"The Tea Partiers will never become the Koch Brothers or Dick Armey They embrace the corporations who in turn will take great pleasure in screwing them (probably from behind so they won't know who is doing it.) "

Americans think they are pretty poor and are going to get rich by some wonderful good luck - including just working hard. Aussies think they are more or less rich and may suddenly become desperately poor by an unexpected uncontrolled twist of fate no matter how hard they work.

Which is why the Yank culture (including 2nd rate and failed Yank political advisors and businessmen) falls flat on its face here when it thinks that Australia is the same and acts accordingly.