Joe Hockey's comments on poor not driving cars sparks Twitter storm on #OtherThingsThePoorDontDo

By Lucy Cormack
Updated August 14 2014 - 6:08pm, first published 11:17am
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Treasurer Joe Hockey enjoy cigars outside The Treasury in Canberra during budget preparations. Photo: Nine News
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Treasurer Joe Hockey enjoy cigars outside The Treasury in Canberra during budget preparations. Photo: Nine News

A loud Twitter chorus has responded to Treasurer Joe Hockey’s suggestion that Australia’s "poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far in many cases".

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