New Posts For Thread: 2012 Federal Politics Threadhttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-threadAnother year of Federal Politics is upon us.Another year of Labor failures and Gillard-Brown governance, as the nation yearns for change.Whether its a carbon dioxide tax or pokies reform, the nation asks itself, "did we vote for this?".The answer isand yet another one gets caught ... 11 years of rortingSwiss banking giant UBS, which last week was slapped with $1.5 billion in fines for manipulating global interest rates, also tampered with Swiss franc interest rates for more than a decade, a Swihttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527563059#527563059and yet another one gets caught ... 11 years of rortingSwiss banking giant UBS, which last week was slapped with $1.5 billion in fines for manipulating global interest rates, also tampered with Swiss franc interest rates for more than a decade, a SwiFri, 28 Dec 2012 19:00:14 -0600we're all a little bit right and little bit wrong i venture to say ... but hey Here's some intelligent reasoning for you Kye. From The Drum.... an oxymoron if ever i heard one In today's dollar terms, that is around $35 billion per annum in less tahttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527562115#527562115we're all a little bit right and little bit wrong i venture to say ... but hey Here's some intelligent reasoning for you Kye. From The Drum.... an oxymoron if ever i heard one In today's dollar terms, that is around $35 billion per annum in less taFri, 28 Dec 2012 18:01:35 -0600that's the key figure AFL The difference between the average tax level of the previous Coalition government and the current Labor Government is 2.3 per cent of GDP. In today's dollar terms, that is around $35 billion per annum in less tax collected bhttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527561853#527561853that's the key figure AFL The difference between the average tax level of the previous Coalition government and the current Labor Government is 2.3 per cent of GDP. In today's dollar terms, that is around $35 billion per annum in less tax collected bFri, 28 Dec 2012 17:43:52 -0600Here's some intelligent reasoning for you Kye.From The Drum.The better economic managerStephen Koukoulas The facts of the budget show that the current government's budgetary footprint on the economy is small, running at the lowest level in 35 years,https://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527561001#527561001Here's some intelligent reasoning for you Kye.From The Drum.The better economic managerStephen Koukoulas The facts of the budget show that the current government's budgetary footprint on the economy is small, running at the lowest level in 35 years,Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:01:36 -0600Comparing the best performing economy in the world with the Greeks........Totaly biased viewpoint from a stuck on Liberal..NO FACTS TO BACK IT UP.......Just empty one liners. Do the numbers......Reasoning laughable.Blurting out the same copy from thehttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527542481#527542481Comparing the best performing economy in the world with the Greeks........Totaly biased viewpoint from a stuck on Liberal..NO FACTS TO BACK IT UP.......Just empty one liners. Do the numbers......Reasoning laughable.Blurting out the same copy from theFri, 28 Dec 2012 06:26:08 -0600womble, i agree that a budget surplus is not appropriate this financial year given. But Labor predicted a surplus last May & promised it for two years. Simply too incompetent to achieve what they promisedThe fact is that no-one trusts a Labor gov't thttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527541833#527541833womble, i agree that a budget surplus is not appropriate this financial year given. But Labor predicted a surplus last May & promised it for two years. Simply too incompetent to achieve what they promisedThe fact is that no-one trusts a Labor gov't tFri, 28 Dec 2012 05:47:21 -0600Ashbygate and the Born to Rule BrigadeFrom independentaustralia dot netPosted by admin in Politics on 16 December, 2012 5:03 pmThe James Ashby conspiracy against Peter Slipper implicates many senior Liberal Party figures, including Tony Abbott. Denishttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527540803#527540803Ashbygate and the Born to Rule BrigadeFrom independentaustralia dot netPosted by admin in Politics on 16 December, 2012 5:03 pmThe James Ashby conspiracy against Peter Slipper implicates many senior Liberal Party figures, including Tony Abbott. DenisFri, 28 Dec 2012 04:17:42 -0600dumping the surplus was the right thing to do Kye - everyone knows itthe Slipper text message was never meant to be made public Thebas - poor bugger was victim of a witch huntagree Teddy - luckily she just bumped into him bring on 2013 i sayhttps://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527540591#527540591dumping the surplus was the right thing to do Kye - everyone knows itthe Slipper text message was never meant to be made public Thebas - poor bugger was victim of a witch huntagree Teddy - luckily she just bumped into him bring on 2013 i sayFri, 28 Dec 2012 03:56:48 -0600Morning all.https://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527538275#527538275Morning all.Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:41:40 -0600Where is that surplus??? Wayne Swan should be locked up for deception every Budget night. Even with all his accounting trickery bringing forward revenue & delaying expenses he still couldnt deliver what Labor promised.https://community.betfair.com/australian/go/thread/view/93998/28817803/2012-federal-politics-thread?post_id=527538233#527538233Where is that surplus??? Wayne Swan should be locked up for deception every Budget night. Even with all his accounting trickery bringing forward revenue & delaying expenses he still couldnt deliver what Labor promised.Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:38:34 -0600