American thinking of moving to Australia. some questions.

Let`s see dreamboy come back with more useless trivia. PMSL

 

Like this:



Quiz yourself: economic and market facts
Question 1:
In what year, did the tax to GDP ratio reach a record high? Which political party presided over this record tax take?

A: 24.2 per cent of GDP in both 2004-05 and 2005-06. The Coalition.

Question 2:
In terms of big taxing governments, in how many years since 1982-83 has the tax to GDP ratio been above 23.5 per cent?

A: Seven

Question 3:
In relation to Question 2, in how many years did the tax to GDP ratio exceed 23.5 per cent under a Coalition government? In how many years did the tax to GDP ratio exceed 23.5 per cent under a Labor govenrment?

A: Seven under the Coalition; zero under Labor.

Question 4:
Between 1971-72 and the latest budget forward estimates out to 2014-15, in how many years has real government spending fallen (using the Treasury preferred CPI deflator)?

A: Five

Question 5:
With reference to Question 4, in how many years has real government spending fallen under a Coalition government? In how many years has real government spending fallen under the Labor Party?

A: Zero under the Coalition, Five under Labor.

Question 6:
Since 1982-83, in how many years has the tax to GDP ratio been at or below 21.0 per cent?

A: Six

Question 7:
In relation to Question 6, in how many years was the tax to GDP ratio below 21.0 per cent when the Coalition was in government? In how many years was the tax to GDP ratio below 21.0 per cent when Labor was in government?

A: Zero under the Coalition, Six under Labor.


...and plenty more here:
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3809288.html

 

Get real, he was flinging money around like a drunken sailor before he lost office. He was buying votes and squandered the opportunity he was handed.

Right, downhill. Low unemployment, average higher incomes, higher average wealth, higher standard of living, strongest OECD economy. Yep. all downhill. Lol.

 

Did you really do the sooky over my response?

 

Awwwwwwww, come on, it wasn`t that bad. It would be a boring old world if we all set out to suffocate every little thing, wouldn`t it. Adults should be able to converse a lot more robustly than this without people sulking over every little slight. Meat head for the shed, mix up a nice cup of cement & water, and drink it down.

You have a lovely day now.

 

Are you still interested?

You're biggest adjustment might be the metric system

Oh, and we're socialists, didn't you know?

 

We put the Coalition back in power, we're just stupid