Complaining pensioners. Whinging idiots. The previous government did nothing for them for years, but they decide all of a sudden that the new Federal Govt has failed them completely because it didn't give them a hefty enough increase in its first budget. Oh boo hoo. Seriously people. How about venting at the group who were in power for over a decade and failed to provide for decent increases for you?? Or did you all suddenly become poverty stricken overnight?

That said - the govt has dropped the ball on this one at least from the PR side. They have their inquiry underway which is more than the other side managed to do. But the sensible thing would have been to say "well the inquiry will probably recommend at least $20 a fortnight, so here's that much immediately, and if it is more then we'll back date that to now, and if it's less then you can keep the balance as a bonus freebie". That would have shut up the majority. Not the bunch you can never satisfy regardless what you do for them of course. But that majority would have the winds taken from their sails on it. And the opposition would look crap.

Instead they've given the Opposition a chance to beat them up on this as having let down these people. And the media have siezed it in their vulture like manner and we now have to endure rubbish like "adopt a pensioner" and continuing segments about how they are all doing so badly and starving and blah blah blah. Frankly I'm over it. It's a lame attempt by the media to find something to blather on about. If this is the best they can do then they should all find new jobs.

Planet's screwed anyhow, so what difference does it make?