http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/chris-lehmann/ Chris Lehmann is a Director of a small electrical contracting firm in Brisbane, that specialises in renovations and extensions.  He has been self employed for 8 years as an electrical contractor, and been an electrician for 25 years.  Chris is active in his local community as a member of the local chamber of commerce, local LNP branch, and as a work experience provider with several local schools to encourage young people entering the electrical trade.  Married father of 5. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-postcard-to-the-pm-from-the-real-world/ I keep hearing how we have dodged a bullet.  How the stewardship and steely nerve of our Prime Minister and the gang of four averted a recession (the GFC, so called, if you like acronyms), and how the RSPT (another acronym) is going to fix all our ills and bring the nasty billionaire miners to heel and “make them pay their fair share”.  He’s got cred after all, he wrote an essay on the evils of unbridled markets and the greedy speculators in the monthly, and how the age of the neo-con was over and the social democrats would restore balance to public policy. The problem is that from where I am situated as the owner of a modestly small electrical contracting firm that is responsible for the livelihoods of 5 people, things aren’t that great. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Chris Lehmann) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-postcard-to-the-pm-from-the-real-world/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-postcard-to-the-pm-from-the-real-world/#item3357 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:00:28 +0000 Chris Lehmann | Author bios | The Punch