Darron CharlesworthIt will take more than a Budget to save King Kevin
May 10th 2010 22:10
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On the eve of the Budget release the PM may be expecting too much if he believes that the voters will suddenly forgive and forget. That Mr Rudd can think this Budget can restore the lost faith says more about his arrogance that his ability.
For the past two years the public has endured a less than impressive figure in Kevin Rudd. The idolism surrounding the promise of change and contempt for Mr Howard elevated King Kevin to his popular status. After the Howard years the people were ready for change and their new King was going to be their guide down this new road.
As it turned out this was not the case. The Emperor has no clothes. The promises turned out to be nothing but fluff and bluster. There was no substance to this new King and all the rhetoric clearly became just that: rhetoric.
Over the past two years the Rudd Government turned a devout public into sceptics following a stream of policy failures, back-flips on promises, un-delivered schemes and a general failing in the eyes of their constituents. As yet Rudd has not delivered on anything of importance or followed through on any major promise except ratifying Kyoto. Even this becomes hollow when no actual action has followed the ratification. The proposed emission trading scheme has been shelved and action on climate change disappearing quicker than Rudd's popularity rating.
It becomes somewhat farcical then, for the PM to think that producing a budget which looks to deliver can be relied on to produce the desired result. Even the centrepiece – the mining profits tax – does not come into effect until 2012. This is plenty of time for this policy to be reversed and, given the track record of this Government; this will most likely be the case. With an election likely by the end of this year Labor and their new King will struggle to prove their value to the electorate and retain government.
For the past two years the public has endured a less than impressive figure in Kevin Rudd. The idolism surrounding the promise of change and contempt for Mr Howard elevated King Kevin to his popular status. After the Howard years the people were ready for change and their new King was going to be their guide down this new road.
As it turned out this was not the case. The Emperor has no clothes. The promises turned out to be nothing but fluff and bluster. There was no substance to this new King and all the rhetoric clearly became just that: rhetoric.
It becomes somewhat farcical then, for the PM to think that producing a budget which looks to deliver can be relied on to produce the desired result. Even the centrepiece – the mining profits tax – does not come into effect until 2012. This is plenty of time for this policy to be reversed and, given the track record of this Government; this will most likely be the case. With an election likely by the end of this year Labor and their new King will struggle to prove their value to the electorate and retain government.
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