ABC News: The poor? We don't give a Friar Tuck

The poor? We don't give a Friar Tuck
Wed 27 Jul 11, 15:45pm AEST

Paul O'Callaghan

Taking from the rich and giving to the poor isn't too popular these days. The Gillard Government's plan to compensate low-income households for the impact of the carbon tax draws cries of anguish from the self-appointed representatives of aspirational Australia. Many people think the tax and welfare system is a giant piggy bank. If they don't get back everything they pay in taxes they complain that the system is unfair. The Robin Hood approach where those who are comfortably well off help support those who are struggling is falling out of favour. And it's not just opposition to the carbon tax. Tabloid papers seem intent on stirring up a full-scale tax revolt. Fueling this new class war is the belief that the biggest difference between people on high and low incomes is how talented the...

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