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| Thread ID: 108299 | 2010-03-23 01:21:00 | All of a sudden, I'm glad I voted National this time.... | Peterj116 (6762) | PC World Chat |
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| 869352 | 2010-03-26 07:01:00 | The key changes, to be phased in from September, are: * Expectations of part-time work for single parents on the domestic purposes benefit when their child reaches six and for people on the sickness benefit deemed capable of part-time work. * Allowing Work and Income case managers to cut benefits by half as a sanction, followed by a full suspension then a cancellation. * Employment benefits limited to a year. Beneficiaries must reapply after a year with a comprehensive work assessment. * More frequent assessments of people on a sickness benefit, with three medical assessments during the first twelve weeks, a further assessment every twelve weeks thereafter, and a more comprehensive reassessment after 12 months. * An increase from $80 to $100 in the amount that people on the domestic purposes benefit for single parents and the invalids benefit can earn each week without affecting their benefit. "We're focused on sending the right message that someone on a benefit has to do everything they possibly can to get a job," Mr Key said. Beneficiaries had to be responsible to the taxpayer, and a life in work offered more than a life limited by welfare, he said. You voted for the other Mob on another occasion - shame on you. Quietly waiting for my tax cut, looks quite reasonable. |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 869353 | 2010-03-26 18:01:00 | Drink, drive or take drugs, what has that to do with benefits? Cos many sickness beneficiaries are druggies or alcholics ! Why should my taxes go to losers like that ! Cut them off and let the Salvation Army look after them. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 869354 | 2010-03-26 18:05:00 | Great news from National. Its about time they started hardening up ! But as others have said, it remains to be seen if they will actually do what they say they are going to do. And as for this dpb business of having to start to look for work when your child is 6 years old, - Many bludgers know that all they need to do is get another loser to get them pregnant again. Indeed many male beneficiaries aim to get girls pregnant so that they can live with them off their dpb ! |
Digby (677) | ||
| 869355 | 2010-03-26 18:48:00 | I think the majority of DPB women are there because they have escaped bad relationships, not because they thought it was a good career move. As for the bludgers here's one: www.stuff.co.nz |
pctek (84) | ||
| 869356 | 2010-03-26 19:19:00 | Pctek You are only thinking. It would be good to see how many solo mums are from broken marriages or are single mums who left school and got pregnant. What is the percentage of each ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 869357 | 2010-03-26 19:28:00 | Great news from National. Its about time they started hardening up ! But as others have said, it remains to be seen if they will actually do what they say they are going to do. And as for this dpb business of having to start to look for work when your child is 6 years old, - Many bludgers know that all they need to do is get another loser to get them pregnant again. Indeed many male beneficiaries aim to get girls pregnant so that they can live with them off their dpb ! If we are stupid enough to let them get away with it,then good on em. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 869358 | 2010-03-26 19:32:00 | Cos many sickness beneficiaries are druggies or alcholics ! Why should my taxes go to losers like that ! Cut them off and let the Salvation Army look after them. The Sallies do a fantastic job and I doubt they would want to turn anyone away, but they don't have an endless supply of wherewithall. Shame on you for assuming they should be the ones to pick up the pieces of a society that has gone horribly wrong. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 869359 | 2010-03-28 05:07:00 | From the NZ Herald www.stuff.co.nz Bennett told the Star-Times that beneficiaries would not be forced to move to places where more jobs were available. "People's reasons for living where they do are many and varied and I am hesitant to make an assumption that people live where they do to avoid work." What next? |
Ice Road Trucker (15659) | ||
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