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Of the three budgets delivered by the Rudd Government, this is the most political, the least believable, and the most damaging to Australia's long term future. Its a typical, old-fashioned, tax-and-spend Labor Budget that also features all the debt and deficit that can be expected from Labor, only covered up by clever accounting and a great big new tax on mining.