Saturday 19 November 2011

What You Can Do Part 1: Carbon Tax is 'Kryptonite' for The Greens

As any Superman fan knows the radioactive rock, Kryptonite, is the one thing that can stop the man of steel.

A Kryptonite equivalent also exists for the anti-heroes of Western Civilisation, or at least the Australian corner of it. This Kryptonite is The Carbon Tax, which became enshrined in law last week, will stop The Greens.

I am confident that come federal election time, this hated tax - and with it, large numbers of its Greens-ALP pushers – will get the chop.

If you need convincing see how people responded to Melbourne man Gerry Flood's recent anti-Carbon Tax campaign at Brighton Beach and also in formerly 'safe' ALP seats in Victoria. 

To anyone disheartened by the passage of this legislation, the question is not whether it will be defeated but just how big the win will be!

This winning margin can be maximised with two simple messages delivered to every electorate via a very low budget two-year campaign focused on the 2013 (or hopefully earlier) federal election.

Australians must first be told that the Carbon Tax nightmare will only end when The Greens are electorally marginalised, as they are in Canada where the Green Party holds just 1 of the 308 seats in the Canadian House of Commons and no Senate seats.

The other key message for voters is to put The Greens as their last preference in both the House of Representatives and Senate elections.

Road signs are a great way to do this. My favourite messages for voters, especially young ones, are (1) To repeal Carbon Tax, vote Greens last! (2) Smile! Voters will repeal Carbon Tax and (3) The Greens love taxing you!

The bigger the 'Repeal Carbon Tax' campaign, the more damage it will do to sitting pro-Carbon Tax politicians and especially to Greens Senators.

Before you start campaigning, put a special bottle away for the strange and wonderful day when everyone sees that The Greens' made their own Kryptonite.

Tempe Harvey – Brisbane

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