Because Tony Abbott has already broken his great big promise to detail all his costings and cuts well before the election he will have a mandate to do nothing.
The risks of budget blowouts, recession due to massive slash-n-burn and community division will be very real under the scenarios flagged by Abbott & Co.
They will eventually be held to account but sadly for Australia it will be 1996-2007 all over again; lost opportunity, failure to invest in a sustainable and productive future and increasing community division.