tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post6298145558901597646..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: CPAG exaggerate benefit cutsLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-75832390388266264072014-12-24T16:04:17.297+13:002014-12-24T16:04:17.297+13:00http://books.google.co.nz/books/about/The_End_of_W...http://books.google.co.nz/books/about/The_End_of_Welfare.html?id=h1Yx1Zth2LIC&redir_esc=y<br /><br />pages 78-80 provide a number of studies.<br /><br />"In all, there have been 14 major studies that have found a statistically significant correlation between welfare and out-of-wedlock births."Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-12625702379377823092014-12-24T14:41:50.913+13:002014-12-24T14:41:50.913+13:00"Numerous studies have shown the rate of unma..."Numerous studies have shown the rate of unmarried births increases with lifts in welfare income"<br /><br />Can you link a couple of these studies?MIkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-69860556886886425842014-12-21T08:43:31.661+13:002014-12-21T08:43:31.661+13:00Well if CPAG exaggerages the benefit cuts so does ...Well if CPAG exaggerages the benefit cuts so does everyone else. And all this is moot, because the Shipley, Clark, and Key governments have continued to do nothing but raise benefits and increase eligibility every year for the last 25 years.<br /><br />We can eliminate welfare in NZ the obvious way - by eliminating welfare. Or we can do nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com