That was Howard's debt truck wasn't it? The most profligate...

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    04/03/15
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    That was Howard's debt truck wasn't it? The most profligate government in Australia's history....

    “My favourite [example of Howard wasting the surpluses] was an $800 payment to every apprentice to buy a tool kit,” says Nicholas Gruen, of Lateral Economics.

    http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/big-spenders/414/
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