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One policy failure after another; what does it take for ‘shifty’ Morrison to come clean, show leadership, and finally accept responsibility?

He had three major policies to get right: Federally controlled aged care, quarantine, and vaccination roll-out, and [he’s] failed miserably on all three. As a result of Morrison’s dithering, Victoria again had to deal with another quarantine failure, this time from SA.

After ‘Scotty’ trumpeted his miracle 2019 election win, most Australians must now think they’re living in purgatory, after the raft of scandals and allegations of corruption against Coalition ministers, in fact it’s difficult to credit them with any success, except that they’ve inadvertently made Labor’s previous GFC National debt of $250 billion, that they attacked relentlessly, look insignificant.

These underachieving blowhards have now accumulated a National debt of $1 trillion! Now that’s a debt, and who the bloody hell is going to pay it off? Frydenberg hasn’t got a clue. And what do us long-suffering taxpayers get for it, except three more intolerable years of government ineptitude?

With billions in hidden slush funds established in their last budget, Morrison is again going to attempt to buy his way back into government, again using our money. Frankly, Australia cannot afford another three years of these recklessly spending bullshit artists.

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5 COMMENTS

  1. Thanks Keith; I could have written that. Labor needs to move & forget about supporting
    Scotty’s ‘gas’ dream. Dangerous times indeed. 1 trillion & climbing.

  2. Now now keith !! as previously stated what country post Covid has had a better turnaround ?? The latest job numbers ?
    Reluctantly accepted by the ABC that are
    Better than Pre – Covid… keith please do i need to remind you that the Party you are a member of .. is factually the party of tax more spend more keith ?? Please!!
    One example keith , straight from the
    Corridors of Labor prior to the Last election
    But you did not hear this from Bill !! That is Shorten… that my tax rate was going from
    48 % to 50%, now keith that is a fact ..
    ” You know this ” the very people
    That labor pretend to be at one with
    You know Keith ? Blue collar workers ?
    Remember those people keith ?
    this is why you lot will not be voted
    In at the Federal election.. that’s just
    One example… be careful what you wish
    For Mr Duncan…

    • Now now Barrow !!! The party of spend more and borrow more ( the taxing more and or cutting services more may come later ) is your President Morrison Government.
      The only pretending being done is by yourself old son.

  3. President ScamMO, The Man of Teflon, can’t believe his luck. No act of malfeasance or scandal under his stewardship sticks to the dude. The punters just happily swallow his marketing and BS. How Good is Australia.

  4. Fiddling the numbers again are we? To market to market to sell another hog. Facts aint facts.
    Fancy dancing with the truth’s more like it – ask a billionaire who’ll laugh off the peasants…

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