But wait there's more At the end of the day we here in parliament are the spenders of ‘other people’s money’, and when the government of the day is running a deficit, the ‘other people’s money’ that we are spending is that of our children and grandchildren. But, regrettably, over the past few years government spending of ‘other people’s money’ has been characterised by palpable waste. As our recent experience clearly shows, we must always be on guard against a government, a big-spending government, brimming with expensive and grandiose plans to spend our children’s money, no matter how well-intentioned those plans may seem. And, as Adam Smith reminds us of such grand government spending plans, they: … ought always to be listened to with great precaution, and ought never to be adopted till after having been long and carefully examined, not only with the most scrupulous, but with the most suspicious attention. And whether we are spending $1 million or $43,000 million, to engage in the spending of ‘other people’s money’—that of our children—on the lick and a promise of a hastily cobbled together plan based on ideology and untested assumptions without a vigorous cost-benefit analysis is a reckless abrogation of our responsibilities.
This is the hypocisy of the trough feeders. All talk; no action. Liberals have a proven track record. Why give them another place at the trough.
