John Howard: Employed = rich and fat.
Aug. 30th, 2007 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsidheJohn Howard declares that there is no such thing as the “working poor” if he says that there isn't.
I mean, he pushes the whole WorkChoices thing predicated on it making it easier for people to get entry-level jobs (you know, those low-paid menial ones), largely by making it possible for the pay and conditions of these jobs to be even lower and more onerous than they were, and easier for people to be churned if they make a fuss. This is in conjunction with the definition of ‘employed’ as having work for more than an hour per week.
But no, Ratbastard doesn't personally know any poor people, so it can't be a real problem, can it?
I can't find the words adequate to describe everything I find wrong with what Howard said here.
I mean, he pushes the whole WorkChoices thing predicated on it making it easier for people to get entry-level jobs (you know, those low-paid menial ones), largely by making it possible for the pay and conditions of these jobs to be even lower and more onerous than they were, and easier for people to be churned if they make a fuss. This is in conjunction with the definition of ‘employed’ as having work for more than an hour per week.
But no, Ratbastard doesn't personally know any poor people, so it can't be a real problem, can it?
I can't find the words adequate to describe everything I find wrong with what Howard said here.
