In 2007 Work and Income provided 5,075 funeral grants.
The same year there were 28,520 deaths.
Therefore 18 percent (or near to one in five) funerals are paid for by the taxpayer.
That's a sizeable subsidy.
And it probably rises significantly in certain areas.
Interesting.
I imagine there are some very high profile deaths in amongst the subsidised funerals.
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Not all the funerals are subsidised 100 percent, so aren`t strictly paid for by the taxpayer, admittedly the tax payer does pay a good share of all.
The taxpayer should not pay for funerals. Period. It's another example of the responsible having to pay out to the irresponsible (in this case people who haven't saved for funeral expenses). It's a scam, and an affront to our freedom (as the majority of subsidies are).
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