Abbott talks gruel while lavishing pork

Abbott talks gruel while lavishing pork



"    There is a group of workers whose conditions far exceed the perks at SPC Ardmona...

 Perks
available to this lucky group include a round the world first class
fare for themselves and their spouse, with accommodation and expenses,
every year, as well as allowances to buy any books and publications they
want and generous airfares and travel allowances with a very broad
definition of the "work" they need to be doing to qualify. And, guess
what, they get to determine a lot of the guidelines and rules for the
perks themselves.

    This group of workers is of course federal politicians...

   
It would be much easier to win support for a national "heavy lifting"
effort, to combat rising unemployment and get the economy through a
period of very difficult change, if there was clear evidence that
everyone - workers, executives, even politicians - were putting in a bit
of the grunt."
excerpt from the Newspaper article.