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Originally Posted by Golden Teapot
But the food stamps are a good idea. Even labour will see this and not want to look even more stupid by suggesting otherwise.
| Interesting article by Hickey about the consistency of extending spending restrictions to all beneficiaries.
http://www.interest.co.nz/opinion/54...ch-he-wants-it
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John Armstrong writes this morning at the NZ Herald how the announcement of this policy was the one thing that got the National Party conference excited.
It was greeted with "loud cheers, piercing whistles, stamping feet and wild applause."
Would they have been so keen if Key had announced they wouldn't be allowed to spend their pensions at the local pokies or on their favourite dram of whiskey or on a holiday to see the grandkids in Australia?
That is the irony here. Key was preaching to an audience of beneficiaries. Mostly quite rich beneficiaries. They certainly outnumbered the out of work teenagers in the audience.
Pensioners are New Zealand's biggest beneficiaries. There are over 580,000 people aged over 65 who received over NZ$8.8 billion worth benefits in the financial year just completed.
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Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.
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