Yesterday we were treated to footage of Gina “net worth more than $4 billion” Rinehart and Andrew “just let me change into my working man’s fluoro polo shirt — Twiggy” Forrest, on the back of a flatbed truck, megaphones in hand, leading the people in protest over the government’s resources super profits tax.
Eureka, mark II.
Sure, “Axe the Tax” has a certain ring to it, but what they really needed was a protest anthem. Crikey crowd sourced under the hashtag #protestanthemsforginantwiggy:
Coal Miner’s Blues — @MichaelLees
She got the Goldmine, I got the Shaft — @durutticolumn
Deeper, Dig Deeper — @JohnGunders
Back in the USSR — @upstartmagazine
Golddigger — @MacYourselfHome
Anything by Midnight Oil — @crk365
To suggest you haven’t had the government’s ear on this tax might be fair enough. But to make out like your best chance at getting the government’s attention is to hit the streets with placards is disingenuous. Stick to the multimillion dollar TV ad campaigns and leave the soapbox to the little guys.
It just shows how desperate these billionaires are, they’re not only afraid of the super profit tax in Australia but the rest of the world is waiting to make their pounce as well and rightly so. Apparently we only have one hundred years of iron ore left and the way its being ripped out what is going to happen?
Has anyone thought of the amount of water these mines use, they are into the underground water in Western Australia one town has reported they only have two years left to supply the town.
Thank heavens the ACCC is now on to the stories they are spinning.
Protestant hems? With a Geneva collar.
Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin didn’t rate?
I thought Mercedes Benz was right on the, err, money …
The “miners” are taking a leaf out of the US Republican nutter book and simply pretending reality isn’t there. Nice protest, ya trippers!
How am I logged in as my email? Oh well, maybe I’ll be harassed by people who want to give me money for my amazing comedic gifts.