The coalition left the Labor government in a position in which it could avoid a recession. The recession hasn't yet been avoided. The government has a large debt. The ALP is doing all it can to stop the coalition from reducing that debt. A lot of the spending to "avoid" the recession was probably wasted on unnecessary school buildings, a lethal insulation batts policy, a $900 bonus payment which may or may not have made any difference to the economy. I said I didn't like the Liberal government's policies, yet you use the East-West link against me? On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Peter Ross <Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au> wrote:
From: "Michael Scott" <luv@inoz.net>
I don't like Dennis Napthine and I don't like the policies of the current Victorian government, but the Labor governments have been terrible. Their policies are, on the surface, "wonderful", but are generally unfunded, except by deficit budgets, funded by increasing debt.
Of course it is much better management if Liberals:
- Get elected with the promise to support the Metro Rail Tunnel
- Drops it after the Minister for Racing becomes the Premier (the one that not even bothers to declare his investment in horses properly)
- Gets the East West Link "planed" so all "consultations" are done before the plans are finalized
- Cannort show us good reasons, business plan deliberately hidden, "second river crossing" advertised (where please?) and "27 minutes time savings' (when travel at peak times takes 21 minutes now)
- Runs into legal hurdles because of the shoddy planning
- Signs a billion dollars contract weeks before the election promising the consortium hundred millions of "refund" if the process cannot be cleared in court (and the opposition may cancel this bull-shit project after a likely election win)
- "Rediscovers" the Metro Rail Tunnel
- Ignores five years of planning and changes the routes completely because something needs to be advertised (there is an election coming!)
- Has to find out that it collides with billion dollar investments in development of high risers
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fishermans-bend-rail-rerouting-runs-into-t...
That's management!
In the mean time Baillieu and Naphtine killed all investment in wind and solar energy. This contributes to the rise in unemployment with the highest rate (13% I think) in Naphtine's electorate. Amongst others there was a company building rotors for wind turbines that closed down.
I call that "good way of running an economy"!
I don't know whether Liberals were any good in history but this lot is a corrupt and greedy bunch of village idiots. The only qualification: The work for the rich.
Last time I checked it was a Labor government which helped Australia to avoid a recesssion during the Global Financial Crisis. The only developed country world wide which avoided this.
Just all sing after Rupert Murdoch and The Hun:
Liberals are goods for the economy Liberals are good for the economy Liberals are good
.. for me!
Hallelujah! Peter
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