Despite all the preening about “free speech” on the right, the truth is complaints about “cancel culture” have always been code for “conservatives can say whatever terrible things they want, and liberals can shut up about it.” And while play-acting as the victims of censorship because liberals mock or criticize them, Republicans have been busy actually silencing free speech: from demanding that athletes be fired for kneeling during the national anthem to, memorably, Donald Trump ordering the tear-gassing of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park. While conservatives whine about oppression because people call them “racist” on Twitter, they are actually using complaints about “wokeness” as an excuse for the literal government censorship of discourse that acknowledges the reality of racism, as Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times chronicled. That’s conservatism, of course: Always projecting their own sins onto their liberal opponents.
Hang on did they learn this from Andrew Bolt or did Andrew Bolt learn it from them?
Source: Canceling the anti-insurrectionists in the GOP proves Republicans never cared about “free speech” | Salon.com
Frydenberg Starts Budget Speech With Reminder That All Figures Are Correct To Closest $60 Billion
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"It's definitely a surplus"
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After twenty years of rhetoric from both sides of politics focusing
on getting back to surplus, this year’s budget continues pandemic
spending in the hope of getting the economy back on track as the
pandemic starts to settle. The projected deficit is $161 billion for
2021-22, but rather than tackling this in the next four years, the
government’s focus is instead on payments and long-term serviceable
debt.
Cuts to Job Seeker, Job Keeper, so in reality the government is spending even less than they did last year. However, the promises of last year have yet to be spent. Will then keep the promises made in this year's budget? The current boost to aged-care isn't a rise in staff ratios or even more qualified staff but only a rise of 10 minutes of extra time given a patient a day. The boost of $$ to the private sector of aged-care will only wind up meaning larger profits for the owners whose costs have been raised $10 per patient per day. Hardly the systemic change required in the sector.
Morrison
government is now restoring those things they cut when he was
treasurer. Now that's a jump forward isn't it? Morrison created the very
skills shortage which we are now facing and he's trying to repair them with a half baked
approach. Yet again, Education. TAFE, Uni, and APPRENTISHIPS are being
fiddled and tinkered with band-aids. The LNP came into power in 2013 shredded these
areas and are now repairing what they fucked in the first place.
The highest income brackets will continue to get their annual progressive tax cuts over the foreseeable future while those in the lowest brackets the rises in tax going forward are merely being delayed. Couple that with stagnant wages while the government is predicting and increase in GDP every year moving forward and what have we got? An increase in the wealth gap going forward and they're so proud of it.
Source: Cuts, spends, debt: what you need to know about the budget at a glance
FEDERAL BUDGET 2021
What
if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter? That’s how
Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
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against the Palestinians of East Jerusalem during the past week has been
the […]
Israel attacks Gaza after Jerusalem defeat
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After twenty years of rhetoric from both sides of politics focusing on getting back to surplus, this year’s budget continues pandemic spending in the hope of getting the economy back on track as the pandemic starts to settle. The projected deficit is $161 billion for 2021-22, but rather than tackling this in the next four years, the government’s focus is instead on payments and long-term serviceable debt.
Cuts to Job Seeker, Job Keeper, so in reality the government is spending even less than they did last year. However, the promises of last year have yet to be spent. Will then keep the promises made in this year's budget? The current boost to aged-care isn't a rise in staff ratios or even more qualified staff but only a rise of 10 minutes of extra time given a patient a day. The boost of $$ to the private sector of aged-care will only wind up meaning larger profits for the owners whose costs have been raised $10 per patient per day. Hardly the systemic change required in the sector.
Morrison government is now restoring those things they cut when he was treasurer. Now that's a jump forward isn't it? Morrison created the very skills shortage which we are now facing and he's trying to repair them with a half baked approach. Yet again, Education. TAFE, Uni, and APPRENTISHIPS are being fiddled and tinkered with band-aids. The LNP came into power in 2013 shredded these areas and are now repairing what they fucked in the first place.
The highest income brackets will continue to get their annual progressive tax cuts over the foreseeable future while those in the lowest brackets the rises in tax going forward are merely being delayed. Couple that with stagnant wages while the government is predicting and increase in GDP every year moving forward and what have we got? An increase in the wealth gap going forward and they're so proud of it.
Source: Cuts, spends, debt: what you need to know about the budget at a glance
FEDERAL BUDGET 2021
What if Israelis attacked the Basilica of St. Peter on Easter? That’s how Muslims feel about Assault on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
One of the most outrageous Israeli actions against the Palestinians of East Jerusalem during the past week has been the […]
Israel attacks Gaza after Jerusalem defeat
10 May 2021
Israeli bombing kills 20 Palestinians, including nine children. Read more about Israel attacks Gaza after Jerusalem defeat
Washington Post pushes Israel's retaliation narrative
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