Similarly, there was an Irish guy in the news where I am, whining about provision of homelessness and health services, after he was injured and could no longer work…

He was so Irish that his nickname is apparently “Irish”, and he was essentially begging people to donate money (to the charity that serves him, but still).

To which I responded: Ireland isn’t exactly a war-torn, poor country anymore, now is it? Nor would it have been at any point during this guy’s adult life. So why the fuck should Australians, and more specifically people in this city, be paying to keep this guy afloat? It’s not like these services don’t exist in Ireland, so I fail to see why he can’t just go back.

To which I’m sure the argument would be, “But waaah, I’ve lived in Australia for 10 years! This is where my life is!”

Too fucking bad, leech. It’s not up to me, or anyone else, to prop up an economic migrant who can no longer afford the rent.

Harsh, but he is literally living in a pub where I used to go to gigs, which they converted into “crisis housing” to support the numerous leeches like him (because their previous housing was “too old”, lol), so my empathy is… Limited, in this case.

If you can’t work to pay your rent, and you’re not a refugee, you shouldn’t be here, imho.