Saturday, August 11, 2012

Shearer should reaffirm Labour's commitment to making work pay

Today's DomPost editorial points out the obvious. God knows why last year's Labour couldn't see it.

Given that the last Labour government had nine years to upskill, educate and nudge, the public could be forgiven for assuming that under Mr Shearer Labour has nothing new to offer.
Of one thing voters can be sure: extending the "in work" tax credit used to compensate low-wage workers for the extra costs associated with work, to beneficiaries, as proposed by Labour last year, will not solve the problem. It will only further reduce the incentives to seek paid employment.

The IWTC is an incentive to work. Effectively remove it and the incentive disappears. Shearer should publicly reaffirm Labour's commitment to making work pay separating himself from the lame duck period under Goff and King.

2 comments:

Adolf Fiinkensein said...

Don't worry Lindsay, Cunliffe will in a couple of weeks or so.

Anonymous said...

The IWTC is an incentive to work. Effectively remove it and the incentive disappears

Being able to eat is an incentive to work. Effectively remove it and the incentive disappears