Monash victory - they didn't have 'everything' go well - many things failed and many men were killed and wounded - but, in the overall - it was a stunning victory.
Now - I wouldn't compare Rudd in anyway to that - at all - but, what it shows is that even when you have a huge win - there's some costs on the way - not everything works.
cut rudd some slack here -
the GFC appeared like a black cloud - rapidly --
Rudd acted ------------- FAST
what does acting FAST mean psychologically for a nation? -
it means that your people see you doing something - it helps that they all don't run off and buy truckloads of dunny paper AND run on your banks ----------- in Oz
we didn't panic - our sharemarket got hit - our currency went to the floor - but, in general - Oz didn't suffer anywhere near like other nations did
indeed considering the happenings - in the washup - we had very little damage comparatively.
the pink batts ------------- the concept of the pink batts was really good
it put money into the economy 'immediately' - or close enough - it put that money very close to root level
it did the society a service by providing something that gave us better buildings and was an environmental plus
the idea itself was actually brilliant -
the execution - not so much
now - if you compare that action - decided in DAYS - fast forward to our next emergency - Covid -
and, we have Morrison - with ALL the benefit of hindsight from Rudd - including all the mistakes -
Morrison has WEEKS to do something - which - he tells us - he needs time to 'think it through properly'
he then comes out with Rudd V2 -
and, makes BIGGER MISTAKES THAN RUDD EVER DID
geesus ------------------ why pick on Rudd????
I am absolutely not a fan of Rudd - I think he was seriously bad news as PM -------------- BUT
geesus - look at Oz then and look at it now ----------
do you need reminding of national debts now, personal debts, currency collapses, royal commissions and homelessness?????????????
