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[David Boxall]

On 23/04/2013 11:17 AM, Noel Butler wrote:
> ...
> yep, Juliar herself calls it a tax.
>
> Try call it what you will, but any govt that forces
> businesses/individuals to pay them for anything, is taxing them, no
> amount of spin doctoring can change that fact.
> ...

Is that the point? First off, what's a lie? Every reference I've found 
is along the lines "a false statement made with deliberate intent to 
deceive; an intentional untruth; a 
falsehood"<http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lie>. It's the intent 
that makes the lie. For example, John Howard's "non core promises", 
being made with intent to deceive, were lies.

What evidence is there that Gillard knew, at the time she made that 
promise, that she would not be able to keep it? At the time, a carbon 
tax was not Labor policy. Truth be known, Gillard is decidedly lukewarm 
on climate action.

No, to call Gillard's broken promise a lie is itself a lie. Abbott 
repeatedly lies about that, among other things. In fact, Abbott is the 
most prolific and persistent liar in Australian politics today. Which is 
quite an achievement.

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