Here are two comments from Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples.
Less than a year ago;
“I’ve got extended family on the benefit and they’re just dead, living dead. The whole dependency takes away their mana in the first place and then it takes away their drive and then they expect it – that’s when it’s hard to break them out of the ‘life owes me a living’ mentality. I bash the benefit system not the beneficiaries. We need to give them back hope.”
Today;
“Labour must be held to account for successive Ministers, and their own Families Commission, lacking the political courage to face up to the findings of their own research – research which proves what we in the Maori Party have been consistently saying, that beneficiary children and families are getting a rough deal due to lack of support and inadequate income”.
Can you tell me, from these two comments, does the Maori Party want more or less welfare?
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6 comments:
The classic 'Mixed message'
Damned if you do- damned if you don't.
So don't...
More, of course - as long as they are not paying.
It's possible Sharples is talking about getting them off benefits and earning their own way - building their income over time.
Yeah, right!
Maybe its that - this year is election year, and last year wasn't. Even sharples has to appeal to his constituents!
As a taxpayer I don't want to pay more to beneficiaries!(well excluding the actual cases of sickness and disability benefits of which there are probably more bogus cases than actual.)
A benefit increase would come off people who are working to earn a living and beneficiaries in my opinion are a less deserving cause than many other causes. For instance people on low incomes often can't see specialists due to a lack money to pay for qualified health professionals. Why should beneficiaries get a rise in income when employed people who are funding the benefits are missing out on adequate health care?
Gloria
Sharples is a beneficiary himself, as are all MP's
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