Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

We will not give away our future. We will not give away the future of the nation. We will not hand it to the people that we borrow money from. We want to control our destiny and the best way to control our destiny is to ensure that we do not owe people too much money, that we do not owe the bankers of the world too much money. You have to live within your means. If you have financial freedom, if you have economic freedom, you see jobs created and you see prosperity created. That is exactly what this government is trying to achieve.

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