With the US result some friends and I have been discussing who the worst PM was/is.

  • shirro@aussie.zone
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    4 hours ago

    There are lots of contradictory things about Howard. I get why people feel very strongly about him one way or another.

    In the end a lot of people voted for him because he put money in their pockets whether it was tax refunds for families, economic reforms, wealth transfer or a booming resource economy. Honestly I wouldn’t mind a bit of that right now. And that is the shitty bit isn’t it. Like you know we wasted opportunities, increased social divides etc. Fundamentally we are just a meaner, nastier bunch. But I kind of get why Trump won so decisively despite being such a disgusting person. You have to grab those swing voters by the pussy and one of the best ways to do that is put money in their pockets and Howard understood that.