yes, this is should be a real worry to the electorate. the other day, watso was a tad perplexed about howards claim, as he had posted that that petrol prices were higher a year ago.
at the start of the campaign, howard mentioned something along the lines that australians have to have a new mindset, and that they can expect to have continuous growth, or prosperity etc etc - and that is why we had the "go for growth" slogan. watso sort of thought that this must be a new theory of economics, as the economy seemed to be at bursting point - and certainly did not fit in with any economics that watso had learned. given howards, less than spectacular stint at being a treasurer, then watso wonders where howard got his economic credentials from.
it seems that howards version of economics is at odds stevens, who is obviously advised by a bevy of economists etc etc.
then there was costello - who a few weeks ago was being a tad smug, and implying that he had some control over the commercial banks, and they would not pass on higher interest rates (as a result of higher borrowing costs) - and now howard asking banks not to pass on the rate rise. watso has the idea that we have incompetents in charge
