CON artist extraordinaire Kevin Rudd is at it again with his latest coup inducing Peter Costello to join him in the “Futures Fund”. I am disgusted that Mr Costello has accepted, but we now know why John Howard would not make Costello the next prime minister.

Is Rudd going to use Costello to clean up the bankruptcy that he has created and left Australia in penury?

What a spineless group of individuals politicians are – do we really need them any more? It’s high time for some courageous, wealthy, honest and go-ahead citizens to put Australia first, not themselves, to lead us into the future and help the electorate re-establish faith in an honourable government to be known as “The Reform Party”. Incidentally, Fabians would be prohibited!

Charles R Mathews

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