Comments on: >Mr Hockey’s Black Hole From a Different Perspective

By: KitchenSlut

KitchenSlut — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:06:44 +0000

>"If they keep borrowing like drunken sailors – if they keep borrowing every three weeks more than the mining tax will deliver every four years – then the whole country has got a problem."

This sounds like another soundbite moment from Andrew Robb today?

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:57:49 +0000

>Dan, that 'world's best finance minister' award suggests he does.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:53:23 +0000

>australiana, are you implying that swann actually does have an idea when it comes to the economy?

By: Oliver Townshend

Oliver Townshend — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:22:50 +0000

>Presumably his argument is that by not having a carbon tax and a MRRT, they will therefore tax less.

By: australiana

australiana — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:48:45 +0000

>The preferred answer is that Hockey has no idea what he is talking about and, when it comes to economics, never has.
He does, however, like a tasty-sounding soundbite. There more fun and far less work.