At least you are honest! You are for slower economic growth, and higher unemployment.

You’re a run of the mill Labor spin doctor. Ring Kev for a job, I’m sure he’d oblige. One of Keating’s true-believers.

By any stretch, the Coalition’s severe cuts in the 1996/1997 budgets did not result in lower growth and higher unemployment – they simply represented prudent fiscal management.

The GST did not increase unemployment and reduce growth. Extending it to all goods and services would dramatically reduce complexity and result in higher revenues for the states.

Oh please, the so-called “evidence” is at best circumstantial. Correlation does not imply causation.

There you go again! You seem to hate any evidence that you don’t yourself make up.

I am not prepared to hastily support spending an unending stream of deficits to save jobs in a recessionary climate.

Oh please! The deficits aren’t “unending”, they will end when the economy starts growing quickly, and when tax receipts go back up.

The nations finances are finite and the government must always look to the long term.

Moronic nonsense! If more people are unemployed you will produce a BIGGER deficit, which will lead to more government debt. You are endorsing a policy that will produce the thing you hate – government debt.

Job losses are a fact of life in recession. One-off stimuli delay the inevitable, are extraordinarily costly and their effect cannot be accurately measured.

The effect can’t be measured by people unable to count.

[Well, the fact Treasury says it did could be considered evidence:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25013115-36418,00.html

Oh please, the so-called “evidence” is at best circumstantial. Correlation does not imply causation. And unlike you, I am not prepared to hastily support spending an unending stream of deficits to save jobs in a recessionary climate. The nations finances are finite and the government must always look to the long term.

Job losses are a fact of life in recession. One-off stimuli delay the inevitable, are extraordinarily costly and their effect cannot be accurately measured.

-Cut welfare spending - middle class welfare, baby bonus and other wasteful measures

Which will decrease consumption and result in an increase in unemployment.

-cancel or reverse the child care rebate to 30%

Which will decrease consumption and result in an increase in unemployment.

-moratorium on all benefit increases (in line with inflation) until the fiscal situation improves

Which will decrease consumption and result in an increase in unemployment.

-impose the GST on all goods and services (i.e. abolish the stupid exemptions passed by the Democrats)

Which will decrease consumption and result in an increase in unemployment.

At least you are honest! You are for slower economic growth, and higher unemployment.

Socrates, I did not change my tactics on AGW. Go back and read my posts before casting aspersions.