Archive for October 12th, 2010   A headline:  Julia Gillard says
her government won’t throw money at those who lose from economic
reform  Point is: so why is major Australian economic reform
even necessary? The previous government, whilst far from
perfect, left us in good economic stead… and many of those great
reforms stemmed from the Hawke Labor government.  So what does
Gillard (Labor) even really mean by “reform”? Just what is she
trying to reform us into?  Australia weathered the GFC
remarkably well, despite insane spending packages (BER? NBN?
stimulus?) that did/will do little except, primarily, fritter
away billions for a sh!tter of a cost-benefit.  But what does
her comment really mean, anyway? It’s vacuous. If I’m wrong,
explain why.  Yes, apparently, the dirt poor will receive some
rebates from off-the-chart energy price increases.  But why are
those increases even there?  Global warming? What global
warming? What climate change? Even, what global climate
disruption?  The political and economic clim