A bit of backbone

What do you think a country would do if it had a national health system that every taxpayer supports with an extra medicare levy, and an old, creaky and arguably dysfunctional medical infrastructure (e.g., http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bureaucrats-blasted-on-spinal-unit/2005/09/23/1126982233637.html; and see http://guambatstew.blogspot.com/2005/09/wheres-fire-buddy.html) and the biggest budget surplus in its history? Cut fuel taxes? Cut the top tax rates? Might there be another prescription for this case of affluenza? Not likely: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/biggest-ever-surplus-now-for-tax-cuts/2005/09/23/1126982233604.html