(yep, this is now an *extremely* intermittent blog!)

There are two consistent themes in the comments by Liberal/Coalition supporters in the leadup to the election: ‘Shock, horror, the unions will control Australia if you let Labor win’ and ‘Shock, horror, the economy will collapse if you let Labor win’. Both nonsense… and here’s some discussion of why the latter is nonsense:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/tim-colebatch/2007/10/08/1191695817876.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1