Govt to cut ever-growing welfare spending

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The Welfare Working Group has found one in eight New Zealanders is on a benefit.
The Welfare Working Group has found one in eight New Zealanders is on a benefit.

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01 Sep 2010 02:07p.m.

Ty Williams wrote:

Well, they can start with stopping corporate welfare right now. They close down night classes because this is a good way to help those that have been made redundant as a result of the recession. And if you have been made redundant you are now a drain on hard working kiwi taxpayer's and therefore worthy of all the bene-bashing your getting from Frau Bennette.
On the other hand, the good folk of South Canterbury Finance are deserving of the 1.7b welfare bail-out so just suck it up folks...

16 Aug 2010 01:29a.m.

Nikki wrote:

@ Just wondering.

I wonder if that also includes prisoners too? How come my income is less than 17k p/yr (me with a teenager) yet it costs approx 60k p/yr to house a prisoner.

And to all you bene-bashers, we will be better off if they stop our benefit cause we don't take one of their non-existent jobs. The only income we will have is proceeds of crime, the difference will be whether or not we get caught! And if we do... well, I certainly don't have heated floors, 3 meals a day, free education, and a roast meal every Sunday as the prisons do. And as someone suggested, if we should have to wk for the dole, then we should get paid minimum wage don't you think. Not $200 bucks a wk that a 'dole bludger' gets now. I'd like to see you rich fat cats change your tune when your redundancy comes through 8o). And by the way, we pay tax too, it's non-refundable. How many of you rich buggers find expenses that are non-existent. We aren't the only bludgers, it's just that our income is exposed for all and sundry.

When they built the new Springfield prison they got paid contractors in to plant the trees. What the hell were the prisoners doing. Oh yeah, probably having their Sunday roast. Good on you National

11 Aug 2010 01:35p.m.

Jim wrote:

Notafudger
We should not mix ourselves up with the unemployment figures and long term beneficiaries. Both Govts were good at conveniently hiding the total Welfare dependancy and the unemployment rate!!!

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