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The welfare advisory group has come back with their findings. There's some interesting breakdowns on who gets benefits and where they live in there , also and I admit I was shocked by this too they want to massively increase benefits. I know right? It'll only cost an extra $5.2 billion on top of the $4.4 billion we already pay in existing benefits.
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@jegga said in NZ Politics:
The welfare advisory group has come back with their findings. There's some interesting breakdowns on who gets benefits and where they live in there , also and I admit I was shocked by this too they want to massively increase benefits. I know right? It'll only cost an extra $5.2 billion on top of the $4.4 billion we already pay in existing benefits.
JACINDA'S GETTING MARRIED!!!!
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@Chris-B said in NZ Politics:
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
The welfare advisory group has come back with their findings. There's some interesting breakdowns on who gets benefits and where they live in there , also and I admit I was shocked by this too they want to massively increase benefits. I know right? It'll only cost an extra $5.2 billion on top of the $4.4 billion we already pay in existing benefits.
JACINDA'S GETTING MARRIED!!!!
That all but seals Jacko's second term then.....
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@Mokey said in NZ Politics:
@canefan Aw come on, Bridges fought really hard, squeaking about slushy machines.
In the game of optics, simple Simon is blind
Wait till @siam posts photos of Jacinda carrying Clarke over the threshold
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@jegga I read the report last night, was quite interesting. The recommended extra amount is about 1.9% of GDP, so it's certainly a bit, but it's not that much relative to the size of the NZ economy.
I've had a bit to do with the welfare system for relatives lately, and it's clear that the system doesn't have holes, it has gaping chasms, and that it's hard to navigate even if someone is good at navigating bureaucracy.
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@taniwharugby Certainly plenty of people in that category. We were eligible for the accommodation supplement for years after we canned it, but it was less than $10 per week, so wasn't worth the effort.
Some of it is poor design though - it's one thing to skip small amounts because it's not worth the hassle, but it's quite another to have a 25% abatement rate for both working for families and the accommodation supplement, leading to a cumulative abatement rate of 50%, plus tax. For families who qualify for both payments, that usually means at least 69c out of every extra $1 is lost, and for someone with a student loan and a salary of $50,000, that's 93.39c from every extra $1.
Some of the costs were changing those abatement rates and thresholds to lessen that effect.
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I don’t think a dope referendum and Jacinda tying the knot is enough to distract from this farce .
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=12229074
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@jegga Hope you are right...but I doubt it,
Had a visit back home last week, farmers hate her but many town and city dwellers I know have had the 'hijab' pulled over their eyes. Won't be until the next go around that people wake up to her especially without a decent opposition leader.Had a chat with my 95 year old great aunt who is still sharp as a tack (Think Olenna Tyrell for personality type) calls her 'the little idiot communist'. Made my day.
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@Rembrandt majority of those in the business world I talk to (I do mostly try to avoid political discussions with people) are not fans.
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Yeah I don't think she's particularly popular with most people, and the constant fluff from the media just annoys people. Although she did better than expected in the last election, that was largely due to the Greens implosion and they still got thoroughly beaten by National.
One thing is for sure though, Bridges is not the man to take National forward. Might be about time to cast him aside and install someone that at least has some leadership qualities.
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Polling suggests you're wrong about Cindy's popularity.
Labour's win had much more to do with Nats inability to find a coalition partner than nay implosion by Greens
Bridge isn't going to win the next election for Nats, but who is? The drums keep beating for Crusher but is she really going to win National any support that they don't already have. Much as the right of the party love her she turns off a lot of voters too. She probably will take National into the next election but there's no need to change leaders just yet. Collins is known by the electorate if you change to her - you change 6 mths out. Anyone with a real ambition to lead the Nats will be biding their time waiting until post 2020
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