JobKeeper excludes too many workers. The government can't wait to cut the rate and wind it down. But even as we fight to expand and defend it, workers must fight to move past the boss-first policy of wage subsidies, which are meant to shore up profits, not protect workers.
How can we save capitalism, or make it stronger than it was before? Mainstream politicians are losing sleep over this problem. But they're asking the wrong question.
The Murdoch press and the Liberals are hypocrites–but that doesn't mean Victorian Labor are the good guys. They've privatised, outsourced, and cut their way into a disaster.