Re: C Class back in service again !........well...

[pcc@ocean.com.au (Les Brown)]

markbau1@aol.comQQQQyuk (MarkBau1) wrote in aus.rail:

><<<<<<The Kennett Government needs it to retire the
>debt incurred during the Labour years, and to buy back what Labour
>sold and leased back>>>>>>>
>
>Mind explaining this sentence?
>
Did you pay your $100 Jeff-tax in 1993 or did you leave the country
beforehand?

>Whats worse, running a defecit or running a surplus payed for by the gambling
>led recovery that gets its finance from Victoria's poor?
>
Neither. Running a railway and paying railway staff from the Casino
earnings gleaned from Victoria's poor, is worse. Maybe we should make
entry to the Casino means-tested? I am against the Casino but I am
also against the closing of Hospitals. If it means we get both or none
at all, then I'll opt for both.

>Kennet is just better at cooking the books than Labor, Kennetts social cost is
>what you need to look at. Dollars and cants are not all that its about.

And your proof that Kennett is better at "cooking the books" better
than Labour is...................? My perception is that Kennett is a
little more honest than Labour in as much as it possible for any
politician to be honest, which isn't really saying much.

And is it Kennett's social cost we need to look at or Cain/Kirner's?

Victorian voters decided on that question 6 years ago. The fact that
Kennett was re-elected again not that long ago, meant that Victorians
generally are not too upset with the cost. They did a poll recently;
38% of Labour voters prefer Kennett to Brumby. Victoria is the fastest
growing state in the country unlike the basket case we were under
Labour. Many people were leaving the state then, now they are coming
back. The Libs are better at minding the purse than Labour. Labour in
government has better social ideas, but pays little regard to funding
them.

Les Brown