First on Gillard running in this election as a fake conservative, from Tom Switzer on the ABC’s Q&A. I made the argument that why would anyone vote for an unconvincing johnny come lately to conservative politics when they have the real deal in Abbott. The ABC link is one of the best links I have ever provided on my website.
Secondly, the too much too late argument on Rudd’s stimulus package that I ran back in 2008 onwards. The national audit office has basically come out and said the same thing. It really comes down to how the national accounts and economy work. By the time the stimulus money hit the national accounts the economy was already coming out of the recession we never had. We now face the prospect of spending billions on the interest payment from the cash splurge which will dampen long-term economy growth. Money that could have been used to offer tax cuts or build infrastructure.