Segment extract from Getup.org.au (Letter Email) ... In a speech on Wednesday, Treasurer Hockey defended his unfair Budget by saying, We have to reward the lifters and discourage the leaners. But separating Australians into lifters and leaners is the conservative lie meant to divide and distract us, so no one notices its Big Business not doing any lifting. The truth is were all lifters and leaners at different times and in different ways. Once upon a time, Mr Hockey was a leaner himself, along with many members of Cabinet, when they had their university educations paid for. Yet today, Mr Hockey wants to rip NewStart away for six months at a time for people under 30, which is the vital support young jobseekers need to help them find jobs and stop them falling into a cycle of poverty and desperation. But theres a way we can stop this. Long before his billionaire days, Clive Palmer was a leaner too – relying on unemployment support for 6 months when he was 18. But unlike Mr Hockey, Mr Palmers a NewStart supporter and his parties senators will be the cornerstone of the balance of power in the Senate come July. They just need to hear that we dont buy into Mr Hockeys divisive Budget spin....
Posted on: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 05:41:01 +0000
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