A loud Twitter chorus has responded to Treasurer Joe Hockey’s suggestion that Australia’s "poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far in many cases".
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The hashtag #OtherThingsThePoorDontDo has been picked up by the Australian Twittersphere, where users are venting their frustration with the Treasurer’s comment.
From "write a thank you note for a bottle of Grange" to "arrange 60K scholarships with nil-HECS for their kids", the growing list of "other things poor people don’t do" is a blunt response to Mr Hockey’s efforts to justify the government’s proposed increase in fuel excise.
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