The other day, one of my bosses said that they no longer wish to hire people who come from wealth, as they make poor employees. They call in sick and dont miss the money and can leave at a drop of a hat. They also found they had stronger boundaries and wouldn’t accept the poor working conditions other people had to put up with. Although, they were at least self aware enough not to use those exact words.
Of course, I wasn’t in a position to say anything out loud but, to myself, I was thinking “why yes, that is a scathing critique of capitalism you have there.”
This has kind of happened in reality. Is this a coincidence or a specific reference to it?
The below image is a famous Australian snap of two politicians smoking a cigar after delivering one of the least popular budgets (big political moment in Aus each year) in living memory. Left is Matthias Corman, Right is Joe Hockey.
It’s about the Australian budget and has Joe smoking a cigar at the bottom. It has to be a direct reference.
Surely it is.
I read a book last year on homelessness and one focus was on extended stay hotels. In my own ignorance, I hadn’t thought about them being used in place of regular housing. Because people can’t qualify for mortgages or pull together a deposit for an apartment, they end up spending so much more paying week to week while having less rights and a less stable community.
After finishing the book, I remember thinking how the US is just perfectly set up to profit from desperate people. I’m really lucky and escaped poverty, but I remember my mom taking payday loans, just the overwhelming worry that came from barely having enough, and the panic attacks I had each semester of college as I cobbled together a means to pay tuition.
Revolving debt is a trap. Don’t get caught in it.
It sucks that there’s very little alternative option for some people. Sometimes you need to bite the bullet and take on debt. And then you have to repay the debt in addition to daily life, which can easily lead to more debt, and so on and so on indebtfinitely.
Not talking about free debt. I’m big on getting free money when inflation is so high…something I need now, or even want now (and can afford), and 0% offer for same price? Fuck yeah take the 0%. $200 now is worth like $210 within a year. I’d much rather pay $17/mo for a year than pay an extra $10 for the same item next year.
Assuming of course, you can and do pay it on time each month. Don’t want to get hit with the deferred interest or you’re worse off than you would’ve started.
I think pay day loans should be illegal. They are so predatory! But I also understand the desperation. If we had a better social support system, it wouldn’t be an issue. But then people wouldn’t be making as much money. Can’t have that.
Not even the best years of Democrats have offered any real growth of the middle class, it’s been shrinking it actively too.
Good reasons to never support Liberal, or expect Labor to ever change anything meaningfully.
JobSeeker from next months raise (which NewStart was collapsed into) is 24% of the median male wage (women earning $424 less).
