melbaboutown to Melbourne · 1 year agoJobSeeker has kept recipients below the poverty line for years, but advocates say they've never been worse offwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
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minus-squaremelbaboutownOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoAye. I seem to remember that being called the ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index. Not just in the Pratchett-verse but for real
minus-squaremelbaboutownOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year 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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