And now the Election promises unravel.....

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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11748428%5E2702,00.html

For those who claim that Howard and Costello are such fabulous fiscal managers, how do you explain this gaffe. As the author says, it is a classic case of policy on the run, which is hardly the responsible economic behaviour we would expect from such magnificent specimens of fiscal fortitude.

There are only 2 answers:
1. The Government lied (again) and never had any intention of fulfilling this promised commitment.

2. The Government is incapable of truly delivering policy that is sustainable in the longer term and which stands up to scrutiny.

I thought this policy was unusual from the beginning, but it didn't surprise me that the Govt. would try to deliver higher levels of middle and upper class welfare to entice the swingers over. Looks like the first of many pork barrels to run off the road and it's only December. Ready yourselves.
 

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Howard utter his first lie of the current Govternment on the night of the election re Free elections in Afghanistan, he then broke his first promise a day later.
 

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BlueMark said:
Howard utter his first lie of the current Govternment on the night of the election re Free elections in Afghanistan, he then broke his first promise a day later.
You're quite correct, however, I was meaning in regard to their domestic policies. The Govts. foreign policies are so full of lies, half truths and arrogance that I didn't feel it necessary to even go there.
 

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so basiacally what your saying instead of realising there mistake and making a correction which is more economically viable and fairer to all they should just go ahead without worry about what happens in the future - that would be more of a 80's labour policy than a rational goverment policy

and please quit whinging about election promises being broken - if labour got in they would have to do the same


would much rather see the money actually help families than go completly to the child carers coffers
 

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Capitalist said:
so basiacally what your saying instead of realising there mistake and making a correction which is more economically viable and fairer to all they should just go ahead without worry about what happens in the future - that would be more of a 80's labour policy than a rational goverment policy

and please quit whinging about election promises being broken - if labour got in they would have to do the same


would much rather see the money actually help families than go completly to the child carers coffers
And of course had a Labor Govt. broken the promise you would be saying exactly the same thing? Your hypocrisy knows no bounds as you would have been screaming about economic mismanagement etc etc.just as the Libs did during the election. As someone so devoted to capitalism, I would have thought you would be disgusted with the money these Howard socialists are throwing around, or are you only a hobby capitalist?
 

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Absolute claptrap, Tim56 and Capitalist. It obviously wants good policy in the first place and therefore it was part of a platform to get re-elected under false pretenses (as all parties do but you can only have a go at those that get elected) and we have barely passed two months after the election. Howard and Costello are kings of the "flip-flop". Watch as more of election 2004 is pulled back and withdrawn. All I can say, is that I didn't not get a benefit from any of their policies, so those that did - you reap what you sow!!!!!
 

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Pessimistic said:
Look thats tony over there - he still has to get re-elected !
LMFAO

Howard: you got him with your finger gun
Bush: I like killing babies, its so much fun, we got good shooting fellows in Texas. arabs don't move so fast.
 
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