Originally Posted by
justakiwi
They make some tough decisions. They get rid of the second car, the boat, the caravan or whatever. They cancel SKY and Netflix and anything else they don’t actually “need.” They cut back whatever costs they can, maybe rent out a room, walk the kids to school instead of running the car. They do whatever they need to do to tide them over until they can find another job. It is bloody hard to do, but unemployment and redundancy are not new things. My ex was made redundant many years ago. We had four kids and a mortgage and his payout was minimal as he had not been working there long. He had no choice but to go on unemployment for a short period of time, but then we made a huge decision for our family. We shut the house up, packed our bags and went to Aussie for 9 months, where he worked on an power line transmission construction project. We moved from town to town across Queensland over that time - our youngest wasn’t even 2 when we left. We lived in rentals or purpose built cabins the size of a container. It was a huge decision to make but we did it for the sake of our family. Sometimes you have to think outside the square and do things you would really rather not have to.
The point I am trying to make is, people can’t expect any government to fully fund these unfortunate situations people find themselves in. They need to be prepared to work with the government financial assistance available, and do what they can to help themselves, alongside that assistance. All of your arguments are always focussed on what the government “isn’t doing” - they can’t do it all! If my local cafe owner can see that and take some responsibility for her own business recovery, why can’t you?