I just left this over at OzPol as I was finishing my cup of coffee this morning. I'm sure the particular trolls this post addressed will be jumping up and down over it all weekend.
"The question regarding poverty in Australia has always fascinated me.
The notion of poverty even existing in Australia with all the generous safety nets provided by our respective Liberal and Labor Governments over so many decades does not need to be asked.
What needs to be resolved first and foremost is this : What is your definition of poverty?
Look around on OzPol for a clue.
The reason behind so much whinging and complaining is because people THINK they are hard done by. They expect a great life sitting around online day in day out ... week in week out ... year in year out ..... decades in fact ... spending hours online as forum cyber junkies. But they're struggling financially. Well duh!
Use your time productively. You're sitting there at home on a computer anyway posting across so many forums under so many ids....and wasting your life and not making any money. Why not use that time working from home on a computer AND getting paid!
So for me ...financial poverty in Australia is a perception. One which is often carelessly thrown around by lazy online cyber addicts to justify their online obsession with virtual existence.
The real poverty in Australia exists in the areas of initiative and using it to get up each morning and make that day count by achieving as many goals as possible so as to make you feel like you've accomplished something your family, children and friends will be proud to see and be encouraged by.
No the real poverty in Australia is in not realising the difference btwn a hand up vs a hand out. And this insidious type of poverty is driven by an entrenched lack of self respect and an attitude of no gratitude.
The decades of energy wasted by the cyber junkies who live on forums 24/7 sitting around online whinging could have been diverted into far more productive areas like setting goals and earning money, earning a living, earning respect."