@cultured_bogan said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1422334) said:
With the higher number of infectious in community numbers I am starting to wonder now if people are honestly jack of the government. Are they at the point where they are refusing to take a personal economic hit because the state didn't do what was needed when it was necessary in locking down the Eastern Suburbs?
It is easy for me to comment from my position as I can work from home, have everything I need and am in an area with no recorded cases.
It would be much harder for those living week to week being told that they cannot leave for work and have to take leave, or if they are casual, stay home without pay and try to apply for government support. JobKeeper would likely still not be enough for many, while the areas that started this outbreak (who are the demographic who could handle a hard lockdown,) were flogged with a wet lettuce leaf and not locked down properly and facilitated the spread.
No doubt there is a rising level of resentment in the community and the seeding of some if it almost certainly relates to disparities, perceived or otherwise.
The assistance for many is still inadequate and being rolled out much slower than necessary for some you alluded to above to survive.
We are a wealthy country that can afford this and for mine it is imperative that we as a community that are relieved by the spending must also be the ones to repay a good portion of it as things return. We must not allow this to become a burden on our children and use the opportunity to enact structural funding change, with the next round of legislated tax cuts the first to culled as the first action.
The lockdowns can be easily solved by forcing politicians and public service involved including “medical advisors” to a job keeper for the duration of the lockdown!
as a public servant why would i go to work as an essential worker, risk getting covid, spreading it to my household including my pregnant wife if im just going to get the same pay as being on the job keeper allowance? i just wont come into work, your essential service will break down
people hate on public servant because they have a secure job but the pay is trash, they aren't the ones making a huge salary that can afford a pay hit; the higher end tax bracket are the ones who should be hit this time next year to start offsetting the huge toll job keeper is going to have on the budget for decades to come
Thanks for your comment. I referred to "medical advisors" and out of touch, unelected bureaucrats that make decisions beyond their understanding and for which they will never hold responsible! They simply have no skin in the game, and even worse, they get even more rewarded for their mistakes!
Compare this with a small business, people who put everything they own into their business. If they make a mistake, they will be directly punished. Now they are punished, for something that was not their mistake!
I am for principle "everybody counts, or nobody counts' (H Bosch). Therefore, if any politician wants to enforce lockdown, he/she/it must immediately feel the consequence, as any small business. That means, as any lockdown is enforced, their/involved bureaucracy salaries must be reduced to job keeper, with no early access to pension or other benefits.
If you vote for the lockdown, you must feel the consequences as any other person.
