A couple of reasons why politicians are on the bugle:-

1.  http://rent-grabbing.com/2014/08/10/taxation-its-not-conspiracy-its-cowardice/  (Fred Harrison, via Dirk Loehr)

2.  http://rationalradical.noip.me/2014/08/petition-to-senator-nick-xenophon-scrap-your-super-funds-for-housing-plan-its-a-con-job/  (Radical, rational Matt Ellis)