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Originally Posted by SmilingGiraffe
You should turn your attention to this lady instead:
Yingluck Shinawatra - Prime Minister of Thailand - aka, the most beautiful female politician !!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q4yubEeMKm...ngluck+343.jpg
http://www.newschanneldaily.com/wp-c...Shinawatra.jpg
And she's got Obama behaving like a little school boy :
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...02_634x449.jpg
This is your most eloquent post on this thread ! ;) ;) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AHLUNGOR
Agree. Unfortunately she is an ex - the monarchy conspired with the courts to dismiss her on a trumped up charge. Now the military have taken over. Yingluck will be imprisoned within the week.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilisno
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Originally Posted by wilisno
I can do better !!
How about the First Lady from China !!
http://p21chong.files.wordpress.com/...ng?w=645&h=403
http://www.thebreaker.co.uk/wp-conte...B1-579x350.jpg
I'd be "in like Flyn"....."like rat up a drain pipe"....."like ferret down a rabbit hole"........yeah baby she's a cutey.Quote:
Originally Posted by AHLUNGOR
Nah ! The Thai is a better MILF ! ;) ;) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AHLUNGOR
The funniest post by AHL was "cut ! cut ! cut !" I literally facepalm-ed, lol. But it was good to have you on the same team buddy.
Im not sure what the history is with the animal dude (giraffe, lion, monkey et al.), but I think he's alrite mate!
Joe H sweat badly during Q&A.. "Why, he knew he was defending lies. What a performance!
Paul Keating on Tony Abbort around June 2012 - "If the public takes him they will get a large kick in the bum and they will deserve it." . If the stick hit everyone then it is fair!!!
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Originally Posted by RoyalFlush
You go and read the front page on the Fin review today, we are in risk of losing our AAA rating by S&P if we don't get our budget back in order, the S&P assessors are not interested in how, they only want to see results or face down grading, so may be the ALP. the bloody greens and the newbie PUP can pull their heads out of the sands and face the music, we must cut spendings, as simple as that,
Cheers
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Yep ! This budget will expedite the process of losing the AAA rating, you'll see !Quote:
Originally Posted by AHLUNGOR
Quote - Standard and Poor's Credit Rating Agency.
"Standard and Poor's has rejected Fairfax media's suggestions that Australia's AAA credit rating is at risk."
The Financial Review suggests the country's top rating could be jeopardised if the Government's budget measures to rein in the deficit do not clear the Senate.
"As we said last week, we have a stable outlook on the rating, which means a less than one-in-three chance that we'll change the rating over the next couple of years."
Craig Michaels.
Standard and Poor's.
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A media beat up? Some people will believe anything.
WayneK.
A Credit Rating is an assessment of the credit worthiness of a borrower.Quote:
Originally Posted by AHLUNGOR
So are you concerned that if our credit rating (already AAA, the highest level thanks to prudent
policies of the previous government) drops then we might have trouble borrowing more? So you
don't really believe we are already in debt too much after all?
It was Hockey that more than doubled our debt ceiling you know.
WayneK.
Thanks for pointing that iut. How despicable these conservative media - using lies to support their agenda. Then people treating what they read or heard from these media as gospel.
There is no budget emergency. We have the lowest net debt to GDP of all OECD countries.Quote:
Originally Posted by waynekerr
I suspect no matter how much reason you use there is little likelihood of getting through to these rusted-on Abbott supporters. Abbott represents ignorance, greed and self-absorption. All qualities some find attractive. There is no reason for such like to listen to rational argument.Quote:
Originally Posted by waynekerr
The Australian. 20-05-2014
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Tony Abbott’s charge that Labor is threatening Australia’s AAA credit rating has been discredited, after a leading ratings agency rejected claims it was poised to review the nation’s credit score.
The Prime Minister this morning seized on a media report of comments by a Standard & Poors sovereign analyst, Craig Michaels, that the nation’s prized credit rating could be reviewed if parliament fails to approve significant budget cuts.
Mr Abbott used the Australian Financial Review report – titled “AAA credit rating at risk” – to repeatedly attack Labor today, urging the opposition to pass his government’s first budget through the Senate.
However Mr Michaels has told The Australian “there is no immediate risk to the AAA credit rating”.
“We have a stable outlook on the AAA rating, which means we think there’s a less than one-in-three chance of a change to the next couple of years,” Mr Michaels said this afternoon.
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And The Australian is about as conservative as you can get.
Abbott lies to cover his lies. The man's a sociopath.
WayneK.
Further to my post, the ANZ survey today states that consumer confidence has dropped 14% since the election !Quote:
Originally Posted by wilisno
You're on the money Wilisno,Quote:
Originally Posted by wilisno
Consumer confidence drops because the government has frightened the bejesus out of the plebs. They tighten their wallets,
business cashflow stalls, they have to cut staff, so more unemployed and less spending money available, so cashflow tightens
more, so..... . It is an ever-decreasing circle until it dissappears up it's own arse ie. a recession.
Takes years to fix that.
WayneK.
Sure, there's no debt crisis at the moment but if current trends continue we are definitely heading in that direction.
Maybe Abbott is trying to do too much too soon. Maybe the costs and sacrifices aren't being distributed evenly. But overall I agree theres a need to address the debt issue now while something can still be done rather than sticking our heads in the sand and letting the situation worsen.
My main complaint about Abott is that he blatantly lied to the electorate and theres no getting around that. I will never vote for a government I don't trust. I voted for the coalition in the last federal election but I won't vote for them next time.
Are you a Keynesian? I suppose your solution to government debt is for the government to borrow and spend more money? Thats crazy. These sort of fiscal stimulus strategies are usually advocated by vested interests and captains of industry who always end up cashing in. Bad economics. Bad public policy.
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Originally Posted by waynekerr