Jaba,
however we would not have the debt from a spending spree
Without that spending spree, what do you think would be the present unemployment rate ?, note we were not the only country that saw stimulating their economy as necessary to avert a possible recession ?, many countries still had very severe recessions, we did not have one.
Geez, people like to whinge and groan about nothing.
I am not a fan of Rudd, but if Howard / Costello were voted back in, it definately would have been worse for the little people, the turd sandwich that would have been work choices mod 2 and no stimulus ( more unemployed and small businesses down for the count ).
Old fella, why not tax profits on big mining companies ?, every other business has its profits directly taxed. After the mining companies removes all of our natural resources, then what ?.