The budget reveals what Australia's governments actually care about. And Labor has chosen to keep jobseekers in poverty | Greg Jericho
The budget reveals what Australia's governments actually care about. And Labor has chosen to keep jobseekers in poverty | Greg Jericho
The government could easily index jobseeker to whichever is highest of the CPI or wage price index
“Everything is affordable if we choose to care about it”.
That's a fantastic quote right there.
Our economy is controlled such that we keep a percentage of workers unemployed to limit inflation.
Therefore, there are a number of workers who are unemployed for structural reasons; taking one for the team.
Then, why are we so mean to them?
Because being mean to them is the point. If they weren't miserable, the employed workers wouldn't be afraid of losing their jobs and might demand higher wages.
In fact the data shows that stronger social safety nets increase wages. That's why neoliberal governments - including our coopted "labor" government - try to gut welfare.
Oh and the "inflation" thing is a lie. Higher wages do not cause inflation, but if economists said that out loud, then the grift would be obvious, so we're given a BS line about the price of groceries.
God it would be terrible if groceries were to ever increase in price, wouldn't it? Might cause some kind of crisis.
Because they're not us, and we are stupid half evolved primates who can't think beyond our own immediate surrounds.
I thought Jobseeker was an emergency fund to assist with seeking jobs. I've literally opted for.homelessness over Centrelink payments because I knew I'd pick up work fast—and I did, KFC, which paid more, had free food, and was less effort while I kept looking for work. Feels worse to be on Jobseeker than to just pick up shift work and look for jobs while doing that. There's no shortage of shift work.
So, I understand budget not being directed to it. There's a limited amount. But every budget we deal with Australian's what about meism. No one cares about politics until they're not included in the budget.
Many people that end up in Jobseeker should be on the DSP or NDIS, but aren't because of very onerous requirements. And some people get turned down from work, even the most basic jobs, because of discrimination of various forms.
And according to the article, raising Jobseeker would take only a tiny amount of the budget, while moving many of the most disadvantaged people out of poverty. Which is much better value for money than many of the other measures that are included in a typical budget.
And some people get turned down from work, even the most basic jobs, because of discrimination of various forms.
So, nothing to do with Jobseeker then. That money would need to be instead be allocated toward addressing those issues, not rewarding them by financially offsetting them with no way out of the hole.
Jobseeker has a very specific outline. You're wanting to see that money go on other things that also have very specific outlines and are better suited.
I thought Jobseeker was an emergency fund to assist with seeking jobs.
You've fallen for the rename. It didn't used to be called "jobseeker". It covers people who can't work too.
There are separate things for that. You're looking for things like invalidity payments, etc. It's not all done under one thing anymore since that was very inappropriate. Jobseeker is the one for ability to work and seeking it, but currently don't have it.
I’ve literally opted for.homelessness over Centrelink payments because I knew I’d pick up work fast—and I did, KFC, which paid more, had free food, and was less effort while I kept looking for work. Feels worse to be on Jobseeker than to just pick up shift work and look for jobs while doing that. There’s no shortage of shift work.
I don't see how any of this is relevant to JobSeeker. I'm not sure you actually understand the purpose of the payment or how it works.
I'm not sure you actually understand the purpose of the payment or how it works.
Don't worry, I definitely do. I spent two years on a project that specifically categorised different Services Australia (formerly DHS) services and cases. In order to do this, everything service had to be understood extremely thoroughly.
However, it doesn't require all that. It is quite clear what it is for and explains it on the SA site.
Here is a good video https://youtu.be/o5ud6LWDL2I