August 30, 2004
Not Happy, John!
The next six weeks will be a test of my ability to maintain a degree of calm despite the anger I feel about John Howard's apparent complete lack of shame in misrepresenting the truth.
When I recently received a letter from my local federal member, Jim Lloyd, scaremongering about interest rates and referring to 17% interest rates under Labor, I threw it out in disgust. Of course the letter failed to mention that interest rates reached that level 15 years ago. And naturally it failed to acknowledge that interest rates are set by the Reserve Bank, not the government of the day.
Blatant misrepresentation of the truth, scaremongering and an attempt to capitalise on lack of understanding in the electorate was how I interpreted the letter.
Unsurprisingly, after Howard again pushed the interest rates scare campaign today, economic experts saw little difference in the likely direction of interest rates depending on who wins the election.
I'm certainly not happy, John!
Posted to Australia, Personal, Politics by Keith Pitty