{"id":447,"date":"2007-10-16T15:41:21","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T05:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=447"},"modified":"2007-10-16T19:12:13","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T09:12:13","slug":"lulz-da-gr33nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"lulz @ da Gr33nz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In what could be the dumbest<\/em> bit of the 2007 campaign to date, the party which are probably (and seemingly unfortunately) going to get my vote are acting like teenage haXX0R m0r0nz.<\/p>\n

Da Gr33nz are running a ‘LOLpolz competition<\/a>,’ where one applies a caption worded somewhere between haXX0R<\/em><\/a>, 3-year-old-cutesy<\/em> and Ebonics<\/em><\/a> to a pic of a politician, supposedly to debase and unpopularise said pols.<\/p>\n

No, Greens- it’s not funny, nor a vote getter. It’s lame. It’s somewhat less annoying with the cute kittens<\/a>, but I’m not considering voting a cute kitten into Parliament.<\/p>\n

More policy statements, more invoking the need for political change… and less dorking around, please, Greens.<\/p>\n

The email just received from The Greens is much more informative:<\/p>\n

<\/a>Services Not Tax Cuts<\/em><\/p>\n

The Greens oppose Costello’s election tax cuts. The $34 billion should go to schools, hospitals, water, tackling climate change and the poor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The tax cuts are an irresponsible election bribe and fail Australia. The total cost of tax cuts announced in the last three years is now $100 billion.<\/em><\/p>\n

Once again the rich get the biggest gains. The big end of town, those on $200,000 per annum will get $128 per week while battling households on $70,000 <\/em>per annum<\/em> will get just $20 per week.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Australian Council of Social Services are also opposed to the tax cuts<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The ACTU has said<\/a> the money won’t compensate workers for the impact of Howard’s workplace laws.<\/em><\/p>\n

We should be using the surplus to invest in Australian infrastructure and services to safeguard against future problems.<\/em><\/p>\n

Greens Leader Bob Brown called on Kevin Rudd to “resist the urge to get into a tax cutting auction with the Coalition.”<\/em><\/p>\n

To read Bob Brown’s statement on the tax cuts<\/a>. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes indeed… spread the largesse from overtaxation to people who really need it, instead of giving the millionaires a burger and a shake.<\/p>\n

-weez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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