Try as I might, I keep finding reasons NOT to like the current Liberal government. All politicians really. They (and apparently most of the voting Australians) have no idea what government is supposed to be about. This weeks decision by the Fair Pay commission to award a $27 a week wage rise to the minimum wage earners should have been a chance for the goverment to bask in the glow of a job well done. Instead, all I have is this image of John Howard and Kevin Andrews grinning smugly, not because the people they represent have more money in their pocket, but because they think that it will piss the unions off.
Andrews was quoted as saying "The only people disappointed about this decision are Kim Beazley, (Labor's IR spokesman) Stephen Smith and the ACTU who have been running around Australia saying this decision would reduce wages for Australians"
John Howard is no better "It must have been a very bad day for Mr Combet (ACTU secretary) today, a very bad day indeed"
To me, it lays bare the greed and desire to cling to power inherent in the personality of these men, that they would expect a man who's goal it is to represent workers to be disappointed that the Fair Pay commission grants Fair pay those very workers because it may somehow weaken his political standing. This is not a fucking game, people. To those workers, that $27 represents a lot more than a chance to thumb their nose at a political opponent.
If anyone out there does read this, please know that these people do not represent me.
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