By Ben Elton
After the irresponsible, ignorant bliss of economic increase, stockbroker Jimmy and his relatives are pressured to confront monetary meltdown during this hilarious and deeply pertinent household drama.
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Which are gone. You use them and they’re gone. So what is the government’s policy on this issue? Obviously the government’s policy on this issue is to favour in terms of allocating research resources and funding, the renewable forms of energy, Bryan, the ones that don’t damage the air and the earth and the sea. You’re reading that upside down. I beg your pardon. The government favours the fossil fuel forms of energy, Bryan, the ones that damage the air and the earth and the sea. Why would that be, Mr Howard?
You had a lot on. I did. I think I was supposed to announce it but my notes were in my other trousers. And of course that money did go on roads. It just didn’t go on roads until later. Yes. Why is it this money’s not spent on the roads the rest of the time? A lot of it is. There are some repairs to roads all the time. Yes, but 200 million. It’s a lot. That’s right. It’s a good point, Bryan. I’ll ask about that. Who will you ask? I’ll ask the prime minister. Is he the Minister for Roads? No, but he’s in charge of the election.
What policies have you been pushing? I’ve been concentrating on not issuing any kind of challenge to John Howard’s leadership. The prime minister has said the election is about trust. That’s right. Doesn’t the children overboard story militate against… It’s about trust on the big important issues. Trust in economic management. Hasn’t the huge deficit announced this week thrown that management into question? It’s about trust in those areas of economic management that don’t bear particularly on the vagaries of monthly trade figures.