tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post1916941984783360235..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Truth Column May 18Lindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-68575055735977615962012-05-21T21:52:56.337+12:002012-05-21T21:52:56.337+12:00"Super" is a benefit. It's the "..."Super" is a benefit. It's the "codger-dole".<br /><br />Please explain why an indigent at 64 1/2 years old is a bludger - while the same indigent at 65 is a respected senior citizen who is suddenly entitled to lots more money each week, but even the fact of their being bludgers is outside the politically correct cant that passes for policy in NZ. <br /><br />Of course the over-65s vote - while generally dole bludgers and DPB moms do not. The solutions here are clear: remove benefits, and remove the franchise for those who would qualify for them. <br /><br />A codger-dole equivalent to that in 1989 would cut in at 82 - in fact, for European New Zealanders, somewhere between <b>85 and 90</b><br /><br />That's still not ideal policy, but with disenfranchisement, it is affordable.<br /><br /> <br />Of course the other change we need to make is to stop jacking up the benefits every year. If we were still paying $18 per year it would all be affordable! <br />Even if were just paying $3000 per year that would be nearly 7 times less than we pay now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-30959523686176417712012-05-21T20:45:57.521+12:002012-05-21T20:45:57.521+12:00I agree.
I voted for the Nats in 2011, but this i...I agree. <br />I voted for the Nats in 2011, but this is one policy that Labour got right and the Nats got dead wrong. <br /><br />I suspect that the only reason that the Nats won't support this policy is the plain simple bloodymindedness of Key. <br />It is pure hypocrisy to pretend to be fiscally responsible (as National is), and yet to not support raising the super eligibility age. <br />It has **GOT** to happen sooner or later, so it might as well be sooner.thor42noreply@blogger.com