The reality is that Govts can't keep spending more than they earn
and the interview with Rudd last night on the 7.30 report, kind
of said it all. Rudd had a go at Costello and claimed along the
lines that labor built things and the liberals tore them down.

Well not really Kevie. If I had a partner who used her Visa card
like labor does, I would have cut it up long ago! Labor just
can't manage money and the libs are left to clean up the financial
mess. If Rudd had half of Costello's ability with numbers,
we would not have the mess which we have today.

Some true drivel as expected here.
But first let us look at how our professional wingers know public servants are all bludgers.
Silence?
I can give evidence some are, one from the Hunter Valley RTA as it was haunts me here, be still Bruce not you.
It is IMPOSABLE! to break the culture of white wash some master.
But just for one of my professional wingers, Indy, here is my thoughts.
Every public servant should have annual reviews done on performance.
NOT BY ANOTHER PS.
Contract out as many top positions as you can cancel contract if not performing.
Too hard, yes no government has the guts to try it.
But thank for the slash and burn it puts my team back on the road.

A couple of points
- As I understand it Newman promised that this would not happen. He was well aware that the Qld economy was in a very bad way even if he did not have the detail. There is no genuine change of circumstance. It's not Ok that Julia broke a committment because she could not find a way for her to be PM and keep that committment, it was not Ok for Bligh to discover after the previous state election that the state economy was in a mess and do what they denied planning to do and it's not Ok for Newman to break his committments.

- Sometimes things my need to be done but the way they are done can create bigger problems than the original. Plenty of government initiatives fall into that trap. Having so many people with similar skill sets out of work at once creates a massive problem for their chances of finding new jobs or being retrained, it creates problems for others with similar skill sets who may also be looking for work.

Has any work been done to ensure that tafes and other training bodies are geared up to start retraining a bunch of office workers who may not be able to afford to be unemployed until the government finds that they actually do need a lot of them back?

R0bert

The thing I find annoying is that any time an economy is in trouble, be it Greece, Spain,, the USA or Qld, somehow the only solution is to make ordinary working folk carry the bulk of the pain and suffering.
Given that these same people practically never have a say in creating the problem, I can't see the justice in that.
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

You are right Anthony there is no justice in it.
Except for the Greeks, they just did not pay their tax.
They even have chips in their cash registers that the tax man collects
but they just didn't use the cash register.

Good point about the Greeks, Bazz.
A work associate of mine a few years ago was running a division based in Athens.
He told me that when his wife went into labor the Greek obstetrician required 3,500euros cash up front, and then gave him a receipt for 600.
When he mentioned it to his Greek staff they were amazed that he got a receipt at all.
I suppose we should be grateful that at least specialists in Oz give us a recipt for the right amount when they screw us:)
Anhtony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au