Welcome to the farce of long-term non-reforms

AS Peter Drucker once said: “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”

By Drucker’s measure of leadership, Budget 2012 is a complete failure.

The budget was launched with much pomp and circumstance. But in the end, the highly emotive language of “change”, “long-term thinking” and “fundamental reforms” served to cover up the return to the failed policies of the previous government. No real change took place and no real reforms were launched.