It’s an absolute pleasure to have the current political conversation flatulating around the edges of the government’s revenue sources – and the get-rich-quick schemes that could be used to extract more money out of us. Meanwhile, $40 billion annual deficits are still being cranked out (see also above graph) and our $400 billion debt will be added to for years to come.
Continue reading “Editorial – More Taxes Won’t Fix the Budget”
I don’t come here often
I usually refrain from critiquing things that Bill Shorten says or does – because it involves either something completely unintelligible or a hackneyed sound bite designed to crudely grab at the lowest denominator. I would have to open up a separate blog just to deal with it all. It would also be a waste of our collective intelligence to devote too much real thinking time to Bill’s tripe.
Continue reading “Editorial – Mr Ideas Still Running on Empty”
If you’re part of Australia’s political class, different rules appear to apply. The two recent examples that stick out like the proverbial dog’s appendages are:
Malcolm Farr of news.com.au is more to the Left than Jimmy Hendrix’s guitar handedness was. So it comes as no surprise when he gives Shorten the ‘simply unknown’ treatment in referring us to David Marr’s ‘Faction Man’ essay. At the risk of knocking your socks off, I can inform you that David Marr is a ‘progressive political and social commentator’.
Continue reading “Shorten’s Dubious History Cannot be Airbrushed”
News.com.au and the Sydney Morning Herald have managed to find some people that won’t vote for Abbott (should he stand at the next election):
Continue reading “Newsflash – Some People in Abbott’s Electorate Won’t Vote for Abbott”
First up, I don’t like the fact that Malcolm Turnbull has replaced Tony Abbott.
However, long term Liberal voters claiming that they would now vote for Shorten and Labor (yes, there are quite a few) need to take a cold shower. Shorten? The man who, among countless many other things:
Continue reading “Time Some Conservatives Took a Cold Shower”
The Marcus Review 