tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post3009844170877055969..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Restructuring CYF is not the answerLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-58319161071817407612015-09-27T10:03:54.283+13:002015-09-27T10:03:54.283+13:00Brendan, you ask:
"Why are our so called ...Brendan, you ask:<br /><br />"Why are our so called 'conservative' politicians blind to these facts, these outcomes?"<br /><br />Umm.....that would because there are no actual Conservative politicians currently in Parliament.<br /><br />If you can find me any of the current 121 who could be identified by what is probably the most accurate and succinct list of what defines classical Conservatism (below), I am happy to be corrected:<br /><br />http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/detail/ten-conservative-principles/<br /><br />As someone who works and teaches on the frontline of this industry, and as someone who researches the outcomes of social services, I am in whole-hearted agreement with Lindsay that core issues are not being identified -to do so would take a level of ethical and moral courage absent in our current Parliament.<br /><br />I almost choked on my coffee when Anne Tolley rationalised her direction as being based on the Vulnerable Children's "White paper".<br /><br />I eviscerated that document years ago:<br /><br />http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1210/S00180/white-paper-a-whitewash-says-counsellor.htmSteve Taylorhttp://www.24-7.org.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-21838064323681725492015-09-25T17:45:05.237+12:002015-09-25T17:45:05.237+12:00And here are some real police - http://www.twincit...And here are some real police - http://www.twincitytimes.com/events/enough-is-enough-mainers-have-a-right-to-know-how-their-money-is-spent#more-4652Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-41766820453944889022015-09-25T17:43:13.284+12:002015-09-25T17:43:13.284+12:00Restructuring CYF is not the answer
Closing it do...<i>Restructuring CYF is not the answer</i><br /><br />Closing it down - and stopping <b>all</b> it's welfare spending isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-51883388102108440262015-09-25T10:45:58.722+12:002015-09-25T10:45:58.722+12:00Thanks Margaret, I have seen that article and spec...Thanks Margaret, I have seen that article and specifically remember quoting the phrase about welfare "decoupling fertility and marriage" in an article for the Listener:<br /><br />http://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.co.nz/2014/07/listener-column-greatest-risk.htmlLindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-53844359612428251232015-09-25T10:13:01.350+12:002015-09-25T10:13:01.350+12:00Hi Lindsay
This is not a comment - but I couldn&#...Hi Lindsay<br /><br />This is not a comment - but I couldn't work out how to email you.<br /><br />You might be interested in this article - I have only read the abstract and not the full article but it seemed to be something that you would want to know about:<br /><br />http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sjoe.12144/abstract;jsessionid=96103C9BE8B4E8DA8FD9A1008271E3EA.f03t01<br /><br />Abstract:<br />We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on demographic trends in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous variation in public social spending, due to varying degrees of political fractionalization (i.e. the number of relevant parties involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and divorce rates with a quantitatively stronger effect on the marriage rate. We conclude that the welfare state supports family formation in the aggregate. Further, we find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the organization of the average family.<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />MargaretAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-3973309525636053012015-09-25T08:59:39.719+12:002015-09-25T08:59:39.719+12:00Lindsay, such common sense from you as usual.
W...Lindsay, such common sense from you as usual. <br /><br />Why are our so called 'conservative' politicians blind to these facts, these outcomes?<br /><br />Could it be that we have passed a tipping point, where no politician from the left or right believes they can touch entitlement welfare for teenage mothers without risking their political future?<br /><br />We are in the third term of the most popular (populist?) 'conservative' Government this country has seen for decades and yet they won't touch this issue other than to tinker lamely around the edges. This does not provide much cause for optimism I'm afraid.Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com