Excerpt from a new #poem
If those who govern, those who claim to care,
Choose willful blindness as they watch me fall,
Why not complete this torment I must bear?
A kinder end than no response at all.
The noose of neglect grows tighter day by day—
At least speak truth as you all turn away.
#auspol #Housing #Disability #Despair #Poverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
Scenic Rim council cracks down on farmers hosting campers without a permit - ABC News
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105137282
#auspol #HousingCrisis #BTPM #Homelessness #ROI #UBI #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
Clement Attlee said: “Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.” As we hurtle towards 2025, perhaps it is time our society edged towards such progress. Modern Britain should not be run like the final pages of A Christmas Carol, in which Tiny Tim must rely on Scrooge waking up in a good mood to be permitted to live. Donate to a good cause this Christmas, please. But don’t forget the unseasonal truth: every time a charity helps a person find food or clothes, it is a sign of government failure.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/23/britain-victorian-christmas-charity-state-social-economic-problems?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#foodbanks #povertyisapoliticalchoice
The City of Moreton Bay’s recent decision to penalise and criminalise homelessness and vulnerable people for owning pets is a devastating blow to some of our most marginalised community members.
Please sign the petition below.
#Dignity #RaiseTheRate
#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
https://www.change.org/p/amend-moreton-bay-city-council-s-laws-on-homelessness-and-pet-ownership
JFC.
My Mac has chosen violence today.
Once poverty has you in your grasp and employers continue to find excuses not to hire disabled people… no way out.
I am sure everything will end up being fantastic.
In a land of plenty, to be afflicted with such a malady is naught but a jest worthy of a loblolly boy's tale, as many are left with naught but a dog's portion of gruel to sustain them.
#BTPM #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice #RaiseTheRate #JobSeeker #DSP #UniversalBasicIncome #SackSarina
Jim Chalmers that is an out and out lie.
Measures don’t help most in need.
Homelessness is still on the rise.
Pensions and Jobseeker payments well below Henderson poverty line.
People are suffering, some driven to suicide.
You could easily change it, but lack the moral integrity to do so.
Noticeably excluded from this are #Veterinary students who must perform 2440 hours (the most of any other student) of mandatory unpaid placement.
This will do nothing to stop #PlacementPoverty anyway. Means tested and well below the poverty line.
We need, and can, do so much better.
That feeling when you book in some medical appointments when you are broke. They are only one-off gaps, after all.
You are just hoping your clients will pay on time and RE can handle you being in arrears another week longer.
#CostOfLiving #Pension #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
#RaiseTheRate #Disability
Mehreen Faruqi posted this on Instagram with the comment, "What’s stopping you @albomp?"
I would ask the same of the...
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...46 (60.5%) current senate members who benefited from free education.
Other than those representing the Greens, have they ever checked their privilege?
#auspol #HECS #HigherEducation #CostOfLiving #Poverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
“This place (Brisbane) is growing…we’ll have four million people here.”
But nowhere for any of them to live.
Someone needs some financial planning assistance.
#auspol #HousingCrisis #CostOfLiving #Poverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
It's known as 'placement poverty' — and it's 'exploiting' a generation of Australian students - ABC News
Not mentioned is the 2,440 hours #veterinary students are required to undertake. Most often during school breaks.
#auspol #PlacementPoverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice #VetCare #Education #InclusiveEducation #Diversity
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/university-accord-unpaid-student-poverty-placements/103511408
The Section 8 program, widely regarded as a lifeline for low-income families, remains an elusive dream for them. In 2022, only a fraction of the millions living in poverty in the United States received housing subsidies, highlighting a systemic issue that leaves many behind.
#bidenomicsatwork #WhatCouldCongressDoWith2TrillionDefenseDollars #povertyisapoliticalchoice
Trapped in the Gap: The Struggle of the Working Poor for Affordable Housing https://bnnbreaking.com/politics/trapped-in-the-gap-the-struggle-of-the-working-poor-for-affordable-housing
This morning I had a phone call from TAC.
It went something like this:
Blah blah blah, pain relief request rejected, blah blah blah, legislation, blah blah blah.
#auspol #ChronicPain #Disability #QoL #Poverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice #BTPM #Unemployment
Real Estate just rang demanding to know why I’m in arrears.
*Disability pension not enough to live on
*Self employed - no one will hire an “old” highly educated disabled person
*Underemployed - losing clients due to pressure of #CostOfLiving
*The #HousingCrisis prevents me from securing cheaper accommodation
#auspol #BTPM #RaiseTheRate #Homeless #Poverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
Almost 30 years on since this was first released.
What has been done to do battle the many issues raised in this song?
#auspol #BTPM #HousingCrisis #CostOfLiving #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
https://www.jrf.org.uk/news/hardship-deepens-as-millions-find-the-poverty-line-further-out-of-reach
14m in UK living in poverty, of which 6m living in deep poverty. That’s 20% of UK residents below the poverty line.
And it’s getting worse.
Is this the society you want? Me neither.
#gttonow to relieve #poverty. Remember, #povertyisapoliticalchoice
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-housing-assistance-foster-care
In recent years, child welfare advocates and policymakers across the country have been working to prevent situations like this, arguing that no parent should ever lose their children just because they can’t afford housing
#HousingIsAHumanRight #GenocideTaxForeverWarDivestsFromYouthHousingFoodCleanAirAndWaterMedicareForAll #povertyisapoliticalchoice #WeWereOnceAFamily #SystemicRacism
Another day, another threat of eviction.
I don’t know what more I can do.
Disability pension is not enough to live on. Trying to supplement income but still underemployed.
Physical and mental health all time low. Fine to have a health plan - but when you can’t even afford food and medications…
#auspol #RaiseTheRate #DSP #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice #CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis
