Some experts argue the cost-of-living crisis and inflation is actually hitting those on low incomes harder than those on higher incomes.
I’m sorry, but what university degree do you need to be a bloody expert on this?! Like yeah no shit the crisis where the cost of everything has been skyrocketing, is affecting poor people the most.
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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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I’m hoping to anger other people enough to push back against this, because I’m too exhausted and disabled to do much activism myself anymore
Unfortunately I’m in the same boat when it comes to being too exhausted and disabled as well.
Seriously. The marginal utility of money is one of the things people should learn from Econ 101.
And when most of that money gets spent, wealthy businesses get it anyway. Taking some of their money and giving it to poor people would make them even richer.
So the big financial snake oil salesment poink the economy being reliant on x% of unemployment. They also mandate that these people who MUST be on the dole for the good of the land be denigrated and starved.
I’m getting real sick of this omelas crap.
And don’t even get me started on disability payments…
Disability payments being below the poverty line… It shouldn’t be happening. And to make it even worse a lot of people on Jobseeker (even lower) should actually be on the disability payments but won’t get approved. This country treats its most vulnerable people like shit.
