And speaking of productivity
Ah yes. The Prime Minister and Treasurer have productivity on their minds:
Productivity
Productivity
The whole day through
(The whole day through)
Just an old, sweet song
Keeps Productivity on my mind
(Productivity on my mind)
These are after all two people who have spent their entire careers in politics. Not even public service. Their understanding of productivity is about as sound as their understanding of fiscal discipline.
But to add comedy to idiocy, the cygnet - the Baby Swan that is Jim Chalmers - is going to host a productivity round table where his primary and desired out come is tax reform where more tax is collected. This is to reform as an enema is to fine dining.
Will budget discipline be discussed? Will the unsustainable and exponential growth of the so called care economy be discussed? You know the care economy of which a decent proportion is also the fraud economy. My friend
gives plenty of example of productivity enhancing spending cuts. Here’s a sample.One area that certainly won’t be touched the number of public servants. Especially given cygnet’s side kick is the Minister for Expanding the Public service - former public service union organiser Katie Gallagher.
But here are some numbers to just interest you.