Australia has seen bad leaders in the past, but never the likes of Julia Gillard. From race riots to government by lie and smear, is there no limit to the depths she is determined to plumb?
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Keynesians are slow learners, but surely even they realise there will be no wealth to confiscate unless their profligate turns on the government benches are punctuated by periods of deficit-averse conservative stewardship
A favourite indicator of economic health -- hours worked -- is colder than this disenchanted moviegoer's Choc Top. When the coming election restores adults to the government benches, let us hope they turn up the heat
All this stimulatory government spending should be eroding currency's value, at least according to the economics 101. Truth is, that all depends on what banks do with the money their anxious customers are socking away
Raise the dole and minimum wages and what will you have? More of the same, but at a higher price. That shouldn't be a difficult concept to grasp, especially for economists of a purportedly conservative bent
It used to be that voters were mostly taxpayers and governments reflected their aspirations, good or bad. Now? Well, productive citizens still vote, and the majority's desire is to relieve them of their wealth
No one is entirely without value or worth, and Wayne Swan provides the latest proof. Yes, he is an inept treasurer and addicted spendthrift, but you have to admit he makes a fine clown
The latest US massacre has inspired wonderment in Australia, where perceptions of America so often remain uncoloured by a realistic appreciation of history, law and national character
Call it Smith's Law of Prevalent Incompetence -- the fact that challenging occupations tend to absorb the available supply of the able and intelligent, leaving clots and ninnies to make a hash the rest
The Treasurer and assorted publicists, including many who should know better, continue to insist it was only his astute stewardship that saw Australia through the GFC. They could not be more wrong
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