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By Fred Argy, published 4/5/2006Australians care very deeply about inequalities of opportunity.
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The author’s claim that: “These people are “stuck on the basement” not by choice but because they have no easy means of escape”, needs to be treated with caution. They have been “stuck” there only since the mid-1990’s, says the author - since the years of Coalition Governments, when all the figures show that ordinary people have never been better off! It is more likely that they HAVE made the choice to stay in the basement while workers have had to be imported and these bludgers, whom Fred Argy believes should be given special treatment, have adjusted to a lifestyle of unemployment, welfare and general skiving. Those who do work in low paid jobs invariably have poor school records and would rather blame the boss for not paying them enough, rather than doing something for themselves by gaining qualifications that would get them better jobs. And, let’s not forget the increasing number of people, young and old, who are addling their brains with alcohol and other drugs to the extent that they make no positive contribution to society.
There is no need for “ordinary Australians”, to get “fired up”, as Argy claims they do, on behalf of people like that.