A recent political conversation on MSN with a friend

Friend says:
No sorry, the Building the Education Revolution. You know, providing the finest quality toilet block sized libraries to every school in Australia that never asked for one at quadruple the price. And the PD is now our fucking PM. Life is a circus, is it not?

chrisdbarry says:
not a fan of the Labor party then?

Friend says:
Very balanced view I think. I mean they basically saved us from the GFC, but then proceeded to hugely botch some really major exercises like a kid that can't wait to spend my pocket money on lollies. The kid, not me.

chrisdbarry says:
interconnected exercises
i would agree that they botched the insulation thing and mismanaged the schools thing but the report that came out recently showed that mostly, the schools got value for money and there was always going to be inflated prices when you poured so much money into the system all at once
supply and demand
I know not much about economics but I know that
If they could have dribbled the money out slower it might have been better, but then maybe not enough to stave off the GFC, but maybe it would have been good for us to go through some pain
I really just wish the system was more equitable, and didn't reward wall street fuckwits
in my mind this is how it is:
wall street fuckwit : "let's gamble - I have great rewards and if I fail, the gov will bail me out"
and also
"I'm a bank and can make HUGE profits post GFC, mid GFC, pre GFC... I don't mind, I have a virtual monopoly"
and also
"We're the mining companies who also have a virtual monopoly - we don't want to have our profits reduced so we'll run a scare campaign on the entire country, which the libs will pick up on, meanwhile depleting the country (and its people) of a natural resource that can never be renewed"
and also
"I'm Tony Abbot, I'm no tech head, but I still think it's a good idea to not invest in a broadband network that could assist Australia to develop new industries post-mining boom"
and also
"I'm a politician, I can't look further ahead than 2 years"
I think Kevin Rudd had a lot of faults, but I think he had a better vision for Australia than either of the leaders today.
it's a shame that politics killed him
that's all I got