I wonder what people do on holidays. I am writing this from a little house overlooking the Pacific Ocean (at Blueys Beach) – picture “overleaf”. It is an ideal place to write especially as it is raining and not very warm. And with other possible distractions not available (waves) what else should a person do when in an ideal location to write but write. Impeccable logic I thought. So today apart from working on some academic papers that are due, I decided to reflect on an article that I read the other day in the conservative Australian Financial Review. It was one of those articles that always had to the same conclusion – cut federal spending hard. The logic applied was consistent with the conclusion that if a house fly walked up a wall – federal spending should be cut hard!