The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Sole parent and income support status by ethnicity
Compiled from Census 2013 data the following table is self-explanatory. The income support data might relate to any main benefit but a clear correlation exists between the two data sets.
Mark as many spaces as you need to show all the ways you yourself got income in the 12 months ending today.(DON’T count loans because they are not income.)
wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, etc, paid by my employer
self-employment, or business I own and work in
interest, dividends, rent, other investments
regular payments from ACC or a private work accident insurer New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension
other superannuation, pensions or annuities (other than NZ Superannuation, Veteran’s Pension or war pensions)
Unemployment Benefit
Sickness Benefit
Domestic Purposes Benefit
Invalid’s Benefit
Student Allowance
other government benefits, government income support payments, war pensions, or paid parental leave
other sources of income, counting support payments from people who do not live in my household
or no source of income during that time
I've asked Stats NZ but seems to me it'd be a matter of interpretation. If you were receiving WFF from IRD and considered it a tax credit (rebate) would you regard it as "govt income support" payments?
Yes can see your point re: interpretation. I suspect most people who receive WFF would prefer to interpret it as a 'tax rebate' as opposed to the stigma of a 'benefit'. The dangers of extending welfare to the middle class!
Hi Lindsay,
ReplyDeleteDoes 'income support' include Working For Families in this instance?
Will
ReplyDeleteThis is the question from the 2013 form:
Mark as many spaces as you need
to show all the ways you yourself got income in the 12 months ending today.(DON’T count loans because they are not income.)
wages, salary, commissions,
bonuses, etc, paid by my employer
self-employment, or business I own and work in
interest, dividends, rent, other
investments
regular payments from ACC or a
private work accident insurer
New Zealand Superannuation or
Veteran’s Pension
other superannuation, pensions
or annuities (other than NZ
Superannuation, Veteran’s Pension or war pensions)
Unemployment Benefit
Sickness Benefit
Domestic Purposes Benefit
Invalid’s Benefit
Student Allowance
other government benefits, government income support payments, war pensions, or paid parental leave
other sources of income, counting
support payments from people who do not live in my household
or no source of income during that time
I've asked Stats NZ but seems to me it'd be a matter of interpretation. If you were receiving WFF from IRD and considered it a tax credit (rebate) would you regard it as "govt income support" payments?
Yes can see your point re: interpretation. I suspect most people who receive WFF would prefer to interpret it as a 'tax rebate' as opposed to the stigma of a 'benefit'. The dangers of extending welfare to the middle class!
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