tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post9010962218201165852..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: The Nat's "welfare crackdown" looks timidLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-17664730636785564502011-06-01T17:29:12.939+12:002011-06-01T17:29:12.939+12:00The 55year old I mentioned in an earlier post toda...The 55year old I mentioned in an earlier post today told me he had his request for new glasses confirmed by WINZ.$780 for the frames and $1600 all up paid back at $7 a week. <br />The mind boggles and i wonder if I'm in the wrong game?<br /><br />DirkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-25945703285451529042011-05-31T09:19:34.978+12:002011-05-31T09:19:34.978+12:00Oh, I suppose I could go along with a massive medi...<i>Oh, I suppose I could go along with a massive media campaign to tell New Zealanders that there will be no more DPB from April 1, 2012.</i><br /><br />That would be outrageous (and unacceptable) extremism! :-)Manolonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-30943122156277098842011-05-31T07:54:26.287+12:002011-05-31T07:54:26.287+12:00Oh, I suppose I could go along with a massive medi...<i>Oh, I suppose I could go along with a massive media campaign to tell New Zealanders that there will be no more DPB from April 1, 2012. Could you live with that?</i><br /><br />Now that's real reform at last. But why stop at the DPB?<br />Stop the lot! But even if we stopped every benefit today, NZ's economy is so fucked that we'd still have to borrow billions to get the government's books to balance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com