tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post1518472085281099210..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Half the storyLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-57608271582456086142008-02-12T15:08:00.000+13:002008-02-12T15:08:00.000+13:00Welfare needs to be made the undesirable option ag...Welfare needs to be made the undesirable option again in the hearts and minds of those that would rely on it. It should be seen at the *last* option for supporting one's self (as if welfare can ever be considered "supporting one's self").Allistarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815678962605145178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-78141271108107828352008-02-10T10:40:00.000+13:002008-02-10T10:40:00.000+13:00And in Palmerston North in the mid eighties a publ...And in Palmerston North in the mid eighties a publicity officer for a beneficiaries union advised female students to go on the DPB rather than state-sponsored training schemes which she described as 'slave labour'.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-83868185214048497592008-02-10T10:23:00.000+13:002008-02-10T10:23:00.000+13:00In 1970, attitudes to benefits were unfavourable t...In 1970, attitudes to benefits were unfavourable to say the least. Only a concerted campaign to make receiving the DPB and unemployment benefit respectable, a little after 1970, saw increasing numbers. In the late 1970's, a senior Dean at one large north island secondary school (who's husband was a third party political candidate) actively encouraged students to apply for the dole, even if they thought they might return for the new school year school, so that the stand down period started immediately the old school year finished. There was political mileage in unemployment numbers rising under a National administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-59920030338729428632008-02-08T10:38:00.000+13:002008-02-08T10:38:00.000+13:00the only solution - and an easy one to implement -...the only solution - and an easy one to implement - is simply to shut down the benefit system; dole, special purposes, DPB, the whole lot in one go. <BR/><BR/>Winz and the labour department can go to.<BR/><BR/>Then perhaps we can get some more of our hard-earned money back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com