has there been a worse pm than rudd???, page-30

When the Hawke government came to power they inherited double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and a significant budget deficit. John Howard got the ironic nickname "Honest John" because in the lead up to the poll he lied at the national press club about the state of the nation's finances. Being the shameless little man that he was, he cried long and loud after Keating lost office about the deficit he inherited (The Keating government having been similarly dishonest about the state of the budget prior to the 1996 election).

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