The middle class vs. the poor: Why the Coalition wants them to fight

Since the budget dropped on Tuesday night, the Coalition and some parts of the media have begun to pick a very strange fight. It’s over whether some of the most vulnerable in the community should really get more help than middle-class Australian households with two incomes. It pits the two against each other and ignores a much bigger cost coming down the pipeline: tax cuts that will benefit the wealthiest Australians the most. Today, columnist for The Saturday Paper , Paul Bongiorno on the strange politics at play and why there are bigger questions we should be asking. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper , Paul Bongiorno. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.