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The problem with a systematic dismantling of welfare protection and the denial of things like basic health care is that people who hit rock bottom have got to g
by chris_wot 11y ago
The problem with a systematic dismantling of welfare protection and the denial of things like basic health care is that people who hit rock bottom have got to go somewhere. And if you create a culture where things like a minimum wage are seen as bad for business, you'll get people who don't make enough to live a normal, basic life. They'll be one disaster removed from losing the lot and the landlord turfing them into the streets.
When that happens, you can move them on, but they'll eventually grow to such numbers there's nowhere to move them to. One day, you might hit a personal crisis. Or your kids might hit that personal crisis. Or your whole family might find themselves living in a car. Then you will be the one being moved on. And you will curse those who dismantled the welfare systems. You may well be cursing yourself.
- burfog 11y agoYes, they do have to go somewhere. There is a solution for this in the movie Soylent Green.
- chris_wot 11y agoYou really do not want to give the Immigration Department any ideas like this... :-) In all seriousness, refugees are dying on Manus Island and Nauru already, either from suicide, lack of medical care or from violence. In my view, it's only marginally more safe in off-shore detention than it is on the very boats the facilities are meant to be stopping.