tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post3826219468075735780..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: Election 2013: Day 2 (or, you could cut the interest rate with a knife)Greg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-3894062660692862082013-08-08T09:50:56.144+10:002013-08-08T09:50:56.144+10:00My ongoing theory about the Coalition's view o...My ongoing theory about the Coalition's view of the GFC is: the reason they're alleging the ALP "mishandled" it is because according to <i>their</i> theories and policies, Australia was supposed to be going down the economic gurgler, just like everyone else. That way we'd be in the same relative position we'd always been, and we'd have the same economic challenges as every other economy, and we could have handled them in the same way every other economy did (i.e. badly). Instead, the ALP under Rudd decided to go against the flow, and instead of going into an economic tailspin for over five years, we've had an economy which actually performed pretty well against other economies globally. Which apparently isn't supposed to happen, according to the Coalition's economic thinkers.<br /><br />So the ALP "mishandled" the GFC and are "poor economic managers" as a result... because they <i>didn't</i> steer the Australian economy over the same financial cliffs and into the same economic tarpit that the majority of the world is just starting to struggle out of. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-62863491442895658152013-08-07T07:51:08.077+10:002013-08-07T07:51:08.077+10:00Geez, if that's a short post, I'd hate to ...Geez, if that's a short post, I'd hate to see a long one :-)<br /><br />It's great to see a "different" coverage of the "vote for me" rantings of our "fearless" leaders. Please keep it up as far as possible.2353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-47376826411124598582013-08-07T00:17:07.426+10:002013-08-07T00:17:07.426+10:00Good to have you back on a daily basis, Greg. Alm...Good to have you back on a daily basis, Greg. Almost makes elections endurable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com