I am pondering this because of our government's dogged refusal to raise the Newstart allowance, which to my knowledge, hasn't budged in the past twenty-five years. Like I said, if people have a bit more money (money that can be accessed at their choice and not subject to the draconian whims of the cuntish Indue card), then they can afford to go out to dinner, or spring for the occasional treat, which obviously helps those service providers. In case you never realised, there is nothing wrong with people treating themselves occasionally. I get my hair cut and coloured by local TAFE students, and it appears they are going cashless, which is going to be a problem should the Indue card be rolled out in this area. I often hear the argument that people don't want their precious taxes going on someone having a treat or service, whether that someone is on Newstart or NDIS, but imagine being so sour you'd begrudge something nice to someone who doesn't have as much wealth as you.
Anyway, the government keeps sitting on its hands regarding a possible raise to Newstart, and this quote is attributed to social services minister, Anne Ruston:
Hey, Anne, did you seriously say that? If you did, then - and I mean this in the nicest possible way - fuck you, and find yourself a camel with a festered penis and fellate the thing until you gag! How dare you demonise people on welfare, and assume they're all drug users? What about those in the corporate world, swanning around in the trendy inner suburbs, hoovering the booger sugar up their beaks? Should they not get paid because they're also making drug dealers more money? You suck, lady. Get in the bin.
The Indue card fixes NO problems, and creates them. It costs nearly as much to administer each card as it does to make a welfare payment, yet the government is baulking at raising Newstart by $75.00 per week. One of the people with interests in Indue is Larry Anthony, who happens to be the son of Doug Anthony - so connect the dots, people.
Small business and market stall holders don't want to lose the custom that Indue would take from them. My books aren't sold at Big W, and I'm actually not sure if an Indue card holder would be able purchase online. It is my understanding that for online purchases from sellers not given the blessing of Indue, the potential purchaser has to make application for permission to buy. Yeah, that makes sense: adults asking permission to buy a legal product. And given Indue is a private company, I'm willing to bet that the left hand doesn't tell the right hand what it's doing, and they all dick about, and there's likely to be an officer there who has a moral problem with someone purchasing fetish gimp gear, so will likely refuse the request. Hey, I know I sound like I'm about to add another layer of foil to my hat, but if you think about it, it's not really all that outlandish a notion.
I'm just wondering if anything good is going on at the moment. Well, I guess it is. I've been working on a short story today. I've also entered a competition to see Elton John when he comes to the Hunter Valley next January, and my entry is 'in the draw', as the saying goes. I've also been working on a bit of book promotion with local book clubs, so will get back to that, too.
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