He was the World's Best Treasurer:)......that was funny.

Honestly? I trusted Swan to do the job of Treasurer and I feel he did well.

Swan was quirky but professional in concentrating on his job.

Hockey on the other hand is easily swayed from all directions.

He seems to be a popularist first a party member second and a treasurer third.

He was the World's Best Treasurer:)......that was funny.

Honestly? I trusted Swan to do the job of Treasurer and I feel he did well.

Swan was quirky but professional in concentrating on his job as Treasurer and IMO Swan WAS a Treasurer first and foremost before anything else.

Hockey on the other hand is easily swayed from all directions.

He seems to be a popularist first a party member second and a treasurer third.......and I am supposed to have confidence in him as my Treasurer?......NOoooo I don't     *shudder

popularist (ˈpɒpjʊlərɪst)

You mean you still had faith in Swan when he predicted a surplus over a year period and never even came close?

you have to look at the surrounding global events at the time and consider the economic changes that were happening. Swan did a good 'job' as Treasurer and I had a high level of confidence in him whilst he was Treasurer.

Hockey has DOUBLED the deficit we have .....in less than 8 months. This action alone does NOT instil confidence or trust....especially when he keeps blah-blah-ing on about how we all have to tighten our belts and pay back the debt.

He is an outright hypocrite, is misleading - tells big fat porkies actually.....appears very flustered.

No. I do not trust Hockey can do the job of Treasurer effectively

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/treasurer-for-sale-joe-hockey-offers-privil...

....pollies enjoy perks - even after leaving public office.

I see you are into comparisons poddster.

Here's an obvious comparison we should consider and that may interest you:

Lap band surgery is an alternative remedy for weight loss. Greedy portions and feeding frenzies cannot be tolerated afterwards but......

the stomach will eventually stretch again, sometimes to the same size it was  prior to surgery. But by then, the hope, is that you would have already learned  portion control, self-control, healthy eating habits, and have brought yourself  back down to a more reasonable weight and fitness level.

- vs -

http://www.museumofman.org/blog/how-shrink-human-head

Neither technique will work  LOL

Poddster wrote:You know........ eventually the piper has to be paid.

take it off the hide of those who did dirty deeds.The handshakes which are being delivered on were not handshakes Australians made.The Powerbrokers and the power trippers who desire power at any cost to us and our Country

and everyone who has contributed to the deception over recent years which has helped this mob get in...they should pay

Lest We Forget!

great sentiment izab.

to poddster:

 It's not all about you or me. .or 'mine'.

What gets my goat is that these fiberals don't 'see' that employees are the greatest investment in Australia and if looked after carefully will bring profitability, success and fortune......they put the companies and the money first i.e. the cart before the horse IMO.