Following the publication of my column last week, I enjoyed reading the commentary on The Canberra Times page where it was published.

However, I admit to having a quiet chuckle at being accused of being blinded by my apparent "lefty perspective", leaving me in the dark about "gritty economic truths."

I mean, there's only so much a person can fold into a 700-word column, but I fully acknowledge that it was perhaps worth a mention and I appreciate that the readers opened that dialogue with each other.

But, in addition to the depressing burden of economy politics, I have been pondering the "accusation" of being a "lefty" since it was levied at my door last week, and not for the first time.

I've always considered myself to find frustration with all sides of politics relatively evenly -

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