Yesterday, The Age came out with an advertising 'wrap-around' featuring the usual mast-head and headlines including the Grattan institute forecasting budget deficits escalating up to $60 billion per annum among combined Australian governments over the coming decade. The top story lead was accompanied by a small picture of Wayne Swan sporting a quizzical look. The rest of the wrap-around was devoted to announcing a new motor-car range now available in Australia. 'INFINITI'.
It struck me that the Automobile company name associated with a story about a rapidly increasing monetary loss, could've been construed as either a wry comment on the potential deficit ceiling ... or a hint that the budget might be improved by privatization along with everything else in sight?
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