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29/08/15

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Originally posted by sarahbath1975 ↑

If I may jump in. Why do many of you have this unhealthy focus with greed. That is what is wrong with this system. If you would like to experience a fairer system and ideology please come to the Yarra branch of the Greens held in Fitzroy. There are many of us who maximise the use of our entitlements with a view of creating a fairer system of income equity. For example, as previously stated, I have never worked and draw welfare. Whilst welfare is alone not conducive to a comfortable lifestyle, I also suppliment income through Australia council grants (albeit the neocon Brandis has made this harder). Just a few months ago I received a grant to promote my latest art works around Australia. Of course I didnt go but with the power of photos, I made it look like I made the trip. Furthermore with slumlords the way they are these days wanting to gauge rents from innocents, I was fortunate to get public housing in a really nice area of Fitzroy and being on welfare I am entitled to a significant reduction in rent.

As we constantly argue, the more people who live in this lifestyle the more hte govt is forced to make more funds available to welfare and eventually with real income parity across the board, life is fairer. Greedy businesses both small and large whose sole reason for existance is to make profits, are forced to share their profits.

Last year I received a centerlink funded study tour to Venesuala for one week where I was able to study their success. Hugo Chavez is a true socialist visionary and this is how they started before achieving equality.
Before you are critical of socialism perhaps you should see where it is working and perhaps identify the problems of greedy capitalists. I suggest you research it yourself because the murdock hate media will not report these facts.

Whilest I am not the only one with this goal, there are many more in cooporatives around this country, the idea that the welfare state is closed is far from true. With so much grassroots power if you thing neocon jackboots will attempt to stop our way of life you are deluded.
Sarah Bath Fitzroy

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Thanks for the post Sarah. Have you seen the arguments for an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI)?
Not feared by mainstream because of potential abuse where people will allegedly do nothing, quite the contrary in fact. UBI is detested by mainstream because of the fear that people will get up and do their own work, not controlled by the money masters. UBI facilitates anarchism. It also gives workers a stronger bargaining position, no longer forced to do low paid, demeaning, dangerous or bullshit jobs, on fear of starvation.
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