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Don’t cry for me, Australia

Our politicians are taking us down the path to Argentina

12 December 2015

9:00 AM

12 December 2015

9:00 AM

Are our politicians dragging Australia down into the third world, just as Argentina’s did?

Our massive public debt is out of control. As Mr Micawber warned, this can only lead to misery − ours, not the politicians who incurred it. And when the bailiffs come knocking, there’ll be no rich countries to lean on, as Greece did.

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