Why are we blaming Hockey and Abott?

[the_bob_delusion]

Obviously the money has got to come from somewhere. Where do you want to take it from???

[cherry*135]

Australia will never return to full employment for every one... that is due to micro economic reforms (1980's?).

[poddster]

Yes things changed am*3 people now are actually paid to be unemployed

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@am*3 wrote:

As did most people in that decade poddster. However, times change, it is 2014 now.

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[izabsmiling]

I got one when I was a single parent. I worked but even so I needed it to get my car fixed so that I could get to work and didn't have enough cash for a replacement gearbox.If I didn't borrow... I couldn't have gotten to work or my kids to school.Borrowing on the credit card helped then and paid off in the long run.

[freakiness]

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@matthew_mark_luke_and_bob wrote:

I'm not hearing any solutions just whinging.  Abott simply has to say the situation he came into is a lot worst than he thought and he has no choice but to break his promise. 

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That's rubbish though. He has increased the debt since he came in. 

They paid a bunch of cronies outrageous amounts of money to write what they wanted them to write and call it an audit report.

[cherry*135]

Why Govt debt is not always a bad thing ( not to be confused or compared with Ms Citizen racking up a debt on her credit card by spending too much on new dresses)

When governments spend more in the economy than they take out of it in tax collections - that is, run a deficit - they're contributing to the net demand for the production of goods and services that keeps the economy growing and increasing employment opportunities. Which, when private demand is weak, is a good thing.

[poddster]

They get possessed , ask the Greeks

[cherry*135]

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@poddster wrote:

Yes things changed am*3 people now are actually paid to be unemployed

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@am*3 wrote:

As did most people in that decade poddster. However, times change, it is 2014 now.

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As usual missed the point. The point is the availabity of jobs 

[nevynreally]

This world has had so many good things eventuate because there were open minds.

It's a  dam shame that here, it's going backwards.

[poddster]

There are jobs out there, the problem is that most do not want to do them.

[cherry*135]

The Greeks, job availablity in the 1960's, all unemployed people are on the dole,  lazy, druggies, alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking bludgers.. got any new relevant material?