Yes, and consumers have also found themselves in uncomfortable waters.

While many would suggest the Abbott experiment has been a failure, they also realize that to change back to labor would mean more of the same as we had.

You then look at the likes of Palmer as an alternative, yet he says we should defer company taxes by 12 months because, his words, the extra $70 billion will raise more GST. But hang on, businesses don't pay net GST as they get it all back.

I'm afraid politics has become a game of snakes and ladders, but the ladders are gone, all replaced with snakes. I say this because once again labor are more popular, not because they have improved, but because the libs have slipped.

The race to the bottom continues.

Lester1

like the website. The main problem is not belief but sin. People choose not to believe not because of 'reason'or 'science'. Most of them know how idiotic evolution is. They choose not to believe the Son of God because it exposes their need of a Saviour. They would rather continue to ignore their conscience and produce pseudo science as an excuse.

You must believe the latest budget is somewhat over cooked or badly thought out.

Would have been far better to leave things as is and raise the GST.
It is obvious that we like our lifestyle as is, but it needs more funds to pay for it.

Something easier to sell than 20 different items.

A sliding scale of GST, i% rise this year and another 1% next year .

I am afraid our fearless leader can;t wait that long as he has a multitude of hidden agenda's that we haven't even heard of yet.

579, I think you will find that $36billion in new bonds is to cover old
bonds that have matured. They have to keep doing this and gradually
not cover a few that have matured. That is the way that government debt is reduced.

And that has been going on for years, but it is not the sort of thing you will get from Abbott or Hockey, it is not in their interests.

They feel better when are trashing the AU economy, which has come back to bite them.

Our economy is going along at 3.5% which is about maximum before inflation or interest rates cut in.

So we have minimal problems, except for those who want AU to be in recession to push their own barrow.

Our economy has done very well considering what the rest have and are going through.

It's good to see the mining sector going at a steady pace instead of going gangbusters and wreaking havoc on our industrial sectors by stealing their trades and experience.

All we want is a govt; without hidden agenda's and be humane to our populous without favor.

579;
And that has been going on for years,

No it has not, otherwise the debt would not have increased.
More has been issued than matured.
If they can issue less than matured the debt will reduce.