As I've said, budgets are boring; life goes on after them, and very few of us notice any difference in our lives and fortunes. Even more boring are small time politicians who can snipe, carp and criticise without having to do anything themselves. I can find no reason for this person's presence in the political class.

Before the coalition took power, debt and deficit was a disaster. Now that it'd double on both counts it's superior coalition management! Go Figure. Alan B.

Come on Alan, a bit of honesty occasionally would make your posts more worth reading.

Just think Gonski, NDIS, & NBN, all Labor, & in 2 cases time bombs set by Gillard & you have most of our deficit problem outlined.

Of course with a gutless idiot like Turnbull at the lodge, there is no chance of good government doing anything, like dumping the NDIS & Gonski first up.

Come off it, Hasbeen!
NDIS is designed to make disabled people more productive, so should be largely (if not completely) self funding. I know you'd prefer disabled people to have a poor quality of life with little or no opportunity to contribute to the future of this nation, but fortunately it's not up to you!

Gillard's NBN plan was a genuine investment in the future, unlike the complete waste of money it turned into once the Libs forced it to use inferior unreliable equipment which will have to be replaced in a few years.

As for Gonski - do you really not see how having underresourced schools is a false economy?

The "debt and deficit disaster" was always a lie, and gullible idiots like you fell for it.

David L has infinitely more legitimacy than the Citizen Frauds that seem to persistently crop up. He has more legitimacy than the Labor Icons that are consistently dropped into an electorate with mind-numbing speed and accuracy by the CFMEU crane drivers.

Why anyone would place Liberal (50% who are really Labor but don't have the integrity or intellect to know they are)Labor (50% who are really Greens but don't have the integrity or intellect to know they are), or the Greens (50% who idolize obtuseness but don't have the integrity or intellect to know they do) in a #1 slot is a mystery.

What are the differences? Labor think taxing and spending and hiring more bureaucrats to vote for them is the future. For Labor there is no God or religion and economic responsibility is a defacto form of religion. Some Liberals think there might be a God and that Economic Theory does have some relevance, as long as the Mob get their government benefits.

Anyone who has successfully run a small business for more than five years or a wage earner who has 2+ rental properties for more than 10 years would make a superior politician to 90% of the ones who have been elected.

Citizen users of NDIS report that disability scooters purchased via NDIS now cost 100% more that they did before NDIS. Early evidence mounting that NDIS is going to emulate the profligacy of the Education Revolution. Anyone surprised?

Speaking as one of the disabled who still has most of his marbles and contributes every day without payment. I saw nothing wrong with half of one percent extra medicare levy to lock in the NDIS scheme and the bipartisan support this progressive idea had when first mooted. As for adjusting a progressive tax scheme to remove the effect of bracket creep for everyone? Why not index the ceiling, so it adjusts upwards with inflation or the GNP, whichever is the highest? Meaning nobody pays the more comparative tax than anybody else does. After that why not a flat tax every income earner pays as either a PAYE or a PAYG. That excludes nobody. The latter only about the profits for that week or month. Just not able to be shifted offshore by some devious means that then offload the load onto the lifters. I've heard some dubious claims that those who earn the most pay the most tax? Well given the wealthiest can so arrange their income with super, salary sacrifice and income splitting and trusts etc. To effectively reduce their tax liability to just 15% or less? Given there are not that many of them. I fail to see how 500.000 can pay more tax than the rest or around ten million, who cannot so organise their incomes to minimise or avoid a fair share. Be they corner storekeeper or the bricklayer, or just the average joe, working 9to5. Or dawn to dusk! Alan B.