AA,

The wildly "optimistic" revenue forecast was only one of the lies in Whine Swan and Juliar's budget. The other clear porkies are the revenue from the carbon tax based on EU carbon credits priced at $15/t when no one else is forecasting a price much higher than $6/t, and a jump in mining tax revenue when all the affecting factors such as ore prices and terms of trade are forecast by treasury to stay the same.

The $21bn cash splash was shown to have almost no effect on jobs, and the school halls debacle was only minimally effective, as most of the expenditure occurred after the worst of the GFC, and risk of recession had passed. The performance of the economy is purely from the fantastic shape the coalition left it in, and in spite of Labor's poor management

Is the red team as 'out with the fairies' as many blue team disciples believe, or is their accounting actually intentional ?? On one hand, one assumes **NOBODY**, not even the dying duck, could be stupid enough to get so many elementary things wrong so many times, but then the thought occurs that 'Whine & Co' are having their strings pulled by the WMF / World Bank / UN / whatever. I'm absolutely amazed the RAbbott hasn't chosen to capitalize on JuLIARs half-million dollar slush-fund, surely that would have been high on his list unless there was some devious reason why not.

No matter how many years pass, SM, I'm always fascinated by your ability to dilute the force of your posts by inserting puerile tags like "Whine" and "Juliar".

It's the sort of thing one expects from a ten year-old.

"It's the sort of thing one expects from a ten year-old."

That's because he's talking to you Poirot.

Very clever, cohenite.

(You're promoted to grade 6)

Dear Prax.,

Perhaps Mr Abbott's got his own worries to answer to
in Court in June?

Dear Alan,

Thank You for your continued well reasoned responses.
It's refreshing to read thoughtful and non-abusive
arguments. The confected anger that has been for some
time now the stock-in-trade of some radio broadcasters
and columnists has done its work, and has unleashed
a nasty, anti-social and destructive power that has
real consequences for the cohesion of our society.

The art of reasoned, intelligent, argument is a skill
not easily acquired.

You've got it in spades.