Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Creative maths - reduced credibility

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Judith Collins is employing some creative maths in this press release. She says there is a total of $750 million owed in benefit debt. But ...

Apologists rally

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John Howard's plans to stop aboriginal child abuse and general lawlessness have provoked a New Zealand rally to show support - not for ...
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Life in the EU

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Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Nobel House 17 Smith Square London ...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007

"Teen sells virginity for $25,000"

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Oh Lord. Don't let the Greens get hold of this . They'll immediately scream, education should be free for all! Well, no, it shouldn...
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Why?

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National Party leader John Key wants to take a more ethnically diverse range of MPs into the next election and is set to make the topic a p...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Why we marched - wilful ignorance

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I can't get past this comment today. At a meeting calling for an end to Maori violence, Organiser Suzanne Pene from South Auckland Fami...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Research Confirms Two Parents Better Than One

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Research Confirms Two Parents Better Than One Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 10:27 am Press Release: Lindsay Mitchell Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 Research ...
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Prediction

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Judith Collins has just put out a release detailing the increasing number of MSD staff administering a decreasing number of benefits. It...

Dumbed down by the DomPost

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There is a world of difference between Richard Long's columns and Michael Bassett's. Bassett would take an issue and give it histori...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

Again - ACT philosophy is not right-wing

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For the record I don't mind ACT supporting Labour IF the support is based on classical liberal principles ie less state and greater indi...
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The Working for Families goose

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I knew WFF represented a fairly dramatic lift in redistribution but the money available continues to surprise me. Here's a couple of sto...
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Saturday, June 30, 2007

"Sicko" is sick

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Many of you will be aware of the new Mike Moore propaganda, "Sicko", which slates the US health system. This is the best and most...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

"Society hates us"

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Feminists are such sad sacks. I don't often look at left-wing blogs but whenever I do the reason why I don't is re-inforced. Drivel...
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Ban on party pills (cont.)

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The NZ Herald has a passable editorial on the matter. Only passable because they state clearly the dangers associated with prohibition but...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

Gift for gangs

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It's richly ironic that at a time when worries about gang culture are foremost the government has gifted them party pills. And let's...
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Get real

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I heard this guy on TV last night asking employers to cut their staff a bit of slack while the America's Cup is on. Because he is. He c...
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Who'd have thought it

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It may be Gordon Brown's dream home, but Downing Street is in a seedier area than folk imagine. In a council house just over the back fe...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Families Commission redundant

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A report from the Families Commission (over 100 pages) basically concludes; The authors argue that assessments of policy impacts on family ...
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Proof that the media treat Maori "unfairly"

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Today's DomPost published a front page photo of Tariana Turia apparently having a wee snooze (she says she just had her eyes shut). The ...
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DICTIONARY FOR WOMEN'S PERSONAL ADS

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DICTIONARY FOR WOMEN'S PERSONAL ADS 40-ish = 49 Adventurous = Slept with everyone Athletic = No tits ...
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Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.
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