Re the ‘screaming, obstructionist Greens’ rhetoric – the Greens challenge a status quo where Labor and the Coalition are in bed with the one per cent and the capitalist power lobby.
This is why they let corporations pay little or no tax, subsidise the fossil fuel industry with billions of taxpayers’ money and allow our mining tax to be one of the lowest in the world.
Many economists say it is the mind-boggling mega profits of corporations that have driven up inflation yet the banks have put up interest rates and affected millions of ordinary Australians.
The Greens have an alternative to the injustices of this system and want to close the loopholes, stop the subsidies and tax the one per cent in an appropriate way so that there are billions to pay for free education, health care, aged and child care, social and low-cost housing. They want to freeze rents and end negative gearing which is one of the reasons we have one of the most expensive housing markets in the world, and they want more action regarding the enormity of the housing crisis.
They stand for justice and support of the Australian people and are not part of the capitalist stranglehold – they expect to negotiate in a reasonable way to make steps towards their policies as they hold balance of power in the senate. What’s not to like?
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
