It’s interesting how quickly things change!
I mean wasn’t it just yesterday when Morrison and his fellow Liberals were telling us that people were innocent until proven guilty and, if anyone hadn’t been convicted, then they were innocent. Of course, this legal concept doesn’t apply to people who have been charged with a crime because we now keep hearing that criminals shouldn’t be out on bail while awaiting trial because we all know that they’re guilty.
And just last year, Anthony Albanese was being attacked for holding the Voice Referendum by the Coalition. Even though it was an election promise, he never should have proceeded with it unless he had bipartisan support. This year, he’s a liar for not keeping his promise on the Stage 3 tax cuts even though the changes have bipartisan support.
When it comes to the tax cuts the Liberal position is quite clear: “Albanese never should have changed them but now he has we’re voting for them because people need help but they need help now and the tax cuts that should have stayed the way he promised don’t come in until July and that’s far too late for something that we argue shouldn’t have happened at all!”
Anyway, if someone didn’t support the Voice that didn’t make them a racist. I know this because we were told over and over again that this it wasn’t fair to label someone a racist just because they didn’t want the Voice enshrined in the Constitution.
Of course, some people didn’t get the memo because they now argue that 70% of Australians voted against a Welcome to Country, having any sort of Indigenous body advising Parliament, changing the date, a Treaty, Closing The Gap, Linda Burney and truth telling.
Perhaps it’s just me but when someone gets outraged about truth telling, it does make me wonder exactly what they’re suggesting: “We don’t want any of that ‘truth telling’ round here! Lies were good enough for my parents and my grandparents and I’m sick of these people trying to wreck our traditions.”
Speaking of ‘lies’, it’s interesting that a broken election promise is somehow more worthy of examination than politicians lying on a daily basis. For example, when Dutton said that our interest rates were higher than all the G7 countries, this would be an easily verifiable fact were it not for the minor problem that it just isn’t one. Only Japan had lower interest rates at the time he made the statement, so either he was making it up, speaking off the top of his head or unable to read a simple table and work out that certain numbers were higher than others. All things that I would have thought worthy of examination by the media.
Similarly, the so-called tax on SUVs, utes and tanks has been a source of outrage from the Coalition of the Dulling. Inflation seems have grown worse here than our current rate of 4.1% because “Labor’s carbon tax” on new vehicles went from $10k one day to $15k a few days later to the $25k where it now sits until we learn that by the year 2087 it will cost over a million dollars to buy a jet thanks to Labor’s new tax.
Ok, some of you may be trying to defend the proposed emission standards by pointing out that it’s not a tax or by pointing out that we’re one of the only developed nations that doesn’t have one or by asking what’s wrong with emitting less noxious gases when we all know that the amendments to the American Constitution give all drivers the right to poison others by driving the vehicle emitting the most toxic fumes. However, you’re missing the logical flaw in the line of attack: Surely nobody can afford a new car under Labor!
It seems to me that there are a number of areas where Labor can be criticised, such as not increasing payments for the unemployed by more, inadequate support for the homeless, more urgent action on climate change and others. But when Angus Taylor attacked Labor for “spending too much” the other day, it sounds rather silly when they’ve produced the first surplus in fifteen years. It was even sillier when Gussie Taylor told us that Labor “spent an extra $209 MILLION dollars since they came to power. That’s $20,000 for every Australian household.” Mm, by my calculations that means there are only 2090 households in Australia… No wonder the Liberal Party couldn’t deliver a surplus!!
Ok, he clearly meant billion but it’s easy to get your billions mixed up with your millions when you have no idea what you’re talking about… Like when Josh got his sums out by a mere $66 billion but it was in our favour, so what’s carelessness matter?
While some criticisms of Labor by Dutton and his band of merry misfits are just not true, most of the others aren’t likely to make much of an impact on the swinging voter. For example, when the Coalition failed to support the motion on Julian Assange it argued that Australia shouldn’t be interfering in the legal processes of another country which is strange considering that I don’t remember that same argument being raised when China prosecutes our citizens. Whatever, I can’t see that being a position that’s liable to appeal to anyone who doesn’t already intend to vote for Voldemort…
Yes, I know people tell me that I shouldn’t call Dutton by that name. It has been pointed it’s upsetting and cheap and commenting on a physical resemblance that he can’t help is not fair. However, I simply reply by reminding people that Voldemort is a fictional character and therefore won’t actually be upset by the comparison…
If you look at the position Dutton takes on just about any issue, it’s worth asking who is actually going to be swayed into voting for him based on what he’s said.
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