OPINION: This is an open letter to Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and any other individual who thinks life on unemployment benefits is easy.
The government wants to slash low paid and unemployed people’s income by around $3000 a year, claiming it’s an incentive to get work.
Abbott wants people to move to where he claims jobs are.
I moved to WA eight years ago hoping there would be more work here than in South Australia where the government has destroyed manufacturing.
Now I am one of two million unemployed or underemployed.
How can unemployed – especially under 30s who won’t be eligible for benefits for six months of each year – relocate anywhere on no income?
But this is from the same geniuses who are already $500 billion in debt and are borrowing $1 billion a month to pay ‘interest’ on current debt – do they forget they pay interest on the money borrowed to pay interest?
Experts? I wouldn’t want these clowns running my business.
I am sick to death of rich people and bigots who denigrate the poor, unemployed, disabled and elderly and expect us to bail out incompetent and unaccountable politicians’ debts.
I challenge Abbott, Hockey and anyone else, to hire a huge bus – I will drive it for you for free – and pick up every person who is unemployed or underemployed around Australia and we will drop them off at all these jobs you claim are out there – starting in my home state of South Australia where you have destroyed our economy.
Darren Bates, Harvey.
