Agreed. This is not even a matter of receiving treatment more quickly and being more comfortable during it vs being forced to wait. It’s more like an obscenely luxurious holiday vs being left to struggle with nothing and often die.

The gap is widening on everything. I often think with the rise of privatisation (and other factors) Australia is slowly becoming more Americanised.

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago

Such programs for the mega wealthy should be legislated to contribute a percentage of profits to programs for everyday people struggling with addiction challenges. Someone who can afford $600,000 could afford to pay 10% more and this could go community programs. That's my wish.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

1%

Back of the envelope, even the 1% threshold would strain to afford a short 4-week stay. I see various sources claiming top 1% cuts off at only (!) around $5 million net. Let's all remember that wealth scales exponentially at the top. https://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/income-calculator/ (Includes graphical representation of percentiles based on ABS 2019-20)

This is the ultrawealthy tier. Alienated from the wide world.

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago

And this 'class' is the one which can wield power over a world they feel no part of nor really care about. Epstein and his enablers and employers, for example.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

The other half of the money? Obviously not what the article meant but that might be accurate.