Federal Budget week invariably results in a myriad of commentary about the focus of the budget and its winners and losers. And there are valid criticisms of any budget: it’s the ultimate financial balancing act and not every aspect of the economy can be prioritized every year.
The only real constant is the bleating from feminists.
This year, the sisterhood handed its soapbox-of-whine to business owner Shivani Gopal from whence she complained (via the Nine Entertainment papers) that only $240m in the budget was set aside for women, and that amount, across six million-plus working women, equated to just $40 per woman.
Progressives attempting mathematics is perilous at...
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