May 11, 2005
post-budget blues
It's budget time in Canberra. Peter Costello, the Federal Treasurer, rules, is on top of his game, and is having fun at the ALP's expense.
Budget time becomes a social occassion in Parliament with parties everywhere. The Government members are celebrating with gusto.
Some other Australians feel otherwise:
It sure don't feel too good if you are sick, vulnerable and on welfare due to life's misfortunes. Those with disabilities have been defined as a shirker by the smug and self-satisfied government members. There's not much for the vulnerable in the Costello budget and the signs are that worse is to come.
The Government rules and the media spins the ethos of a market society. They rule over those they deem to be the undeserving poor. Compassion for the vulnerable is seen as sign of sickliness and is not to be tolerated.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at May 11, 2005 08:47 PM | TrackBack