Since the budget dropped on Tuesday night, the Coalition and some parts of the media have begun to pick a very strange fight.

It’s over whether some of the most vulnerable in the community should really get more help than middle-class Australian households with two incomes.

It pits the two against each other and ignores a much bigger cost coming down the pipeline: tax cuts that will benefit the wealthiest Australians the most.

Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno on the strange politics at play and why there are bigger questions we should be asking.




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Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.

Since the budget dropped on Tuesday night, the Coalition and some parts of the media have begun to pick a very strange fight.It’s over whether some of the most vulnerable in the community should really get more help than middle-class Australian households with two incomes.It pits the two against each other and ignores a much bigger cost coming down the pipeline: tax cuts that will benefit the wealthiest Australians the most.Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno on the strange politics at play and why there are bigger questions we should be asking. Socials: Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a>Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper, Paul Bongiorno.

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