"Feed 'em to the pigs, Errol"

Mosely, much?

Deport the pencil neck.

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For those who can't be bothered clicking links and reading words from statisticans, here's the relevant piccie:

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Below is a simplified picture of the Australian economy:
If the government runs a deficit it spends more than it taxes, pumping money INTO the private sector, driving economic activity & savings. If it runs a surplus it takes money OUT OF the private sector, reducing activity, savings & wealth.
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I just read an article on Jacinda Ardern in the Grauniad, and saw the input below in the comments.

WTF have we all come to? A leader is to be judged on who they are rather than what they do?

Really??!!!

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So the govt collects more from beer excise than the mining rent tax.

Cool and normal.

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Q: Why is the US abandoning its allies in Europe? Why is it getting rid of 'distractions' like Ukraine? Why is it muscling up in Asia, with AUKUS and the Quad, reactivating bases in the Pacific?

A: clearing the decks to focus on its main strategic rival.

Here's why:

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In Greater Amerika, Enol unilaterally shut down the USAID department cuz it's evil, busted into their Treasury and has access to all the most sensitive payment systems and EVERYBODY'S personal info. Somebody named his DOGE officers, and he said:

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We can rebuild her…

More than 73% of our gas production goes for export, and half of the remainder is consumed by the gas industry itself or wasted in losses. It's a parasitic industry focused entirely on export profits at the expense of the Australian economy & environment.

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A federal surplus means the government is taking more money out of the economy in taxes than they're pumping in via spending. That supresses demand by eating our savings, or it drives households into debt. Or both.

2/2 What they mean
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1/2 What they want you to imagine when they say 'regional Australia'
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If the numbers are the issue, then suspending Thorpe was a real I-slammed-my-penis-in-the-door moment for the government.

The scale of our vandalism is mind boggling. And it's all for 'national wealth' that amounts to only 7% of our GDP.

No conflict of interest here. In the same regiment. At all. Nope. Nothing to see here.

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