A scorpion asks a frog to carry him across a river. The frog at first refuses for fear the scorpion will sting him as they cross. The scorpion replies he wouldn't because if he did they'd both drown. Satisfied with this response the frog agrees to take the scorpion. Sure enough, half-way across the river the scorpion stings the frog. While they're drowning together the frog asks the scorpion why he had stung him. The scorpion replied "Because it's in my nature".
When it comes to taxes on superannauation, the government are scorpions and the public are frogs.
