What a joke. Yesterday I blogged about the so-called labour shortage in Southland. It would however appear gangs can recruit people to sell 'P'.
The Central Otago district mayor said a growing number of Mongrel Mob members and affiliates who were recruiting teenagers in Cromwell could be driven out of town by locals.
Police yesterday confirmed a group of gang affiliates had moved into the area in recent weeks, and had established themselves at three properties in the town...
Earlier this month, Canterbury police expressed concern both the Mongrel Mob and Black Power were recruiting in smaller South Island centres to reach profitable new drug markets. At the time Inspector Dave Gaskin said the gangs were trying to spread their drug business.
"The Mongrel Mob are the catalyst, they are driving it. They pick on the easy targets, the low socio-economic, low-intelligence kids and as a result they are getting a foothold in the area."
And where do the low socio-economic kids come from? Frequently, welfare-dependent, single parent, workless homes.
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It's easy work, you dont have to get up early and the pay is better than 12 bucks an hour. Even I'd rather do it
Heaven forbid! Does it mean there is an underclass in egalitarian NZ?
Helen will be horrified!
You identify a very serious problem in New Zealand society, Lindsay. It is awful that gangs are able to access and take advantage of the poorest and most disadvantaged, while at the same time such privilege and opportunity can exist for other sectors of our society.
Like New Zealand did throughout most of the 20th century in a spirit of Christianity and commitment to hard work and keeping families together, why do we not reinstate an official policy of full employment?
It is no co-incidence that gangs and other forms of anti-social behaviour are at their worst in the areas with the highest unemployment or where jobs (like seasonal fruit picking) are not consistent, decent enough to raise a family on, and such like. Lord-knows how these people would pay for the transport to get to the fruit picking areas, along with accommodation for their families.
Or is the solution to this problem slashing social welfare, lowering minimum wages and other American solutions that have built them into such a flawless society as they are today? Let's not forget that these were tested in New Zealand by two radical governments during the 1980s and 1990s, to great social disharmony, and it is today that we can see the awful consequences of these American textbook reforms on our nations families, hard working people and sheer social fabric.
Oliver, We had gangs and gang crime long before the economic reforms. It's not just about whether or not there is legitimate work. It's about living a certain way.
The policy of "full employment" was about full employment for men - not women. And it was coincidentally sustained by privilege. Privilege for certain sectors favoured by government.
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