IQSRLOW wrote on Feb 17
th, 2008 at 4:57pm:
Even though the benefits ultimately flow on to the lazy ones of society that sit on their ar*se on internet forums p!ssing and moaning how their glass is half empty. When they sight those that have worked to fill their glass to the top, they want those that have worked hard and long to give up their glass and pay for their internet connection so they can continue p!ssing and moaning.
The problem with this mentality is that everyone wants to get-rich-quick while
others do the hard yards. Some people's idea of working hard to get rich is filling in the right numbers on the lotto form. Or making Centrelink employees work for their pay by debating what constitutes "work". Looking for work, is, after all, damn hard work.
Finding five or ten job searches to fill in the Centrelink form is, indeed, stressful. I don't think there's any shortage of work in Australia, but there's a famine of people prepared to work anywhere. So, totally depressed their surname isn't Packer or Murdoch, their full time mission is to complain that they never had a silver spoon birthright.
There's a simple law about life that many don't comprehend. If you plant apple seeds, you're not going to get bananas. If you don't work you can still eat - at others' expense. The problem is not a shortage of jobs, but the "right" jobs. And if the "right" job doesn't "come along",
society is to blame. Who else? It's obvious to Blind Freedy, isn't it?
We need a few bleeding heart stories on this thread, now. Tell us how you worked at MacDonald's for $9 an hour, and 30 years later you're still waiting for a pay rise. Maccas is obviously corrupt. They exploit people with no initiative. Retirement benefits are poor, to almost criminal. And arguing this point makes anyone a right-wing fascst - obviously.
But don't get me wrong. I am a merciful person, and I do care for my fellow human beings. I'm simply arguing ths point - If you're going to relate a "lost at sea" story, make sure first that Noah isn't in the audience.
I'd like to hear alternative opinions. (Please note: If you're still on $9 an hour after ten years, whose fault is that?)