Budge it

I feel obliged to post on the Budget 2007™©®, but I could care less. An election year budget from a tax-cut-vote-buying party facing a hostile electorate?

Gee, I wonder what it could possibly contain.

Not impressed they’re spending more on military (sorry, ‘defence’) than education, but more is spent on industry, workforce, infrastructure, transport and energy spending – if you add them up together. I haven't examined it with much gusto, the environment spending and tax cuts was more than I could stomach.

I’m a little more concerned about VICTORIA’S POWER STATIONS BUYING WATER FROM THE INTERNET in order to run.

Little worried about each kilo of ice costing Australia $284,000, tripling in the last 4 years.

A bit troubled by Rudd failing “to repeat Labor's pledge to abolish all statutory contracts — despite being asked six times yesterday.”

I believe I read uni’s may have the option to allow 100% of students to be full-fee paying in selected subjects – wouldn’t mind finding out more about that.

I'm not sure what else was snuck in whilst the fascinating dollar-numbers were jiggled in front of the media like shiny, pretty-coloured keys.

So forgive me if I neglect to comment on the pre-election bribes – it didn’t even deserve to even make the news.