http://paulwallbank.com Society and business in the 21st Century Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:51:12 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 16560829 http://paulwallbank.com/2020/04/15/cripple-our-kids-with-debt-thats-our-choice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cripple-our-kids-with-debt-thats-our-choice http://paulwallbank.com/2020/04/15/cripple-our-kids-with-debt-thats-our-choice/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:51:12 +0000 https://paulwallbank.com/?p=16016 Spooked by the government’s efforts to shore up the economy during the greatest economic crisis in over a century, Australia’s politicians and the media are warning we are setting up the next generation to be crippled by today’s debt. But is this true? What happened the last time Australian governments incurred high debts? In 1946,… Continue reading Cripple our kids with debt? That’s our choice.

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