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Federal Coalition Government 2013-?

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Andrew Slack (58)
Pfitzy said:
Thomas Jefferson: When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
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We should be having tyranny then.

PS. What happens if a government fears the Unions but not the people, like Labor does?
 
matty_k

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Peter Johnson (47)
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Similar to the thing that happens when the government fears Rupert Murdoch, like the Liberals do.
 
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Phil Hardcastle (33)
Blue said:
We should be having tyranny then.

PS. What happens if a government fears the Unions but not the people, like Labor does?
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Labour doesn't fear the unions, it is just beholden to a handful of union officials.
 
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Mark Ella (57)
As the blunders grow in number, can anyone actually challenge Abbott?

http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-anyone-actually-challenge-abbott?CMP=ema_632

"As the blunders grow in number, respected people are growing uneasy. "

"If it were not so important, it would be hilarious."

"Over the next couple of years, the composition of the Senate will see some of Abbott’s sillier legislation defeated. But that will not change the "and style of his team. The prime minister has indicated he is incapable of learning. He governs like a student politician.
He appears to have no capacity for introspection or even to listen to the words he utters."
"His predilection for playing fast and loose with the truth, occasionally contradicting his own statements within days or even hours, indicates a degree of immaturity not seen in an Australian prime minister since Billy McMahon. Does any prime minister have a “mandate” to be so careless while implementing an agenda this ideological, wrecking what had been long-term, middle of the road policies, perfectly workable and fair, which enjoyed broad community support?"
"All Australians should be concerned at the political acumen of this government, and the poor quality of their decision-making. But is anyone in a position to seriously challenge Abbott?
 
Ruggo

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Mark Ella (57)
Joe Hockey is a true idiot. His comments about low income earners and the petrol excise are so plain fucking stupid and arrogant it beggers belief.
 
Pfitzy

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George Gregan (70)
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What he meant to say is poor people won't be affected because they'll just drive off without paying for the petrol because they're essentially criminals.
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And that if it was going to cost too much, the poor people should just sell their Merc and buy an Audi instead
 
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David Wilson (68)
Pfitzy said:
And that if it was going to cost too much, the poor people should just sell their Merc and buy an Audi instead
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Hockey's stupid comment fails to recognise that any increase in the cost of living has proportionately more impact on lower income individuals/families. And what a farce to make that statement when he travels in Commonwealth cars where the taxpayer, rich or poor, picks up the tab for petrol.

The more I think about it, Abbott is the closest thing to Silly Billy we're ever likely to have to endure.
 
Bullrush

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John Hipwell (52)
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Tex

Tex

Greg Davis (50)
That the fella responsible for drafting and executing the budget can't differentiate between a gross and proportionate impact is ridiculous.

Clearly if your house has five vehicles registered and you purchase high octane fuel your bills will be higher, but that doesn't matter a jot when your household income is $300k+.

When you're a family living in the public transport wastelands of outer Melbourne, reliant on ever-decreasing government support to keep your kids in school and food on the table, the proportionate impact is going to be significant. Poor people don't drive as far? What a fucking idiot.

That he went to defend his comments is ridiculous.
 
Tex

Tex

Greg Davis (50)
He's sorry because Peta Credlin has delivered an absolute swinging right foot to his stomach staple-shrunk arse.

Can you imagine Costello, Keating or Howard grovelling like that? Utterly unsuited to the current job and certainly a long way off any aspirations for the top job.
 
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