Episode 47 - The Party Line on why the Teals are trash
This week is dedicated to the leaning class, those parasites who earn income not by working but by possessing assets. These pampered whinging brats have been out in force across the media this last week, protesting that Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese’s move to tax asset-based income at the same rate as wages is an egregious attack on their fundamental human rights. We disrespectfully disagree. Screw them and the CGT and negatively-geared, trust-funded horse they rode in on. We then discuss the possibility of a new Teal party in Australian politics, and why that isn’t something to be celebrated. A party whose program is Malcolm Turnbull plus power feminism has nothing to offer the left. Unfortunately, far too many people think that the Teals are a good thing, despite the fact that their impact on progressive politics has been to act as a bridge from the ALP/Greens to the centre-right.
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Business community has a big sook
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