Sir lastnail wrote on Apr 21^st, 2018 at 6:25pm:

"The libbos just don't get",I don't believe for a minute that a cunning politician just doesn't get it; his and his cohorts aim is just with how much fraud against the average people they can get away with.
Howard is a regular church goer; I wonder how he can lay straight in bed.

I suppose the big banks deserve some value for the hundreds of millions they have donated to the corrupt libbos. A RC would never have happened if the rodent was still PM!

Sir lastnail wrote on Apr 21^st, 2018 at 6:25pm:

This is what he actually said:

“I don’t for a moment condone any deceptive behaviour of either customers or of the regulatory authorities by any financial institution but I don’t want to pass judgment just on the basis of the evidence given over past few days,” he told The Australian.

I think it’s very, very important — in the wake of what has been widely publicised misbehaviour and sensational headlines — that we wait and not engage in knee-jerk reactions,
“The great bulk of financial advisers and I’m sure bulk of employees at these institutions, AMP, the banks, have behaved in an ethical, honourable fashion.

“A whole group of men and women who’ve worked very hard … some of them have got bonuses and earned every penny of those bonuses.

Mr Howard, who was also treasurer in the earlier Fraser government until 1983, said the government had no place limiting the structure of incentives ­legitimate businesses offered staff.

“I never liked to take away incentives; I think people should always be attracted by incentives. The question of whether they abuse their position to take advantage of the incentive is a test of their character. It should attract penalties when they do,” he said.

Bonuses linked to sales and profits, common in the financial services industry, have been criticised for encouraging poor conduct. Mr Howard said the banks were “very powerful” but the fin­ancial system was far more competitive than in the past.

“We’ve also got to remember we’re seeing some of the bad side of the whole financial apparatuses at the moment, but just remember when the financial crisis hit in 2008, our banks proved extremely stable,” he added.

You progs love nothing more than to lie and distort and turn such a sratement into 'somehow makes it ok'.

hawil wrote on Apr 21^st, 2018 at 8:10pm:


I suppose most polies have to suck up to the banks in order to get a job after politics when they tell everyone bullshit that they want to spend more time with their family.

Frank wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2018 at 10:58am:

He doesn't want to pass judgement on the evidence presented in the last week? How much more evidence does this person need before he will admit there's a problem?

Why didn't he require the same level of evidence of WMD in Iraq before deciding to invade?

Bam wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2018 at 11:12am:


TOSK - They're Only Sand Kaffirs......

They should erect a statue of Howard somewhere where the pigeon population is out of control...

Can't remember the last time I wrote, "John Howard is talking sh.t" but he sure as hell has this week

This is called defending the indefensable