the last election for the sake of not only Qld, but for the nation generally. Jayell : Hadron : Rhonda : 17 Feb 2010 11:59:39pm Coalition Actually, I think the focus of attention is on what a goose Barnaby made of himself on Q&A on Monday night! Tony Jones pretty much gave up in the end trying to make sense of BJ's responses. I'm afraid Barney's out of his depth in the federal arena, but hey, I'm not complaining.... Arthur 1 : State and Federal Government debt,is quite small by almost any standard. If the general public is allowed to borrow themselves silly,and refuse to save,why do we think our governments are wrong when they have borrowed money,in an attempt to avert disaster,forced upon us by the private sector,who demand that government fix the problem. Cunnamulla Fella : Arthur 1 : The mortgage debt is around 90% of GDP,wouldn't that be having an effect on interest rates?If so how can Barnaby,claim that a Government debt of 9% by 2014-2015 will force up interest rates. Lindsay Tanner claimed on G&A that Government net debt was a mere $20b.If that is the case,how can that put pressure on Interest rates? Barnaby claims a long history of involvement in the financial industry.I wonder what he was employed as,certainly not as a spokesman on financial matters,or a PR man,as nobody heard of him until he rode into Canberra on his save Telestra horse,which was quickly hauled off to John Howard's Knackery. Cunnamulla Fella :