Australia's largest stock trading and investment forum Australia's #1 stock forum

Living within your means, page-2

First 2 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
Hairyback

46,420 Posts.

04/04/16

08:54

Post #: 17413041
Share

Originally posted by Wally Flynn ↑

These words were uttered by Jimmy Carter just before he was turfed out. Now Malcolm has joined the long list of pollies who have tried to run on this mantra.

It's true that Malcolm has wedged the states on revenue and well done from me. However if you want to retain government then you need to tread carefully.

Spend-a-lot Bill is running around like a crazed Cheshire Cat promising to spend a zillion extra dollars. With each extra dollar he is promising he is able to get extra votes. This is the rub.

Cash buys votes. The voter is blind to the big picture and when they listen to spend-a-lot then they shrug and think that it is all under control.

Wayne set the example with his punishing use of the govts credit card. Now where is he. Gorn. He will never be held responsible for the wasting of billions of borrowed dollars.

Finally the $80 billion of missing cash has been explained. Wayne was going to borrow it.

Expand

Why then did Malcolm re-introduce first class travel for pollies?
6 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

HCH

Hot Chili sets up water company as drought racks Chile–but must also build communities a desal plant

MGT

Magnetite Mines set to progress DFS for Razorback through deal with JFE Shoji

PMT

High-grade lithium zone extended at Patriot's Corvette project, drilling grades at 5%

RXM

Rex Minerals soars 60% on $390M Indonesian buyout deal from MACH Australia

CXO

Core Lithium narrowly beats guidance on FY24 spodumene production but 1Y returns still shattered

There are more pages in this discussion • 15 more messages in this thread...

First 2 Last