Comment on NDIS participants can no longer access sex worker services through funding. Advocates say it's a 'deep betrayal'

• Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  a pointless penny pinching law

  Really?

  At an annual running cost of $35.8 billion in 2022-23, the federal government will spend more on the NDIS this financial year than Medicare ($30.8 billion), aged care ($27.7 billion), and support for state government hospitals ($27.3 billion).

  Penny pinching on one of the least productive, most expensive government expenses! Crazy! I have no idea why they are so focused on it.

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  • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Okay now give the statistic for how much the hookers cost the taxpayer. You seem very confident that stopping the hookers will balance the budget, so you must have the figures to back your position up.

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    • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      likewise, since you’re so certain it’s penny pinching feel free to post your numbers

      i support all attempts to reduce the cost of this massively overbloated free money train

      to quote the greens

      Senator Jordon Steele-John, the Australian Greens spokesperson for Disability Rights and Services, has claimed that the reforms will result in the removal of crucial disability services, stating that ‘the Labor government is choosing to remove $14.4 billion in funding from the NDIS that will lead to disabled people not getting the support they need when they need it’.

      Im not sure how $14.4 billion of tax payer money is penny pinching

      www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/…/NDIS

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      • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        this massively overbloated free money train

        Yeah, those disabled people should quit asking for a handout! Those quadriplegics need to get up off their comfy wheelchairs and work an honest day’s labour in a coal mine!

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• Cypher@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No I’m against it because I don’t believe in paying for sex, that sex workers are predatory and undeserving of public funds.

  I was pointing out the political reality of the situation because regardless of my personal opinion the outcome will be decided by the electorate.

  Again, welcome to reality, sometimes life sucks and then you die.

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  • dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those predatory harlots, treating disabled people with respect and dignity on the government’s dime!

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