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| Thread ID: 94089 | 2008-10-13 23:50:00 | What tax cut!? | lakewoodlady (103) | PC World Chat |
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| 712044 | 2008-10-13 23:50:00 | So, this is what WINZ has done ay? What a mean pack of swindlers! This is why I emailed The regional manager and complained that it is discriminatory and devious! www.stuff.co.nz Everyone should go and read this and everyone on a benefit (not Super) ought to email WINZ and tell them how disgusted they are! LL :annoyed: |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 712045 | 2008-10-14 00:11:00 | I thought tax cuts were for people PAYING tax, not people who receive HAND OUT from the government. Sorry lakewoodlady, I'm not a beneficiary sympathiser. You want extra money, go and earn it.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 712046 | 2008-10-14 00:19:00 | I am on a widows benefit, Can't get a job, have tried lots, and only a couple of years away from getting pension. And yes, all benefits are taxed for your information. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 712047 | 2008-10-14 00:26:00 | I realize the benefits are a bit Indian giving, buy taxing you for them, however, the tax cuts I believe are geared towards middle income group...Not sure about low income earners...... I would of thought that when approach pension years, you wouldn't need as much money as other beneficiaries anyone. You would already have your home paid off, car and all the household goods as well. Not to mention Insurance money etc.... Is the pension better than the widows benefit? |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 712048 | 2008-10-14 00:37:00 | Widows Benefit: Net $191.83 Gross $219.23 Superannuation: Single, living alone: Net $297.79 Gross $347.77 Married or in a civil union or de facto relationship, both qualify Total for both: Net $462.74 Gross $528.74 Sickness and Unemployment Benefit: Single, 18 - 24 years Net $153.46 Gross $175.38 Single, 25+ years Net $184.17 Gross $210.48 Lakewoodlady, you won't get any sympathy from people here, they all think anyone getting assistance are bludgers. Wait till they are your age, they'll find out its not that easy to get hired by anyone........... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 712049 | 2008-10-14 00:38:00 | Yes, the pension is better, by about $60 a week. Widows benefit is $191 per week. I am luckier than some having own home, Hubby was on pension when he died because he was 10 years older. I didn't qualify so went onto widows benefit. Bills didn't get cut in half though. So generalizing that benefits are for people who are lazy and don't want to work is a bit harsh. I have spent over 40 years working and paying taxes. Brought up children and looked after sick husband. LL LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 712050 | 2008-10-14 00:40:00 | You are joking are you not? Everything paid off etc. Get real. | Peter H (220) | ||
| 712051 | 2008-10-14 00:50:00 | Not sure what you mean by everything being paid off. Yes, we paid off our home years ago. Still have to pay rates and insurances and stuff, that is real. Not looking for sympathy and didn't expect any on this forum. Just be good if others were more aware of other peoples situations. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 712052 | 2008-10-14 01:11:00 | I don't think people generally have an issue with those who are retired and getting a pension, widow's benefit or other form of welfare assistance - people like you have worked hard your whole life, paying taxes and contributing to the community. You deserve to be looked after. The negative sentiment on this forum towards beneficiaries is mostly directed at the freeloaders who haven't spent a lifetime working, who aren't retired, and who have never held a proper job in their life - particularly the many "sickness" beneficiaries who have only moved off the unemployment benefit so they don't have to find work. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 712053 | 2008-10-14 01:25:00 | Lakewoodlady, you won't get any sympathy from people here, they all think anyone getting assistance are bludgers. Wait till they are your age, they'll find out its not that easy to get hired by anyone........... By the time I retire, I will be lucky if their still is a super for retirees..... PCT, you really need to accept when people are talking about beneficiaries, they are not attacking your brother....! We have ALL said enough times that while the are genuine people needing assistance, their are 3 x as many that are milking the system.... I certainly have no issues with someone on a pension when they have worked all their life, I have no issues with real SB's, I do have issues with the Unemployed and ACC.... I would expect however someone in their twilight years to have no home loans or owing large sums of money, with a nest egg prepared, as that is what is expected of us..... Not sure what to think about widows benefit......... |
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