Do they really not get it?

Opposition 'missing the point' on carbon compo
ABC News

"The Federal Opposition is "missing the point" about a carbon tax compensation package, the Climate Institute said. Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey claims the multi-billion-dollar scheme announced by Climate Change Minister Greg Combet today will not change consumer behaviour.

Mr Combet says more than half the money raised from the tax will go to household compensation and claims the package will leave millions of households better off. "Our commitment is that more than half the revenue will be used for household assistance, and that holds for the first year and over a period of years," he said. But Mr Hockey questioned why the tax was being introduced if households were not forced to change their behaviour, saying the tax and the compensation scheme would just redistribute wealth. "If a lot of people are better off, what's the purpose of the tax?" he said. Climate Institute chief executive John Connor says the Opposition is "missing the point" of the scheme, which was about making large carbon-emitting industries take responsibility for their pollution".

Comment: Joe does find things difficult to comprehend no doubt but his analysis of the compensation package and its impact on households purchasing power beggars belief.  Having being rolled by Abbot (and Turnbull in terms of numbers) he switches between toeing the Abbot line and pulling his baton out of the proverbial knapsack with a wavering shot at 'leadership'. He is soon brought back into line to become Abbot's man. Big men don't always act like they are!