Calaber
Nil Bastardo Carborundum
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2007
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- Lower Hunter Region NSW
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- CG Captiva 5 Series 2
Amusing, isn't it, that a man who is so wealthy and arrogant, displays so much concern for the "little man". I wonder how many little men he has chewed up and spat out without any concern at all on the way to attaining his wealth? I wonder how much concern he showed for the staff at the Hyatt hotel he purchased and has virtually ruined turning it into his dinosaur park? The hotel was very well regarded and successful till he bought it. Now it's virtually deserted, staff have just about abandoned it and nobody in their right mind books a stay there.
He is living proof that the political idiots of this country permeate all sides of politics.
However, I reckon the government will have to go back to the drawing board with the budget. There is far too much anger and dismay from all sectors of the community about it, the Senate simply won't pass much of it without severe watering down or abandonment of certain sections and by the time any measures are passed, they won't be worth a cracker in achieving the reduction in spending the budget was intended to achieve. Even correspondents from the supporting media are starting to criticise the government for its inability to get the budget passed.
Abbott is scoring well on the international scene, and his popularity and acceptance have improved, whilst Shorten's has "shortened" (no surprises there - Abbott's perpetual negativity didn't do him any personal favours and now Shortened is finding out what it's like, too). But this isn't doing anything for the domestic economy or the budget and perhaps Joe isn't the best person to push the matter through either. His threats to adopt even tougher measures if the budget continues to meet opposition is only going to make him and the government even less popular.
I reckon the budget targets need a bit or re-assessment - and soon.
And I'd still like to know what Labor would do about a budget if they were governing. I realise they can just attack whilst the budget is so unpopular, but Australians aren't all complete idiots and eventually, they will start to ask Shortened just where his budget proposals are. He's had a pretty easy run up till now, but it won't last forever.
