Abbott and Hockey are politicians, just like all the other imbeciles running the country and who have done so in the past. Ergo, they lie and manipulate to suit themselves and their agendas.
There's no doubt that the budget is very, very tough - but it has been scheduled as such because difficult decisions needed to be made, and they've been made.
Further down the track, if everything goes to plan, we will be better off for it.
It's a shame to me that some ill-informed people (nobody on this forum; I mean people I deal with in reality) are so obsessed with criticising the government and trying to whine that they can't see that a short-term sacrifice is required so our collective future mah be brighter.
My cousin has two young kids, his wife is sick with cancer, and he runs his own business (and effectively on one income, seeing as his wife is too ill to work). He is effectively supplying a living for a family of four off of his own income, which is scarcely more than $50,000 per annum.
And you know what? He hasn't sooked once about this budget. He readily admits it will be tough, but rather than bitching about it, he is thinking about solutions to his dilemmas.
