Labor and fairness
Posted by John, June 14th, 2016 - under Inequality, Labor Party.
Tags: ALP, Australian Labor Party
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A pre-occupation with Triple-A ratings mean Labor’s economic policies are only marginally more considerate of Australia’s rising inequality than those of the Coalition, writes John Passant in Independent Australia. I say, among other things:
‘Maybe Shorten should explain why it is that Labor now accepts $52 billion in health cuts while the Government accepts $54 billion in cuts. He avoided a question about the $57 billion shortfall and muttered something about tough choices being necessary. Shorten said Labor could not fund all the cuts the Abbott/Turnbull Government had unleashed. In other words, the conservatives’ cuts are doing Labor’s work for them.
‘And therein lies a hint as to what is going on. Labor, too, will cut spending on health but just slightly less than the Liberals. Labor’s “fiscal consolidations” are like having your throat cut with a scalpel rather than the Liberals’ rusty old knife. You are still dead. The lesser evil is still evil.
‘I look forward to hearing the Opposition Leader’s weasel words on what Labor identified as the Government’s $23 billion shortfall in spending on schools and how we now can’t afford the fullGonski.
To read the whole article click here. How can there be fairness in an unfair economy?