Two economists, Richard Holden and Steven Hamilton, have launched a stinging attack on Labor for lambasting the Morrison Government for giving billions of taxpayer dollars to companies whose profits rose without the requirement they pay it back:
The public discussion has devolved into a populist riot desperate to expose which recipient experienced rising revenue after the fact, which paid executive bonuses, which paid foreign dividends, and so on. Sadly, these flames have been fanned gleefully by Labor, which found the short-term political opportunity too good to resist…
JobKeeper presented an opportunity for Labor to transform our politics. Instead, it chose instant gratification…
