Views in verse on 'the cut and thrust'
Joe Hockey has had a subtle introduction to Australian public life as our new Treasurer since September '13. No longer...
These past few months he has 'arrived' and is running a cool yet fearless program designed to hit anything that smacks of high subsidies or tariffs. This is designed of course to give life to the realeasing of public funds to infrastructure oriented projects (the backbone of the Abbott election campaign). Behind this of course: anything towards better productivity.
The latest: stonewalling with CC Amatil, the owners of SPC Ardmona, against requested taxpayer funding to save jobs there. However, despite the real impacts, he is showing both consistency and starch given his firm hand shown with our lack-luster motor vehicle industry demands and subsequent implosion. The recent Simplot scenario appears a more viable model to meet his objectives. To their credit it seems the company sorted that out themselves!
The farmers are now bleating again too given the growing drought. Perhaps, they'll be next for Joe's tough love approach. Now that'll take 'ticker' given the Liberal's Country Party commitments.
However, despite his familiar maudlin look at times, it seems that there is an icy demeanor lurking below. Especially given all of this is being matched by the growing risk of unemployment. He's even challenging the building unions! I hope he's sleeping well at night with that one.
He clearly loves the cut and thrust. I wonder what he does in his spare time ...?
FRENZY
A full-on frenzy take me there
Brings a rush beyond compare
Feel the heat ...stinging treat
cop it hard ...cop it sweet
It's a wild man let loose inside
Living with that white ball's ride
Cold sweat upon the brow
The devil's laughing at me now:
"Risk it all ...time to call
Bet the lot ...feel the shock
Golden tokens ...far too hot!
Think ...the family ...it's all you got"
Then the wait... the sudden fate...
"it's black and high my friend"
Panic subsides,
your mouth is dry...
...time ...to go again!
Forwarded from my I-pad - Grahame J Flynn
