Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/28/2011 7:18:28 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
CATE Blanchett has sparked outrage in the community with her decision to front an advertising campaign promoting the Federal [Australian] Government's controversial carbon tax.
The millionaire Hollywood actor has been accused of being out of touch by spruiking the benefits of the tax that she can afford to pay, unlike many already hard-up Australians.
The 42-year-old has teamed with Packed to the Rafters actor Michael Caton to be the faces of a series of TV ads branded "Say Yes", which will screen nationally from tonight.
The ads are aimed at convincing the average Australian that a carbon tax is a good idea, even if it is tipped to raise the cost of living.
But then there are more than 50 million reasons why Blanchett has different concerns to the average Australian.
In 2009, BRW estimated the Oscar winner's wealth at $53 million, putting creature comforts like a $10 million mansion in Hunters Hill on Sydney's North Shore well within the budget.
And it is why critics have lashed the film star for fronting the campaign while battlers do the sums to figure out how they will pay the bills when the tax is imposed.
"It's nice to have a multi-millionaire who won't be impacted by it telling you how great it is," Terri Kelleher, from The Australian Families Association, said. "It's easy for her to advocate it - she's one of the people who can afford to pay it. There are people who have no comfort zone and no room to move."
Anti-carbon tax campaigner Senator Barnaby Joyce said the ad made Blanchett look "self-indulgent". "Fifty-three million dollars gives you a whole heap of latitude to care about a lot of things," Senator Joyce said.
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Every time a Libtard pipes up about paying your “Fair Share” or how they don't “need” the Bush Tax Cuts, only one question is needed. That question is, do you itemize?
Somebody should have asked Obama that question when he bragged that he didn't need a Tax Cut because he is rich.
He just boosted the same talking point that Clinton used.
There is a resemblance for sure.
That’s for sure: There is a people’s revolt against the carbon tax in Australia.
Good point.
LOL.
I like Kate Blanchette, really.
Galadriel from “Lord of the Rings”. Her voiceover at the beginning of “Fellowship...” was, in the words of one of my favorite screen characters, “Most impressive”.
Yeah, me too. Closest my Websters can come to is ‘’spur’’ but no ‘’spruiking’’. Must be an Aussie thing, like ‘’diggery-do’’ or whatever.
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