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I forgot to remind you Belly of some quotes from the web:
"Although there isn't an election due until 2013 - Tony Abbott would like to see one take place much earlier. Straight away actually.
If we elect the Liberal Party with Abbott as leader in 2013 - we will have reached an historical apex of venal stupidity..."
And another - on electing the Libs:
"Historians will view the Australian people circa 2011 - as a bunch
of greedy-bloody-minded-ethically bankrupt-sheep."
To further confirm these opinions - Ben Eltham also tells us:
"Obviously the Opposition leader has decided to maximise his advantage on "economic management" by invoking the "Glorious Howard Age," and avoid commiting himself to anything substantive on economic policy in the here and now."
"As a political tactic its clearly designed to keep the focus on the
government and to change the subject without addressing the questions posed about savings and to maintain of course the constant election frenzy Abbott likes to conjure up."
Contrary to what's been written $150,000 a year is not an "average Aussie income." Anyone earning $150,000 - puts them in the top 3 per cent of tax payers by income (at least in 08-09). Ignore the budget
critcisms. Every budget contains things to criticise but overall this one's good. The big tick items are in - mental health, vocational education and training, regional infrastructure, workplace participation initiatives such as employer subsidies to give the long-term unemployed a job. With the 2011 budget, Wayne Swan had elivered a responsible, credible, progressive financial blueprint for the next 3 years.
The Opposition's performance in respone has been woeful. Their one-dimensional tactics of single-mindedness only shows their empty policy cupboard. And who in their right-mind is going to fall for that.