so many hugs
in times like these our friends and family is our greatest asset
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👙 🐈👙🐈 Wednesday, September 4, 2024
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m normally happy being frugal, it’s been a way of life for so long. But I have to say I’m getting really sick of it being so severely enforced. Especially as disability = hard mode.
I’m not happy with the direction Australia is going for any of us. As much as people tighten their belts corporations and banks take more, the government cuts more. The severity of this could have been avoided.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’d say better policies :(
dumblederp@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Policy is written for those with the funds to lobby for it. The concept of policy is great. The reality of policy is that it seems written for corporations these days.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
of course, but we should also take measures on a personal level to make our lives safer, more stable and more resilient against the knockbacks of life
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s all I’ve ever done. I scrimped and saved for a long time to get an emergency fund for myself and Melbcat, and our money is getting eaten into so already rich people can get obscenely rich.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s great to be frugal, but shitty to have absolutely no other choice but to have it so ruthlessly rammed down your throat. The farmer struggles for a minimal return, consumers pay a premium for bare essentials and the fat cats and shareholders in the middle get all the cream. Grocery shopping is essential and should be treated as such, with essential items price protected, but time and time again governments are gutless wonders.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
This is exactly how I feel and about housing too
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Yes, I totally agree. When I was young I used to think, if you’ve worked hard and bought yourself a little weekender or property to one day retire to, like some of my friends did, then good on you. But with negative gearing, stagnant wage reform, stagnant social security payments, the air bnb situation, and people owning not “a little weekender” but 10, 20, 100 properties, it’s beyond a joke.
jaystephens@mastodon.social 4 weeks ago
@PeelerSheila @melbaboutown Not to mention the way the outsize returns from property investment once you're rorting the tax breaks and negative gearing means it is sucking investment money out of the productive sectors of the economy, and thus hurting the skills base and our capacity to continue as an advanced economy.