"SIMON Crean has reportedly pledged to oppose any move by the federal government to tax earnings on superannuation accounts.
The Australian reports the Labor backbencher has called on his government to explicitly rule out changes that would retrospectively tax earnings generated by super accounts.
Mr Crean said doing so would be “tantamount to taxing people’s retirement surpluses to fund our surplus”.
He would not comment on whether he was prepared to cross the floor on the issue if necessary." ------------------------------------
and:
"Other Labor MPs, including Joel Fitzgibbon and Kim Carr, and as many as five of the seven crossbenchers have expressed concerns about possible changes to super, raising the prospect of a tough battle for the government to legislate changes."
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Will these Labor rebels have the courage of their convictions? It's one thing to talk tough, but can they walk the walk? That means crossing the floor and risking the kind of retribution only the mafiosa can replicate.
