We needed some fruit and veg and we decided to walk up the nearest green grocer, which is a bit inferior, but what the heck.
I grabbed a bag and this is what I came across. This was supposed to be a Surplus Bag. Now it is a Deficit Bag. I now think it is way too small for the billions of dollars we have to borrow.
I must have been given it at the lock-up, crammed with all those informative and made-up budget papers.
But as to the bag itself, as they say in the ad, PRICELESS.
But, hey, what am I bid? I think I should iron it and put it away in the cupboard. Too good to use.
Possibly the most useful thing this hopeless clown collective has done.
H B Bear
21 Feb 13 at 3:45 pm
$0. There is a hole in it.
Bear Necessities
21 Feb 13 at 3:51 pm
If our Government is serious about its environmental credentials the bag will be biodegradable and therefore useless, ahem even less useful than its original intended purpose soon.
Lloyd
21 Feb 13 at 4:32 pm
(currency TBA) $20 + p & h
pete m
21 Feb 13 at 4:39 pm
In which country/ies was the bag produced and printed?
Gab
21 Feb 13 at 4:43 pm
China, I’d hope… I’d hate to think they wasted money producing this crap locally – but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Fleeced
21 Feb 13 at 4:59 pm
Keep it for posterity. Just like people kept all those Whitlam-era ‘it’s time’ badges. Your kids can sell it for money then, just to show that you actually can flog a dead horse.
Whatever you do don’t put your fruit and vegies in it. Everything in it will go rotten.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.
21 Feb 13 at 5:00 pm
A budget showbag. That’s fantastic.
Nothing better showcases Goose’s vacuous spin and emphasis on style over substance.
I am the Walrus, koo koo k'choo
21 Feb 13 at 5:13 pm
If you put your fruit and vegies in it, by the time you get home they will have mysteriously vanished, leaving you not only with nothing to eat but with a huge credit card bill which you will discover next time you try to buy something.
And no matter how much you try to predict how much will be in it when you get home, the answer will always be the same.
Philippa Martyr
21 Feb 13 at 5:33 pm
“Returning the budget to surplus on time and as promised
Despite significant revenue losses since the GFC, we are returning the budget to surplus in 2012‑13, while ensuring families and businesses are sharing in the benefits of the resources boom
A surplus is appropriate given our strong economic fundamentals and an economy returning to trend growth
It is our best defence in uncertain times and allows monetary policy to respond to economic developments”
Surprised the bags haven’t been recalled or the website on the bag scratched out. Reminds me of Xmas crackers, If it’s meant to be a joke, it’s not a funny one.
holden
21 Feb 13 at 5:35 pm
geez I was going to bid $24b for it. I thought you were taking bets on what the final deficit will be…
papachango
21 Feb 13 at 5:41 pm
A million and one uses around the home and garden.
Hardly a collector’s item.
Now if it had a Labor logo on it, that would increase it’s value immeasurably. Price is determined by scarcity, and the Labor logo is becoming scarce indeed, if Labor politician’s websites and letterheads are anything to go by.
Keith
21 Feb 13 at 5:42 pm
In econospeak that Swanny can understand, I’ll give you 1 banana for it.
Ant
21 Feb 13 at 5:51 pm
Did they give it to you in last year’s lock-up Judith? They may ask you to take your own this year.
I bid one grape. Bananas have gone up lately.
O/T. What title do you plan for your book about the circus? And can I pre-order now? Ipad compatible please. Shelves all overflowing.
Norma
21 Feb 13 at 6:23 pm
oops, sorry. You told us it was a lock up gift. I read too quickly sometimes.
Norma
21 Feb 13 at 6:25 pm
I wonder if they had too many made… a SURPLUS if you will.
Brian of Moorabbin
21 Feb 13 at 6:26 pm
These “people”are TRULY a BUNCH of TERTIARY “educated “?BLOODY TOSSERS! Including “advisors”?put the Bastards on Work Search (as if they could get a Real Job
Borisgodunov
21 Feb 13 at 6:30 pm
Keep the filth
Why does Labor hate children so much?
Mark
21 Feb 13 at 7:14 pm
You could make up a budget show bag and fill it with examples of every undelivered promise or program cost blowout.
The Libs could set up a stall at the Royal Easter Show or Ekka and give them out free. It would be great advertising.
Other novelty items in the showbag
pocket calculator with the 1800 number for grocery watch
$3 note with the world’s greatest tresurer’s head
$100 fuel voucher to be spent at any Golden Fleece Service Station
a lump of coal with a note saying “please do not burn”
Splatacrobat
21 Feb 13 at 7:23 pm
Judith, you would have doubled its value if you had Maxwell autograph it.
old bloke
22 Feb 13 at 5:09 am
Don’t apply any heat, Judith. It’ll melt.
kae
23 Feb 13 at 7:43 pm