Well, well, it appears that the much hyped "me-tooism" that Rudd's consistently accused of is actually a contagious bug:
'Mr Howard announced there would be a tax rebate for education expenses, beginning with kindergarten through to the end of secondary school, covering fees, excursions, text books, tools and computer equipment.'
Me-too!!!
'The home ownership plans will involve several schemes for boosting savings, The tax-free home saver account, available from next financial year, would allow $1000 tax deductible contributions with all earnings tax free.'
Me-too!!! And let's not forget:
'Mr Howard went through a number of commitments already made: measures to combat climate change, but not at the expense of the coal industry, the proposed constitutional recognition of aboriginal people in the Constitution.'
Me-too, me-too!!! He also added this complete fallacy:
'The Prime Minister praised Peter Costello describing him as the principle architect of the economic achievement.'
"Principle architect"??? Howard's always been fond of revisionism but this is a bit much. Costello had nothing to do with the early economic reforms made by Labor, which most economists agree, were far more instrumental in the current boom, leading Howard to say in 1996:
'I inherited an economy in not bad shape, not bad shape at all.'
Nor has he any responsibility for China's immense growth which has had such an impact here. (He did give us the GST though)
But back to their sudden breakout of "me-tooism".
It leads me to wonder, who will the government copy when Rudd's not around???
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