On 6/11/2014 12:53 PM, Lev Lafayette wrote:
On Thu, November 6, 2014 12:19 pm, Michael Scott wrote:
I would mention the "investment" in school halls as just one issue. The insulation batts, as another. Perhaps even the $900 taxpayers' bonus.
Most of which were good measures. Our economy went
Absolutely.
The capital investment of the BER ("the school halls") had a 97% success rate, according to the BER Implementation Taskforce report.
It is a miracle that 97% success with a rough 50/50 election outcome -- if it was near as bad as Michael and the other LNP supporters that clearly seem to have been brainwashed to believe, then the success rate would have been more like 30-40% ... that's taking a bunch of ALP supporters along for the ride. But it wasn't so low, was it? It was an extraordinarily hi success rate for ANY program.
The Home Insulation Scheme was a great success and whilst it is unpopular to say so, it saved lives (see http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollytics/2010/02/24/did-the-insulation-program-a...).
Absolutely, I don't see how this was a "government" fault, rather the fault of unscrupulous businesses taking full advantage of the nation building program and destroying it through the incompetence of those businesses -- they should have had properly trained employees and they should take the blame for the vast majority of the so-called problems of the installation batts situation.
Granted the government was utterly weak on the issue and went to water when confronted with the prospect of defending a complex truth against a simple lie.
I'm not so sure about the taxpayer's bonus tho'. Proportionally it was better for those on low incomes and certainly did help out local retail.
Overall the following article by Alan Austin illustrates piece-by-piece how the picture of Labor being poor economic managers and the LNP as being good managers is less than accurate.
http://www.independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/we-really-must...
Howard, lies and more lies and Abbot is far worse -- who would have thought that would be possible? It only took about 20 years before "John Howard" was finally considered "good enough" to be the LNP leader... he inherited so much good work from Paul Keating and took credit for things that the LNP were not responsible for. The lies are coming from just about every mouth in LNP at this time and the last year has shown Australia to be in diabolical trouble as a result, the world laughs at our incredibly stupid PM and his actions as well as his lack of action. The NBN has been all but wrecked by the complete fools in charge now and there delaying tactics before they /won/ the last federal election on false premises and loads more lies. The election before that Labor formed minority government showed up Abbot's huge black hole and extreme promises to do ANYTHING to be PM back then -- fortunately the independents helped, but all the negative and lies of the LNP opposition were extremely destructive ... and their destruction continues in office. LNP are wrecking Australia good and proper. A.