Tony Abbott's Support Page

[icyfroth]

A reminder of the debt that Australia has, while Labor can bury their heads and deny it exists the fact remains we have a huge problem with debt and sooner than later the chips will fall, no business, no state and no country can keep operating in the red, eventually those we own the money to will own us. Who will own us?
The state of Qld has debt of $80 billion dollars, Labor are saying they don’t think it’s that bad, Bill Shorten on Australia’s debt, there is no debt crisis, there is a crisis and we are in this situation because of Labor, no one else and the bottom line is Labor can’t fix this problem, their speciality is creating debt not fixing debt.

[debra9275]

think about this too

https://thesnipertakesaim.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/ipa-agenda-to-re-shape-australia/

IPA agenda to re-shape Australia

this is not the Australia I want for my children

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@icyfroth wrote:

Think about this and let’s ask ourselves where Australia is heading, a first grader could work this out.

In 2007, we had a strong and sustainable budget with a $20 billion surplus and $50 billion in the bank.

After six years of Labor, the deficit had blown out to $50 billion and gross debt was skyrocketing towards $66...7 billion.
$37 million a day interest, $1 billion a month, $11 billion + per year.

Right now, we’re borrowing $1 billion a month just to pay the interest on debt that the former Labor government ran up.

That’s right – one thousand million every month to pay Labor’s interest bill – that’s a brand new tertiary hospital that could be built every single month if Labor’s interest bill did not have to be paid.

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If Australia is such a basket case as some would have us believe, why do you think we still have the AAA ratings from all the agencies?  ALP got that rating because we were the only country in the world that weathered the GFC relatively unscathed.  We had low inflation, low employment, low interest rates.  The money ALP spent was invested in projects, in education.  LNP just cuts and talks down Australian economy, which is detrimental internationally.  Taxes are collected to pay what we need, hospitals, roads, education for future, not to be hoarded in surpluses.  But now, the LNP are cutting and doubled the debt - it has been over a year they came in, maybe they should stop blaming past government and start taking responsibility.

[cherry*135]

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@vicr3000 wrote:
See am

Small things for small minds, you immediately focus on the knighthood.


Your beloved Labor is the reason you dont have a lot of jobs in your area, 6 years wasted.
But you wont say anything about that, just jump all overAbbott.

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I don't have a beloved Labor. Another inaccurate assumption. I have no respect for TA and his Govt's policies.

Re the state of the Aust economy - depends how easily one is influenced by the likes of CEC and other dubious publications.

[vicr3000]

Deb

I'd like to reshape aus but not sure it would go down well.

I don't like the Australia that the looney left and greens want.

Just their thought process and lack of action of the boats was scary enough.
Oh, and the lack of thought for the deaths they caused.

[vicr3000]

Super
We had the AAA before Labor.


Am3
It wouldn't matter if you had a booming area, you would still be complaining.

Have you contacted your council about what they are doing about jobs ?

No, didn't think so.

[debra9275]

You could always move if you don't like it here vicr, the thing is we are a democracy and we flit around between these 2 parties in the hope that there will be some middle ground. Between the hard right and the far left. Sometimes it happens, sometimes not, like now

[gleee58]

Maybe that's one of the things that got the backbenchers so riled up,

The Prime Minister spent much of last week calling around his backbench trying to quell the anger of those frustrated by his leadership.

But MPs are still angry that Mr Abbott changed his personal mobile number late last year, leaving backbenchers unable to contact him directly with their concerns.

“We wanted to talk to him directly and none of us had his number. It’s just not a genuine consultative style.”

http://www.news.com.au/national/tony-abbott-in-canberra-for-cabinet-meeting-as-leadership-speculatio...

[gleee58]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Think about this and let’s ask ourselves where Australia is heading, a first grader could work this out.

In 2007, we had a strong and sustainable budget with a $20 billion surplus and $50 billion in the bank.

After six years of Labor, the deficit had blown out to $50 billion and gross debt was skyrocketing towards $66...7 billion.
$37 million a day interest, $1 billion a month, $11 billion + per year.

Right now, we’re borrowing $1 billion a month just to pay the interest on debt that the former Labor government ran up.

That’s right – one thousand million every month to pay Labor’s interest bill – that’s a brand new tertiary hospital that could be built every single month if Labor’s interest bill did not have to be paid.

Or would you rather focus on Knights and Dames or Mr Abbott's Ears?

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Wow, who are you quoting there? or have you got the handbook?

Howard left a structural deficit and Howard left an unfunded baby bonus commitment.  

Howard left the next govt with a budget problem because he knew he was on the way out.

[wilk1149]

Howard also sold nearly all the governments assets creating a false surplus and a future revenue problem

[vicr3000]

Wilk

Like what ?

Nearly all ?

Name them that he started the process and sold, not sold because he was in power.