If you are Tony Abbott the answer is simple, when the tax is “short term”, then the tax is not a tax, it’s a… I’m not sure what it is, but it’s defiantly not a tax. Abbott would have us believe, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then its defiantly NOT a duck.
Before the election Abbott made great play about Gillard and her broken promise not to introduce a Carbon Tax, and continually promised that if elected he certainly would not introduce any new taxes. In fact Abbott declared he would abolish Labors taxes on billionaire miners and billionaire polluters. Unfortunately like his Liberal predecessor Little Johnny Howard it must be a case of core and non-core promises Abbott is about to do the dirty on Australia’s battlers and introduce a so called temporary Debt tax. Don’t forget Income Tax was also introduced as a temporary tax, as a war time measure, that was in 1915!
Hockey has claimed that the debt burden has to be shared by all, but that does not seem to include billionaire miners and polluters, or millionaire baby makers. If one is to believe these Liberal charlatans Australia is on its economic knees, but by the same token they are out to spend, spend, and spend billions on toys for the boys in the form of American military hardware, run up debt at an astronomical rate, and then transfer the whole burden on poor Aussie battlers, with a brand new mega tax. Fortunately The Greens rightly point out Abbott has no mandate to introduce a new tax, and should combine with Labor to defeat Abbott's grubby new tax.

How else is he s'posed to claw back the tax cuts and pension rises, to offset carbon pricing, that he said he wouldn't?

The chutzpah!

I'm sure Mr Abbott will gets loads of support around here from the usual suspects.

They think anything Peta programs Tony to do is just swell.

However, it seems that a few senior Libs aren't too keen on Tony's Deceit Tax.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/deficit-tax-tears-at-tony-abbotts-credibility-20140429-zr1as.html

I wonder why?

"Senior Liberals have described plans for a possible deficit tax in the budget as "electoral suicide". Some talked of a party-room revolt and one warned the Prime Minister Tony Abbott would wear the broken promise as "a crown of thorns" if the government decided to go through with it."

"It's just shock," the MP said. "There was no communication from the leader's office. We're all just scratching our heads. It's the biggest f----up we've had in a long time."

"I can't say anything on the record because it's just too stupid," he said. "If it's wrong, then it's bulls--t, because why would you scare the electorate? And if it's right, then it's even worse because we said before the election there'd be no new taxes."

Another branded Mr Abbott's attempts to recategorise the tax as a levy as "sophistry", calling it "an offence to voters" that was "worse than Gillard's claim that the carbon tax was not a tax"."

Oh....that's why.

Abbott = a bald faced LIAR. And of course a shameless hypocrite.

And Australia fell for the lies hook, line and sinker.

LIAR.

LIAR.

LIAR.

Well looky here...

"Under-pressure Tony Abbott drops parental leave cut-off to $100,000"

"TONY Abbott has dropped the controversial threshold for his paid parental leave scheme from $150,000 to $100,000 for the sake of “equity and simplicity’’, bringing his signature project in line with his new welfare limit."

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/underpressure-tony-abbott-drops-parental-leave-cutoff-to-100000/story-fn59niix-1226900259004#mm-premium

So much for his "signature" policy.

Wheels falling off.

Agreed, he is a liar, as are many politicians.

However, when in opposition, I don't remember ANY politician before him ranting and raving so loudly about Labor politician's lies than Abbott.

Now, when asked if his previous promise not to add to our taxes was now a broken promise, we get the shifty 'Yes, well, um, we really neeeeeed this tax though, um...

Mind you, he had to do something to raise the funds for his promised paid parental leave scheme, after telling us all how much debt we were in because of nasty Labor.