Excerpt from a new #poem
If those who govern, those who claim to care,
Choose willful blindness as they watch me fall,
Why not complete this torment I must bear?
A kinder end than no response at all.
The noose of neglect grows tighter day by day—
At least speak truth as you all turn away.
#auspol #Housing #Disability #Despair #Poverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
Scenic Rim council cracks down on farmers hosting campers without a permit - ABC News
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/105137282
#auspol #HousingCrisis #BTPM #Homelessness #ROI #UBI #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
The City of Moreton Bay’s recent decision to penalise and criminalise homelessness and vulnerable people for owning pets is a devastating blow to some of our most marginalised community members.
Please sign the petition below.
#Dignity #RaiseTheRate
#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
https://www.change.org/p/amend-moreton-bay-city-council-s-laws-on-homelessness-and-pet-ownership
JFC.
My Mac has chosen violence today.
Once poverty has you in your grasp and employers continue to find excuses not to hire disabled people… no way out.
I am sure everything will end up being fantastic.
In a land of plenty, to be afflicted with such a malady is naught but a jest worthy of a loblolly boy's tale, as many are left with naught but a dog's portion of gruel to sustain them.
#BTPM #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice #RaiseTheRate #JobSeeker #DSP #UniversalBasicIncome #SackSarina
Mehreen Faruqi posted this on Instagram with the comment, "What’s stopping you @albomp?"
I would ask the same of the...
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...46 (60.5%) current senate members who benefited from free education.
Other than those representing the Greens, have they ever checked their privilege?
#auspol #HECS #HigherEducation #CostOfLiving #Poverty #PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
The Section 8 program, widely regarded as a lifeline for low-income families, remains an elusive dream for them. In 2022, only a fraction of the millions living in poverty in the United States received housing subsidies, highlighting a systemic issue that leaves many behind.
#bidenomicsatwork #WhatCouldCongressDoWith2TrillionDefenseDollars #povertyisapoliticalchoice
Trapped in the Gap: The Struggle of the Working Poor for Affordable Housing https://bnnbreaking.com/politics/trapped-in-the-gap-the-struggle-of-the-working-poor-for-affordable-housing
Rodney McCrea and his children face the challenges of being working poor, ineligible for housing assistance yet unable to afford living expenses. Learn about their struggle and the complexities of the Section 8 housing program.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/news/hardship-deepens-as-millions-find-the-poverty-line-further-out-of-reach
14m in UK living in poverty, of which 6m living in deep poverty. That’s 20% of UK residents below the poverty line.
And it’s getting worse.
Is this the society you want? Me neither.
#gttonow to relieve #poverty. Remember, #povertyisapoliticalchoice
David Wakeham
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Gladwyn d’Souza
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