Greens cry foul re Abbott's budget

Well the budget propaganda machine is in full swing now, softening us all up for the budget announcement early next month so we'll be all ready for bad news. Sloppy Joe Hockey's rhetoric is all very predictable, like we're a bunch of schoolies getting lectured about how bad we've been and we must have some "tough love". 

*pffffft*

I'm not sure Australians are so stupid as to accept this bullshit line from Hockey, that we must cut and cut as we're on the verge of some catastrophic economic bla. What a load of shit. We've had excellent economic performance in Australia for years and years, even during the height of the GFC we kept our head above water. Now we're supposed to believe that simply by the advent of a new gov Australia's economy has gone right down shit creek with no paddle.

We're being told of a budget emergency, whilst the gov buys $12billion worth of US war planes. Whilst a well off person on $150,000 a year will get given $75,000 from the gov to have a baby. The "budget emergency" rhetoric doesn't match the basic facts being presented to us.

So who in Canberra is crying foul? Labor is making noises, but as far as hard hitting criticism they don't appear to be doing a hell of a lot of that. So it's (again) been left up to the Greens to really tell it like it is. The Greens are IMO the only party left with decent social policies. Apart from being opposed to what both Labor and Lieberals have been doing to vulnerable refugees for political advantage, they make clear what they think of Sloppy Joe's budget: 

Acting Greens leader Adam Bandt said it was unacceptable for the government to be shaping up for a major hit on the vulnerable, while the well-off were allowed to structure their affairs to minimise tax, depriving the budget of much needed revenue. 

“The wealthy elite should take a haircut, not those who rely on bulk-billing to see a doctor,” Mr Bandt said, declaring that Prime Minister Tony Abbott was "backed by society’s ‘1%’". 

“If Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott let their millionaire friends off scot-free while attacking pensions and essential services, they will have declared ‘class war’ on the country and divided Australia," he said. 

“If the ‘age of entitlement’ is over, as Joe Hockey says, he should start at the top. Joe Hockey should balance the budget fairly by implementing these independent costings provided by the Greens," Mr Bandt said. Read more

I think the gov is getting it really wrong here (have they got anything even remotely right yet?). Not much of a brain is needed to figure out this gov's full of bullshit. Are the poor (there's a lot of us BTW and growing) just going to accept the gov gouging $5 out of them to see a doctor? Are workers simply going to accept an increase in the Aged pension retirement age to 70?

Hey you who voted for Abbott. Next time you go into a polling both how about giving some thought to your vote, instead of rolling over like a dumb lemming believing some shit about asylum seekers. This gov is attacking everything. I'd like to be there in the doctor's waiting room when you and your family all turn up to see a doctor and you have to pay $20 on your credit card because you have no money for it. How's that being shit scared of a few asylum seekers working out for you now? You were conned.