Comment on Clothing retailer Jeanswest collapses, with 90 stores to close and hundreds of jobs lost

• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I don’t have much trust in the government helping the little people.

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why are so many people on this platform like this?

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    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Because the Aussie gov does heaps to support corporations and little to support workers. Did you see that Punters Politics piece on big petro/gas companies paying less tax than Australian teachers? It’s not trickle down, it’s punch down.

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      • shirro@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Also there is a fair amount of ignorance. Australian unions have worked with the ALP for decades to ensure entitlements for Australian workers in these circumstances and Labor passed the FEG legislation.

        We get it, the mining lobby and billionaires are a corrupting influence on democracy including the ALP. The ALP aren’t left enough, aren’t proactive enough, whatever. But also the ALP has passed a lot of legislation that benefits working Australians and unsurprisingly you hear fuck all about it from MSM or people pushing minor parties and independents.

        When these companies can’t pay entitlements it isn’t the Liberal party, Greens or independents that legislated to ensure workers aren’t going to be completely fucked.

        Credit where its due.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Have you never worked for a corporation?

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      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Cool.

        We’re talking about the Australian federal government here though.

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