Guest Post written by "JM"
The final post intended to conclude the Budget
Colloquy on the Uncle Gnarley Blog did not appear during the Summer, as
intended. It was just as well. The
pre-Christmas budget “Update” has provided a more current, but no less grim,
appraisal of our worsening problem.
The mid-year budget "Update" has shown that the
government has experienced both a collapse in revenues, and, unbelievably, an
increase in program spending during 2015:
