#joinyourunion — Public Fediverse posts

[edited for typo & auspol hashtag]

I am again pulling a paragraph out of Lindy Edwards‘ *How to Argue with an Economist* ,2007 (2nd ed) because it will show you that since 2001, when the disconnect between our *Government(s)* and the *Punters* out there was identified by the author, **more of the same isn’t getting us out of this mess.** Keep a copy of this quote and look at it before casting your vote for #Elections2028.

*The problem confronting governments is that Australians still hold on to the punter’s worldview. We still believe that our social circumstances shape us. We still believe that some people have more power and more opportunities than others. And we know the market doesn’t operate on a level playing field. But under economic rationalism there is no government to protect the vulnerable. There is no one to curb the power of the major corporations. There is no sense of a community that will come together to manage our collective lives. The world has become a precarious and frightening place. (P. 91)*

#Labor ‘s centre-right policies are nothing more than a copy book edition of the previous #LNP govt with a few *crumbs* thrown at the electorate to keep it just where it was before Labor took office, because that is where the prevalent #NeoLiberal #EconomicRationalist way of thinking wants us to be. **So don’t expect things to change** just because nothing is working the way you think they ought to. There are only two ways to **make change happen.**

Join Your #Union, and
#Vote *Greens* at the next election.
That’s it. There are no other means to get off this round about.

Disclosure : I am an ex-Labor Party member — fed up with staus quo.

#CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis #WageStagnation #TaxTheRich #InUnity #JoinYourUnion #AusPol

[edited for typo & auspol hashtag]

I am again pulling a paragraph out of Lindy Edwards‘ *How to Argue with an Economist* ,2007 (2nd ed) because it will show you that since 2001, when the disconnect between our *Government(s)* and the *Punters* out there was identified by the author, **more of the same isn’t getting us out of this mess.** Keep a copy of this quote and look at it before casting your vote for #Elections2028.

*The problem confronting governments is that Australians still hold on to the punter’s worldview. We still believe that our social circumstances shape us. We still believe that some people have more power and more opportunities than others. And we know the market doesn’t operate on a level playing field. But under economic rationalism there is no government to protect the vulnerable. There is no one to curb the power of the major corporations. There is no sense of a community that will come together to manage our collective lives. The world has become a precarious and frightening place. (P. 91)*

#Labor ‘s centre-right policies are nothing more than a copy book edition of the previous #LNP govt with a few *crumbs* thrown at the electorate to keep it just where it was before Labor took office, because that is where the prevalent #NeoLiberal #EconomicRationalist way of thinking wants us to be. **So don’t expect things to change** just because nothing is working the way you think they ought to. There are only two ways to **make change happen.**

Join Your #Union, and
#Vote *Greens* at the next election.
That’s it. There are no other means to get off this round about.

Disclosure : I am an ex-Labor Party member — fed up with staus quo.

#CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis #WageStagnation #TaxTheRich #InUnity #JoinYourUnion #AusPol

[edited for typo & auspol hashtag]

I am again pulling a paragraph out of Lindy Edwards‘ *How to Argue with an Economist* ,2007 (2nd ed) because it will show you that since 2001, when the disconnect between our *Government(s)* and the *Punters* out there was identified by the author, **more of the same isn’t getting us out of this mess.** Keep a copy of this quote and look at it before casting your vote for #Elections2028.

*The problem confronting governments is that Australians still hold on to the punter’s worldview. We still believe that our social circumstances shape us. We still believe that some people have more power and more opportunities than others. And we know the market doesn’t operate on a level playing field. But under economic rationalism there is no government to protect the vulnerable. There is no one to curb the power of the major corporations. There is no sense of a community that will come together to manage our collective lives. The world has become a precarious and frightening place. (P. 91)*

#Labor ‘s centre-right policies are nothing more than a copy book edition of the previous #LNP govt with a few *crumbs* thrown at the electorate to keep it just where it was before Labor took office, because that is where the prevalent #NeoLiberal #EconomicRationalist way of thinking wants us to be. **So don’t expect things to change** just because nothing is working the way you think they ought to. There are only two ways to **make change happen.**

Join Your #Union, and
#Vote *Greens* at the next election.
That’s it. There are no other means to get off this round about.

Disclosure : I am an ex-Labor Party member — fed up with staus quo.

#CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis #WageStagnation #TaxTheRich #InUnity #JoinYourUnion #AusPol

[edited for typo & auspol hashtag]

I am again pulling a paragraph out of Lindy Edwards‘ *How to Argue with an Economist* ,2007 (2nd ed) because it will show you that since 2001, when the disconnect between our *Government(s)* and the *Punters* out there was identified by the author, **more of the same isn’t getting us out of this mess.** Keep a copy of this quote and look at it before casting your vote for #Elections2028.

*The problem confronting governments is that Australians still hold on to the punter’s worldview. We still believe that our social circumstances shape us. We still believe that some people have more power and more opportunities than others. And we know the market doesn’t operate on a level playing field. But under economic rationalism there is no government to protect the vulnerable. There is no one to curb the power of the major corporations. There is no sense of a community that will come together to manage our collective lives. The world has become a precarious and frightening place. (P. 91)*

#Labor ‘s centre-right policies are nothing more than a copy book edition of the previous #LNP govt with a few *crumbs* thrown at the electorate to keep it just where it was before Labor took office, because that is where the prevalent #NeoLiberal #EconomicRationalist way of thinking wants us to be. **So don’t expect things to change** just because nothing is working the way you think they ought to. There are only two ways to **make change happen.**

Join Your #Union, and
#Vote *Greens* at the next election.
That’s it. There are no other means to get off this round about.

Disclosure : I am an ex-Labor Party member — fed up with staus quo.

#CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis #WageStagnation #TaxTheRich #InUnity #JoinYourUnion #AusPol

**A Message from CPSU**
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike interest rates to 4.60% is a sledgehammer blow that will only push more working families to the edge financially.

**Rate cuts are the laziest way to reduce inflation**.

It doesn’t work because it ignores the root cause: corporate greed and big businesses price gouging their way to huge profits.

**What this means for working families**

The numbers paint a stark picture. Homeowners with an average mortgage of $731,000 will have to scrape together another $110 a month to repay their home loan. Combined with the impact of the three previous rate rises this year, that’s an extra $460 a month to service an average mortgage.

**All it does is pile on financial strain and put thousands more jobs at risk.**

It also means the 723,000 Australians currently out of work will face a harder time finding a job.

**The real cause of inflation**

Dialling up interest rates does nothing to solve inflation because, let’s be real, workers have nothing to do with causing it.

When we’re at the petrol station watching the numbers tick up at the bowser, it’s a direct result of Donald Trump’s Middle East war.

When we’re standing in line at the supermarket checkout, make no mistake, those high prices are courtesy of big businesses like Coles and Woolworths trying to protect their bottom line, price gouging their way to record profits year after year.

Not everything is in our control, but one important thing is. Joining your union is the best way to tackle
cost-of-living pressures collectively. As a union movement two million strong, we can’t influence global factors outside our control, but *you better believe we’ll continue to campaign to win change that counts*.

Housing is gradually becoming more affordable thanks to tax changes union members won after a year-long campaign.

House prices were always one of the leading drivers of inflation, so this is good for the economy just as it’s good for home buyers.

Right now, we’re pushing for more changes to further improve housing affordability, including building more public housing and strengthening renters’ rights nationwide to help with cost-of-living pressures.

Working families shouldn’t have to bear the brunt of higher interest rates.

There are things every worker can do to ease cost-of-living pressures, and **it all starts with joining your union**.

#InUnity #JoinYourUnion #RBA #CostOfLiving #MortgageDebt
#HousingCrisis #RentalCrisis #AusPol #WageAreFallingBehind
#Unemployment #EconomicRationalism #NeoLiberalism #GreedFlation #Grifters #CorporateProfits #TaxTheRich #TaxGasExports #RegulateElectricityPrices #RegulateRents #RegulateProfits #RegulateCOERemuneration #InterestRates

**A Message from CPSU**
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike interest rates to 4.60% is a sledgehammer blow that will only push more working families to the edge financially.

**Rate cuts are the laziest way to reduce inflation**.

It doesn’t work because it ignores the root cause: corporate greed and big businesses price gouging their way to huge profits.

**What this means for working families**

The numbers paint a stark picture. Homeowners with an average mortgage of $731,000 will have to scrape together another $110 a month to repay their home loan. Combined with the impact of the three previous rate rises this year, that’s an extra $460 a month to service an average mortgage.

**All it does is pile on financial strain and put thousands more jobs at risk.**

It also means the 723,000 Australians currently out of work will face a harder time finding a job.

**The real cause of inflation**

Dialling up interest rates does nothing to solve inflation because, let’s be real, workers have nothing to do with causing it.

When we’re at the petrol station watching the numbers tick up at the bowser, it’s a direct result of Donald Trump’s Middle East war.

When we’re standing in line at the supermarket checkout, make no mistake, those high prices are courtesy of big businesses like Coles and Woolworths trying to protect their bottom line, price gouging their way to record profits year after year.

Not everything is in our control, but one important thing is. Joining your union is the best way to tackle
cost-of-living pressures collectively. As a union movement two million strong, we can’t influence global factors outside our control, but *you better believe we’ll continue to campaign to win change that counts*.

Housing is gradually becoming more affordable thanks to tax changes union members won after a year-long campaign.

House prices were always one of the leading drivers of inflation, so this is good for the economy just as it’s good for home buyers.

Right now, we’re pushing for more changes to further improve housing affordability, including building more public housing and strengthening renters’ rights nationwide to help with cost-of-living pressures.

Working families shouldn’t have to bear the brunt of higher interest rates.

There are things every worker can do to ease cost-of-living pressures, and **it all starts with joining your union**.

#InUnity #JoinYourUnion #RBA #CostOfLiving #MortgageDebt
#HousingCrisis #RentalCrisis #AusPol #WageAreFallingBehind
#Unemployment #EconomicRationalism #NeoLiberalism #GreedFlation #Grifters #CorporateProfits #TaxTheRich #TaxGasExports #RegulateElectricityPrices #RegulateRents #RegulateProfits #RegulateCOERemuneration #InterestRates

**A Message from CPSU**
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike interest rates to 4.60% is a sledgehammer blow that will only push more working families to the edge financially.

**Rate cuts are the laziest way to reduce inflation**.

It doesn’t work because it ignores the root cause: corporate greed and big businesses price gouging their way to huge profits.

**What this means for working families**

The numbers paint a stark picture. Homeowners with an average mortgage of $731,000 will have to scrape together another $110 a month to repay their home loan. Combined with the impact of the three previous rate rises this year, that’s an extra $460 a month to service an average mortgage.

**All it does is pile on financial strain and put thousands more jobs at risk.**

It also means the 723,000 Australians currently out of work will face a harder time finding a job.

**The real cause of inflation**

Dialling up interest rates does nothing to solve inflation because, let’s be real, workers have nothing to do with causing it.

When we’re at the petrol station watching the numbers tick up at the bowser, it’s a direct result of Donald Trump’s Middle East war.

When we’re standing in line at the supermarket checkout, make no mistake, those high prices are courtesy of big businesses like Coles and Woolworths trying to protect their bottom line, price gouging their way to record profits year after year.

Not everything is in our control, but one important thing is. Joining your union is the best way to tackle
cost-of-living pressures collectively. As a union movement two million strong, we can’t influence global factors outside our control, but *you better believe we’ll continue to campaign to win change that counts*.

Housing is gradually becoming more affordable thanks to tax changes union members won after a year-long campaign.

House prices were always one of the leading drivers of inflation, so this is good for the economy just as it’s good for home buyers.

Right now, we’re pushing for more changes to further improve housing affordability, including building more public housing and strengthening renters’ rights nationwide to help with cost-of-living pressures.

Working families shouldn’t have to bear the brunt of higher interest rates.

There are things every worker can do to ease cost-of-living pressures, and **it all starts with joining your union**.

#InUnity #JoinYourUnion #RBA #CostOfLiving #MortgageDebt
#HousingCrisis #RentalCrisis #AusPol #WageAreFallingBehind
#Unemployment #EconomicRationalism #NeoLiberalism #GreedFlation #Grifters #CorporateProfits #TaxTheRich #TaxGasExports #RegulateElectricityPrices #RegulateRents #RegulateProfits #RegulateCOERemuneration #InterestRates

**A Message from CPSU**
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike interest rates to 4.60% is a sledgehammer blow that will only push more working families to the edge financially.

**Rate cuts are the laziest way to reduce inflation**.

It doesn’t work because it ignores the root cause: corporate greed and big businesses price gouging their way to huge profits.

**What this means for working families**

The numbers paint a stark picture. Homeowners with an average mortgage of $731,000 will have to scrape together another $110 a month to repay their home loan. Combined with the impact of the three previous rate rises this year, that’s an extra $460 a month to service an average mortgage.

**All it does is pile on financial strain and put thousands more jobs at risk.**

It also means the 723,000 Australians currently out of work will face a harder time finding a job.

**The real cause of inflation**

Dialling up interest rates does nothing to solve inflation because, let’s be real, workers have nothing to do with causing it.

When we’re at the petrol station watching the numbers tick up at the bowser, it’s a direct result of Donald Trump’s Middle East war.

When we’re standing in line at the supermarket checkout, make no mistake, those high prices are courtesy of big businesses like Coles and Woolworths trying to protect their bottom line, price gouging their way to record profits year after year.

Not everything is in our control, but one important thing is. Joining your union is the best way to tackle
cost-of-living pressures collectively. As a union movement two million strong, we can’t influence global factors outside our control, but *you better believe we’ll continue to campaign to win change that counts*.

Housing is gradually becoming more affordable thanks to tax changes union members won after a year-long campaign.

House prices were always one of the leading drivers of inflation, so this is good for the economy just as it’s good for home buyers.

Right now, we’re pushing for more changes to further improve housing affordability, including building more public housing and strengthening renters’ rights nationwide to help with cost-of-living pressures.

Working families shouldn’t have to bear the brunt of higher interest rates.

There are things every worker can do to ease cost-of-living pressures, and **it all starts with joining your union**.

#InUnity #JoinYourUnion #RBA #CostOfLiving #MortgageDebt
#HousingCrisis #RentalCrisis #AusPol #WageAreFallingBehind
#Unemployment #EconomicRationalism #NeoLiberalism #GreedFlation #Grifters #CorporateProfits #TaxTheRich #TaxGasExports #RegulateElectricityPrices #RegulateRents #RegulateProfits #RegulateCOERemuneration #InterestRates