Dear Bazz,

Don't take any notice of Joe (Loudmouth) he's
merely being facetious. He points out the
so called little "sins" of the Libs
while neglecting things like the AWB, Children
Overboard, Utegate, attempt at electoral fraud,
and the list goes on. And there's more still to
come. Neither Party is "squeaky clean."

As for my political opinions? Those are formed
from researching various sources.

My opinions are
not set in concrete and I would be delighted if
my concerns could be diminished.
However, having
lived under Mr Jeff Kennett and now Mr Ted Baillieu
in Victoria, and having experienced life under both
Liberal and Labor governments, I know which of them
has been better for me and my family, and which
Party has failed to disclose their real plans prior
to an election by keeping secret the massive jobs,
education, and health cuts, that were headed our way
and had such a disastrous effect. "Once bitten ..."

That is why I do have great concern with the
Coalition's reluctance to provide details of their
policies, how much they'll cost or how they'll be
paid for. And this from a man who once wanted
cameras to follow his every move. Now that scrutiny is
being applied, he has nothing to say

Lexi, that article I was writing about, the summary and the link to it
is here;

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=5640

Dear Bazz,

Thanks for the link.

From my understanding Dr Tim Morgan wrote the report
based on the UK conditions where there is too much
debt, too little cash flow and not enough growth.
Where debts are unsupportable without sustained
economic growth. There's a lesson there for many
developed countries.

However, we're fortunate here in Australia in that Labor
has set out its plan to ensure a strong economy and
support jobs and growth. A plan to boost skills and
innovation so we can succeed in the Asian Century.

The Prime Minster recently announced a policy of a $1 billion
jobs plan aimed at improving Australia's patchy record
in home grown manufacturing and the commercialisation
of innovation.

The policy included a welcome re-allocation of
Research and Development funding away from giant mining
corporations. A policy recommended by the Business
Advisory Group and towards small and medium enterprises, as
well as an extra $500 million of investment in so called
"Innovation precincts." In addition, there was $350 million in
new funding for venture capital through the Innovation
Investment Fund.

I'm sure that Dr Tim Morgan would approve, as would the
CEO of Tullett Prebon, Terry Smith.

Lexi,

You never fail to echo Labor's mantra and bare faced hypocrasy of setting standards for the coalition that Labor has never met. Labor's history of providing costed policies that are either dumped or mangled beyond recognition, and budgets that basically ignored and blown every time gives them no platform to demand anything.

Labor crows because there is a difference in the 4 year estimate of the coaltion's costing of $11bn, yet overspends its already deficit budget by $22bn in 2011/12 and about $15bn this year.

Calling for the coalion to cost its policies this early given that Swan was in November promising a surplus and now looks like delivering a $15bn deficit (that could pay for Gonski and NDIS) is a little rich. When Whine delivers his latest work of fiction (the budget) in May, the coalition might have a slightly better chance of costing its policies.

Given that the so called independent budget office is not independent from treasury since Juliar reneged on her commitment, and now reports to treasury, and gives Labor unequal access to the coalition's information, the coalition would be mad to use it.

Australia deserves better economic management than the vast incompetence and dishonesty displayed by Whine and Juliar, and the Coalition's consistent record in this regard is why the polls have swung so dramatically in the last month. Juliar might be tough, but voters are sick of her second hand car salesman antics and ethics.

Dear Shadow Minister,

You are becoming a predictable embarrassment.

Try not citing from you party's allocated
script and actually looking at things in
context - both economically, and politically
and not stooping to personal insults.

If you cannot discuss things on an intelligent
level and prefer an emotional, illogical, and
abusive one, then you will subsequently be ignored.

Cheers.

Wow, Lexi, one tough lady !