They pushed this as they can sell out miners as "the big bad guys making too much money and every average Australian should get a slice of the pie... it's our dirt after all". Analysis revealed that it would not lose them votes.
Rudd is all about catch phrases and keeping his head in the media. Unfortunately, the average wage earner will not see past his rhetoric.
Labor sickens me. Throw money at insulation, school buildings and other ill thought out band-aids, bang on about "the education revolution" and health reform and spend the future fund.
