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#OtherThingsThePoorDontDo mocks Australian Treasurer’s comments on the poor

Treasurer under fire for saying poor people ‘don’t have cars’ while debating rise in fuel tax.

Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey was criticised for being “out of touch” after making comments seen as disparaging towards lower income people. He said higher income families will bear the brunt of the government’s proposed rise in fuel tax because “poorest people either don’t have cars or actually don’t drive very far in many cases”.