The Greens want the fame without playing the game. In the recent Government attempt to introduce a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme the Greens voted down the new legislation because they wanted more. The Labor Government didn't have the tax high enough. Now the Greens are saying they want a carbon tax of $20 a ton. If they had supported Labor they would have been somewhat on the way towards this. But no, they chose to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Note, the $20 a ton is only to be an interim measure. They are in gaga land. The Australian people and business cannot afford such a high tax.
Compensating some sectors of society is completely ruled out by the Greens. What about people on low fixed incomes like the elderly who worked before compulsory superannuation and have to live on the meagre government pension, or single parent families? This is too tough for the Greens. The Greens are in the position of all minor parties - they never have to pay the price of actually being in government. Hard things must be done and voters remember this. The Family First Senator is a case in point. He has the real balance of power when the Coalition votes en bloc against legislation. He talks a lot a rot and Labor has to give him what he wants, no matter how trivial, to get legislation through.
The Greens can huff and puff as much as they like. People aren't really listening. Voters know they talk a lot of idealistic clap-trap. Whatever the Government does they have something to say to knock it. This is to be expected from a loyal opposition like the Coalition. From minor parties, however, it is just an irritation.
Compensating some sectors of society is completely ruled out by the Greens. What about people on low fixed incomes like the elderly who worked before compulsory superannuation and have to live on the meagre government pension, or single parent families? This is too tough for the Greens. The Greens are in the position of all minor parties - they never have to pay the price of actually being in government. Hard things must be done and voters remember this. The Family First Senator is a case in point. He has the real balance of power when the Coalition votes en bloc against legislation. He talks a lot a rot and Labor has to give him what he wants, no matter how trivial, to get legislation through.
The Greens can huff and puff as much as they like. People aren't really listening. Voters know they talk a lot of idealistic clap-trap. Whatever the Government does they have something to say to knock it. This is to be expected from a loyal opposition like the Coalition. From minor parties, however, it is just an irritation.
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