Tuesday, April 02, 2013

DomPost: Early work tests for adding children to a benefit fair

Yesterday's DomPost editorial was pleasantly forthright.

After the usual preamble about welfare being a social contract which most beneficiaries do not exploit, it continues,

"Sadly, however, some beneficiaries see it as their God-given right to remain on welfare for life and not only make no effort to improve their lot, but add to the burden on taxpayers.
They include women on the domestic purposes benefit who seem to believe they can have as many children as they want while remaining dependent on the state, and that workers will be happy to pay for them to have that privilege...."
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Come on Lindsay:

preamble about welfare being a social contract which most beneficiaries do not exploit

every bludger exploits the rest of us who pay for it

every single one