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Two factors that the government has little or no control over, yet the libs will attempt to heavily capitalise on. Oh how I wish politics focused on the real is
by hartror 15y ago
Two factors that the government has little or no control over, yet the libs will attempt to heavily capitalise on. Oh how I wish politics focused on the real issues.
Clarification: high fuel prices is an issue, just not a direct one. Rather it is an issue of planning, technology and development. For example, build better rail infrastructure, public transport and plan away the suburban sprawl in the major cities and people will be less concerned with fuel prices as they won't need to drive as much.
- jacques_chester 15y ago> Two factors that the government has little or no control over, yet the libs will attempt to heavily capitalise on. Sure, but they're the opposition. Blaming the government for factors outside their control is the job of an opposition[1]. Taking credit for factors outside their control is the job of a government. [1] You may recall the libs copping a beating over rising petrol prices circa early 2001. For a while it looked like it would cost them government.
- hartror 15y agoI wasn't claiming Labour are any less opportunistic, though I do seem to remember they went after Howard's policies on boat refugees on humanitarian grounds, rather than a hysterical stop the boats platform. Which makes their attempts to reinstate it all the more despicable.
- nl 15y agoBlaming the government for factors outside their control is the job of an opposition. Taking credit for factors outside their control is the job of a government. I love this quote. It's like the whole "if we achieve a budget surplus it will be made in China" thing being preemptively put around now. These days it is almost impossible to imagine a surplus that isn't made in China. Our economy is so closely tied to China it is good - in a way - to see it acknowledged.