melbaboutown@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 2 years agoJobSeeker has kept recipients below the poverty line for years, but advocates say they've never been worse offwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkJobSeeker has kept recipients below the poverty line for years, but advocates say they've never been worse offwww.abc.net.aumelbaboutown@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 2 years agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squaremelbaboutown@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoAye. I seem to remember that being called the ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index. Not just in the Pratchett-verse but for real
minus-squaremelbaboutown@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 years agoYep. Some of this is America specific but https://www.cracked.com/blog/why-we-cant-stop-hating-poor I watched all the news articles come out shocked at people society considered ‘deserving’ now accessing food banks and it was telling
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Aye. I seem to remember that being called the ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index. Not just in the Pratchett-verse but for real
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Yep. Some of this is America specific but https://www.cracked.com/blog/why-we-cant-stop-hating-poor
I watched all the news articles come out shocked at people society considered ‘deserving’ now accessing food banks and it was telling
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