An open letter to the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Kevin Rudd MP.

27 February 2009

Dear Prime Minister

Re: Australian Children’s Future

Last week I wrote to you asking you about your Emissions Trading Scheme, the week before that I asked about your ‘Sorry’ speech, the previous week to that was a couple of questions about the Summit and the week before that I asked if you thought you have done a good job since taking over the role from your predecessor.  You have not done me the courtesy of replying to any of my emails, which is disappointing.

I also sent you an earlier email (on the 27th January) and I have also written to the Treasurer and the Minister for Health.  They too, have not done me the courtesy of a response.

Does the government ever respond to the people they purport to represent?

As far as I can determine, the 2008 – 2009 budget outcome, which you and Treasurer Swan assured Australians would be in surplus, will be a massive deficit.

Mr Swan said in his budget speech on May 13 2008

“We are budgeting for a surplus of $21.7 billion in 2008 - 09, 1.8 per cent of GDP, the largest budget surplus as a share of GDP in nearly a decade.”

Since then your government, the government led by you who describes yourself as a ‘fiscal conservative’, has gone on an unprecedented spending spree.

It seems to the casual observer that barely a week goes by without a few million here or a few billion there being shovelled into willing hands to ‘create jobs’ or ‘stimulate the economy’ while the media reveals, at the same frantic rate, the complete failure of these schemes to achieve anything of the sort.  Jobs are leaking from all industries regardless of the next generation’s taxes being thrown at anyone too slow to get out of the way.  And we have all seen the economy in free fall with no let up despite the promises your government is making.

I know, though your government does not seem to be aware, that one day our children will need to make up this budgetary shortfall and repay the debts we are creating now in their name.

Mr Prime Minister;

1/  How much will the budget be in deficit at the end of the current budgetary term?

2/  How much foreign debt will Australia have incurred in your first full budgetary year as Prime Minister?

3/  Considering you have said repeatedly your government foresaw the current global financial situation how could you have got your budget calculations so wrong?

4/  Why do you feel you can incur massive debt for our children without their knowledge or approval?

5/  Do you feel a sense of responsibility for the debt you are willing to the next generation?

I am a concerned Australian citizen.  There are exactly 96 weeks until the end of 2010 by which time we should have had an election to determine who the Prime Minister of Australia will be for the next three years.

I plan on writing a letter each week.  I look forward to seeing your responses.  I trust that you will respond to my earlier emails and this one before too long.

Regards

(signed)

Owner

Political Animal Australia
www.polanimal.com

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27 February 2009   7.37 am

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