Poverty is a policy choice. Mass incarceration is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. Insulin rationing is a policy choice. Climate disintegration is a policy choice. Billionaire tax loopholes are a policy choice.
Make no mistake: We have the power to change things.
@rbreich At what point is one government making so many inhumane "policy choices" that instead of trying to work from within the framework of that corrupt and inhumane government, we admit that this government is not one that can continue to exist if we want human rights to be respected and honored?
JobSeeker lifted thousands of Australians out of poverty.
Its coronavirus supplement, which was worth $550 a fortnight (or $39 a day) when it was introduced earlier this year, was given to welfare recipients on top of their eligible income support payments, and immediately lifted 425,000 people out of poverty.