tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post9094529017561925968..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Why so many NZ children are poorLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-60740788090212690412011-08-06T14:37:22.344+12:002011-08-06T14:37:22.344+12:00Anonymous 1:12 - good comment, sir!Anonymous 1:12 - good comment, sir!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-84166807056383461182011-08-05T21:53:50.160+12:002011-08-05T21:53:50.160+12:00Poverty in NZ could be when you cannot afford to p...Poverty in NZ could be when you cannot afford to participate in society.eg:-You have no spare cash to take your children to their school Gala.A vast majority of us place a lot of emphasis on material wealth.We are therefore responsible for what is our definition of poverty.Not just the people who are poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-62846033691999980342011-08-03T15:54:35.534+12:002011-08-03T15:54:35.534+12:00Anon, Best check out the paper I linked to. Defini...Anon, Best check out the paper I linked to. Definitions can include children living in households with either 50 or 60 percent of equivalised median household income. They are relative definitions. Strictly speaking one should always preface 'poverty' with 'relative' when discussing NZ and other developed nations.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-47393206834459328792011-08-03T14:32:32.015+12:002011-08-03T14:32:32.015+12:00Hi Lindsay
Please can you tell me what criteria is...Hi Lindsay<br />Please can you tell me what criteria is used to define a child as being "in poverty"? <br />Obviously this would be somewhat different to that used in say Somalia...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-92139412893375994452011-08-03T13:12:44.981+12:002011-08-03T13:12:44.981+12:00The middle class cannot afford to have more childr...The middle class cannot afford to have more children. They are too busy paying for the children of the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-48871088306432960152011-08-03T11:38:10.042+12:002011-08-03T11:38:10.042+12:00Funny how thi sproblem don't exist in Singapor...Funny how thi sproblem don't exist in Singapore. <br /><br />Maybe its because people just get on and produce things there rather than spending their time writing endless bullshit reports.Redbaiterhttp://truebluenz.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-75399411051336317862011-08-03T08:19:09.624+12:002011-08-03T08:19:09.624+12:00The real problem might be that middle class people...The real problem might be that middle class people don't have many children and are leaving it up to the poor to raise the new generations of New Zealanders.<br /><br />We seem to have lost sight of how important it is to raise children if want our society is to prosper in the future.Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536593172412406428noreply@blogger.com