I love how Kevin Rudd justifies his decisions. Here are two perfect examples of deflection and utter nonsense:

From The Age,

[Responding on criticism that the budget is too large] "Australia's net debt will be the lowest of any major advanced economy in the world for the next decade."

From the ABC,

[Responding to the $2m spent on travel during the parliamentary winter break last year which he tried to hide by releasing on the same day as the budget] "I would say that Mr Howard's $20 million travel arrangements when he was prime minister, which have been defended by Mr Turnbull this morning, are quite clear."

"The benchmark - which has been established by the previous government - we've acted within that."

Classic deflection. Has it honestly never occurred to these clowns that just because someone else is doing it or did it in the past doesn't make it right? It's the old childhood story your parents tell you, "if your friends jumped off a cliff, would you follow them?" I can't believe that this defense holds up to any kind scrutiny, the media is really doing a poor job of critiquing Rudd's policies. Are people really so obsessed with left vs right, labor vs liberal that they can't see that, maybe, just maybe, they're both wrong?

THE amount of tax paid by the average Australian has jumped by up to 40 per cent in just five years, according to new statistics -- Source.

Who would have guessed, taxes are increasing already! Just wait until the bill arrives for the Rudd National Broadband Network, stimulus packages and various other 'nation building' projects. Perhaps a return to the 1950s of 75% tax is on the cards in the near future?

Wow, would you look at the size of government soar!

Could we be on the way back up? I think so thanks to all of that Ruddness we're lucky enough to be getting! Stay tuned for an upcoming post on economic growth and government size.