Sir John Howard wrote:
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http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25479,23694823-14327,00.html
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> OPPOSITION treasury spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has blasted the federal
> Budget as an economic con.
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> Treasurer Wayne Swan tonight handed down Labor's first federal budget
> in 13 years, announcing a record $21.7 billion surplus, three new
> future investment funds and almost $47 billion in tax cuts.
>
> But it also increased taxes on luxury cars and some alcoholic drinks,
> tightened fringe benefits tax rules and introduced a means test on the
> baby bonus and family tax benefit B.
>
> Mr Turnbull said it was a high taxing, high spending old-fa****oned
> Labor budget.
>
> New taxes to raise the cost of alcohol, cars, health insurance and
> energy would add to inflationary pressures, he said.
>
> "This is a typical Labor budget. It is not new leader****p but old
> Labor,'' Mr Turnbull said in a statement.
>
> "It is the first budget in years to introduce new taxes.
>
> "Far from being a new excursion into economic conservatism, Mr Swan's
> first budget is an economic con.''
>
> He disputed Mr Swan's claim that he had cut spending, saying spending
> would go up by $3 billion in this financial year alone.
>
> "The Rudd government's first budget is not an inflation fighting
> budget,'' Mr Turnbull said.
>
> "It is not a budget that lifts a finger to help Australians battling
> with rising costs of living - petrol, groceries, private health
> insurance and home interest rates.''
>
> Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson said the budget was not anti-
> inflationary and is typical Labor, jacking up taxes for people it
> dislikes.
>
> Dr Nelson said government was budgeting for 134,000 people to lose
> their jobs over the next year.
> "This is a typical high taxing, high spending budget, which targets
> people that it doesn't like,'' Dr Nelson told re****ters.
>
> The budget did nothing to help families struggling to pay their
> mortgages, feed their children and put petrol in their cars, he said.
>
> Dr Nelson said the budget boosted taxes by $19 billion over the next
> five years and increased spending by $34 billion.
>
> "This is not an anti-inflationary budget,'' he said.
It's only the beginning in snuffing out those rich bastards and their
perks.
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