Europe
Europe community on dbzer0. Intended to be a place to discuss European news, politics, or just general topics from a European perspective. Since this is on dbzer0 expect the community to lean more leftist-anarchist but a wide range of views are accepted here (within reason).
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Which party is targeting disabled people, and why?
Labor with the NDIS amendments. Some of it is nothing short of cruelty.
Many disabled people feel they have nothing to lose…take away the social and community participation budget, that’s a big aspect of enjoyable life gone for them. They’re clear; they’ll put Labor last and it doesn’t matter what’s said to them in regards to the conservatives being worse…they have to deal with what’s happening in front of them that’s real, not what may or may not under future incompetent conservative governments.
Some people were better off with NDIS plans under the conservatives. Whatever peoples take from that might be (and it’s generally misinformed by my experience, being a plan manager and carer) that’s a fact for many, and it’s enough for people with nothing to lose to put Labor last, on what’s happening in front of them.
Go take a look around the discussion with disability advocates and you’ll see what’s going on. There’s not a lot of love for Labor among the unemployed and their advocacy either. Remember, as I said these are people with not a lot to lose so they’ll vote based on how they’re being treated.
That doesn’t reflect how I may or may not vote either, just how it is.
As I recall, Albanese used a lot of talk about his sainted single Mum on disability to win support for his first term, where he promised he'd form a committee to look into raising the DSP to levels where recipients could actually afford to live. Then he promised to raise the rate if he got a second term. To be fair, he did, and some pensioners can now afford half a Mars bar as a treat if they're frugal with their medication. Raises fell far short of the recommended $60 a week necessary to manage the cost of living. But, then again, they always have.
Of course, the LNP wanted to put everyone on social security on the Twiggy Card, telling them where they could shop, and what they were allowed and not allowed to buy, with the government throwing $10,000 per cardholder at themselves and Twiggy. So they can be trusted to do right for pensioners about as much as a Death Adder with a migraine can be trusted not to lash out.
God knows where the Greens sit on any issue, since they've voted with the LNP and Labor multiple times. PHON is nothing but something created to enrich Pauline Hanson. The teals flip flop depending on the wind. Palmer's a joke.
In a field of shit, the best one can do is avoid stepping in the fresh ones. But who is actually progressive, and will stand behind their promises?