The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Reason for rocketing invalid benefit numbers
Here James Bartholomew briefly puts his theory about the reason so many people are on an invalidity benefit in the UK. NZ has the same problem. My reckoning is that the higher payment rate is a factor but there are others.
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Another incentive is that there is no obligation to work when on this benefit - the unemployment and sickness benfit are work-tested.
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Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.
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Another incentive is that there is no obligation to work when on this benefit - the unemployment and sickness benfit are work-tested.
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