Funny: OZschwitz strategist 'proposes' to cull the poor

A ''modest cull of the enormously poor'' has been suggested by long-time Liberal Party strategist Toby Ralph in a tongue-in-cheek essay in reply to the Gillard government's attack on the ''fabulously wealthy'' through superannuation taxes.

''In contrast to the fabulously rich, the enormously poor make little useful contribution to society,'' Mr Ralph wrote.

''They consume more than they contribute, putting tremendous strain on the national budget.

''A modest cull would strike at the root of our fiscal dilemma,'' he wrote.
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''This bold initiative would rid us of indolent students, hapless single mums, lower-order drug dealers, social workers, performance artists, Greenpeace supporters and the remaining processing personnel in our collapsing yet heavily subsidised manufacturing industries.''

Mr Ralph's piece was satire, he told Fairfax, saying ''some people want to be offended''.

Menzies House editor-in-chief Tim Andrews said that the article was ''a satire in the tradition of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal'', a 1729 essay in which Swift suggested the impoverished Irish ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for the rich.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/lib-strategist-proposes-to-cull-the-poor-20130416-2hyhd.html#ixzz2QfPHYnrt

Funny: OZschwitz strategist 'proposes' to cull the poor

Funny: OZschwitz strategist 'proposes' to cull the poor

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