Yup, system working as intended... <<sigh>>

“Australia instigating wholesale transfer of welfare system to private company that has no interest in the wellbeing of welfare recipients, and sets up a wide range of opportunities for corruption and a very thin line between government, private corporations and political parties.” Eddy Jokovich

For "bridge the gap" read "overwhelm and subdue".

Here's the rebuttal to James Meadway asserting that MMT is "toxic sludge". Thank you @mmt101.bsky.social

mmt101.substack.com/p/mmt-is-int...

Verdant looks like a serious pre-emptive strike against using public money for public purpose.
They are pumping up the "bond vigilante narrative", in readiness to wheel it out at the first sign of government spending to counter the years of austerity that has gutted healthcare, housing etc services.

“The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules and caters for those within the club.“

Fattening us up while defunding healthcare….

theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Shameful because sooo unnecessary. Remember when Covid spending pulled over 90% of kids out of poverty?
Fed govt CANNOT run out of the dollars to do this. #learnmmt #auspol

Labor sat on the “jobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.