@spotweldersfriend wrote:
And can you tell me where those Howard surpluses went poddy?Schools,health,infrastructure?What did they do with the proceeds from the sale of Telstra and our gold reserves?Please enlighten me.
Howard was the most profligate PM in our history. Howard together with costello were utterley useless economic managers, in any sense of the term...........
From about the 20th-ranked economy in 1982, Australia had risen by 1996 to sixth in the world — behind only the United Arab Emirates, Norway, Singapore, Japan and the United States.
That’s measured by the variables: income, growth, wealth, jobs, inflation, interest rates, taxes, economic freedom and credit ratings.
By 2007, however, at the end of the wasted Howard years, Australia had slipped back in the rankings to 10th place.
According to a Treasury report in 2008, between 2004 and 2007, the mining boom and a robust economy added $334 billion in windfall gains to the budget surplus. Of this, the Howard Government spent, or gave away in tax cuts, $314 billion, or 94 per cent.
@spotweldersfriend wrote:
No.Church types are from the right,boris. That's where they like to spend time while their military are bombing cities.
not the Church types who have been speaking out about our treatment of asylum seekers, they are getting quite vocal. 
@spotweldersfriend wrote:
True.I meant the church types like Scott,Tone,George Dubya,Ariel Sharon
.
Yes they're the unchristian church types.
@boris1gary wrote:
@spotweldersfriend wrote:
And can you tell me where those Howard surpluses went poddy?Schools,health,infrastructure?What did they do with the proceeds from the sale of Telstra and our gold reserves?Please enlighten me.
From about the 20th-ranked economy in 1982, Australia had risen by 1996 to sixth in the world — behind only the United Arab Emirates, Norway, Singapore, Japan and the United States.
That’s measured by the variables: income, growth, wealth, jobs, inflation, interest rates, taxes, economic freedom and credit ratings.
By 2007, however, at the end of the wasted Howard years, Australia had slipped back in the rankings to 10th place.
According to a Treasury report in 2008, between 2004 and 2007, the mining boom and a robust economy added $334 billion in windfall gains to the budget surplus. Of this, the Howard Government spent, or gave away in tax cuts, $314 billion, or 94 per cent.
maybe you should read those facts
went from 20th to a high of 6th before slipping back to 10th..........so a total of 10 places higher?
2008 treasury report compiled by a labor government.......got that
