Comments on: Turnbull’s ‘courageous’ politics

By: Retarius

Retarius — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:26:32 +0000

This is the famous paradox of thrift. If everybody clams up, demand for goods and services falls and businesses begin layoffs and unemployment rises. If the government still owned government business enterprises on the scale of the 1970′s it could expand employment through its own agencies and give people productive work. It also wouldn’t be so reliant on the GST for its revenues.

It’s now left with employment-stimulation by proxy through employer-subsidies and local government works projects. That will no doubt produce plenty of scams and many fine pine-log fences around parks, white-painted rocks and so forth…until the money runs out.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:22:25 +0000

It’s not only the GST payments back to government it’s the flow of cash through the whole economy. If we all slash our spending then we will hurt our neighbours and ultimately ourselves as it will hurt small businesses who are the largest employer in Australia. Of course we need to step away from the days of debt-driven excess but sensible spending must be maintained.

By: Ebony Jackson

Ebony Jackson — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:31:38 +0000

I think we are stuffed anyway.
Mr Turnbull is talking like he has experience living an uncomfortable life.

He is stuck so high up his backside he only smells the roses, when everyone else can smell crap.