they are still there fighting valiantly for cheaper alcohol for teenage girls for the benefit of big distilling companies - (via Open Australia)
That was finance minister Lindsay Tanner’s attack on the Libs in yesterday’s question time.
Teenage girls. Tax pre-mixed drinks to protect “teenage girls”. Don’t worry about the teenage boys though, they drink beer, and no government in it’s right mind would dare fight for increased beer taxation.
Big distilling companies are evil, Carlton and Tooheys on the other hand, are Australian icons.
I this government actually gave a damn about the youth, they’d attack alcohol advertising. But of course that costs money rather than raising it, and we have the budget to think about…
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on Sep 24th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
You know, I never even thought of it in that way and I watched them ask that question too. You’re completely right, its totally sexist. How aggravating.