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Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said yesterday on Meet the Press that the government choosing to buy Australian made products was like him doing his 15 year old daughter’s homework.

Who's mowing the nation's lawn? Illustration: Tom Jellett

I’m not sure what he means by that, but it’s clear he hasn’t been doing his own homework when it comes to using the government’s stimulus packages to create the most jobs possible.

In fact, the government choosing to source products overseas is like getting the neighbour’s kids to come over and mow the lawn, and then wondering why your own kids are hitting you up for pocket money when you go to the shops.

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  • miantiao says:

    08:40pm | 28/07/09

    We have been acting in good faith since the 70s. China, the US, the EU, Russia, they are all industrialized economies. Who loses out when one industrialized economy closes the door to anothers imports whilst at the same time retaining access to the others’s market? We are on the same… Read more »

  • Andrew says:

    05:14pm | 28/07/09

    Free Trade does need to be a two way street, but just like in any relationship someone has to take the first step as an act of goodwill. As an industrialised economy Australia has less to lose and much to gain from Free Trade. Furthermore, my advice to you son… Read more »

 

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