Well said United Future's Judy Turner. I couldn't even be bothered blogging about this silly bunch of meddlers, the National Council of Women. But Judy Turner has given them and the 180 degree party (National) a good burst.
“So a report written by the National Council of Women will tell the United Nations that New Zealand is experiencing ‘marked change for the worse’ for women,” she says.
“What a load of hogwash. This is simply representatives of the women’s industry trying to justify their roles and push for more funding. They argue that sexist jokes are increasingly common, and more needs to be done.
“National had a ‘PC eradicator’ two years ago. Now they are chasing the women’s vote and proposing that the taxpayer fork out to increase the funding given to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to expand their role and mandate.
“I have to say when you look around the world at countries where women are sold and traded like commodities; and rape victims are murdered by their own family in the name of ‘honour’, it’s a little embarrassing that we have a delegation heading to New York to say that sexism is an increasing problem in New Zealand and sexist jokes are common place.”
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National is a load of crap for caving in on their principles. Most women have a great sense of justice and don't want to look like victims or be teated more equal than men under the law. Who now speaks for them?
Sorry to blog of topic but on Newstalk ZB on Wednesday about 2-3pm a guy rang up saying he had 5 kids and was on about $700 pw and he's recently shacked up with a woman with 4 kids on $600pw and he was going to get a job but had now made the economic decision not to go back to work.
Unfortunately their recordings failed on that day but I'm trying to get a transcript. I'm sure its just the tip of the iecberg. Are the figures for income distributions of beneficiaries available (without names of course) through the official info act?
would creat a hell of a stir.
WFF has meant families with many children can be better off not working. There can be no doubt that the scheme will effect productivity sooner or later.
Of course if this newly formed couple declare their relationship to WINZ their current incomes will be reduced. I think the big story is the one we can't know about and that is the incidence of 'illegal' shacking up/ claiming two benefits. Since a Court ruling defining what exactly is "in the nature of a marriage" (after which WINZ had to overturn thousands of cases which had previously been deemed as such but no longer were, dis-establishing debts, paying out lump sums)I don't think they vigorously pursue relationship fraud. Too hard to prove the positive.
It's getting harder to elicit info through the OIA (from MSD anyway) but some questions could be framed.
Hey, how do you tell there's been a blond at the computer?
... Twink on the monitor.
(Do I get stoned by the WFF now?)
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