From The Shovel ....... but I added the last bit.
Libertarian Who Wants Government out of Peopleās Lives Pretty Passionate About Getting Government Back Into His
A Melbourne man who has argued his whole career that Australians should get governments out of their life, is desperately trying to get the government back into his.
Tim Wilson is set to enter Parliament again, after being forced to spend the past three years without Government assistance. āI couldnāt do it. It turns out Iām totally dependent on the Government for my livelihood and sense of self,ā Wilson admitted in an interview today.
Wilson, who as an MP passionately argued for reduced Government involvement in peopleās lives, had a brief win when he managed to reduce the amount of Government involvement in his life at the last election, losing to Zoe Daniel. But, strangely, he found that he couldnāt exist without the Government.
āIāve been wandering around totally lost ever since. Without a $200k-a-year Government paid platform to argue for reduced Government services and welfare payments, I donāt know what to do with myself. It turns out I simply canāt exist without the Governmentā.
Wilson said he had learnt an important lesson about the role of Government. āGovernment is absolutely essential. For me. Obviously now that Iām back in Government Iāll still be arguing that the Government should be playing a smaller role in other peopleās lives. Just not mineā.
"I also preferenced One Nation in Goldstein even though I am an openly gay man who supported the "YES" case in the Marriage Equality Plebiscite. Just goes to my 'principles' ............" added Wilson.