Oh The Irony

Wayne Swan was interviewed by Laurie Oakes last Sunday (9^th May) on the Weekend Today Show prior to his budget speech. Some interesting contradictions were found.

“Strict spending limits” has become the buzz word. A bit late though considering the massive recklessness of the last two years.

Swan wants you to believe that he saved us from a recession. Perhaps at least technically this is true as the numbers were positive for a quarter instead of continuing their downward trend towards a ‘recession’. Although many now say that as a result of the stimulus they have sped up the economy too much and now can’t slow it down. This will lead to a fantastically high boom period, and we all now what goes up must come down. Also, unsurprisingly there is no mention of the fantastic economy they inherited from the previous govt.

Whenever I hear “decisive action” I squirm a little bit. Probably because I heard it first and most often from Anthony Albanese, who said, “we make no apologies for decisive action”. Perhaps now with the beauty of hindsight there should be many apologies, it seems like it’s the only thing Rudd does well. Give him credit, the man does a wicked apology. Being decisive doesn’t make the action good.