Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Saturday, December 05, 2015

NBR keeps Xero on the hook

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The world of business is foreign to me. When I first read about Xero I had no idea what kind of animal it was and had to ask Google. Long...
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Quote of the Day

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The care of every man's soul belongs to himself. But what if he neglect the care of it? Well what if he neglect the care of his health ...
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Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Don't tell me what to do about the flag

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Since childhood I've resented being told what I think or should think. If the opinion piece in today's NZ Herald is aimed at changi...
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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Graph of the day

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Many countries which fared far worse during the GFC would envy that household income line. (Looking at the tables, the gap in income ...
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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Using police as arbiters of family disputes

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Here's a familiar statement from today's NZ Herald : Statistics show New Zealand has the highest rate of intimate partner violenc...
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Friday, November 27, 2015

High unemployment decides election outcomes?

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Mike Hosking had a piece in the NZ Herald suggesting that National will be in trouble in 2017 if unemployment is over 6 percent. He may ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

"Won't someone please think of the childless?"

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So said "libertarian" senator David Leyonhjelm from NSW supporting legislation to remove welfare from parents who won't immuni...
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Further dumbing-down at RadioLive

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The only remaining reason I listen to RadioLive is disappearing . Veteran broadcaster Sean Plunket has been axed from RadioLive's mor...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

I wish I'd never read this

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Don't read this story of child abuse and murder if you don't want to start your day depressed. Throughout I felt angry until the ...
Friday, November 20, 2015

DomPost at it again

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The DomPost is a highly manipulative paper. If they publish a piece that is in conflict with their own editorial viewpoint some trick will b...
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Thursday, November 19, 2015

KidsCan talk up a problem they can't solve

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A brief piece in today's DomPost describes how a "crisis" at KidsCan is leading to nearly 600 Wellington school children goin...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

"...being a beneficiary is a type of servitude"

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Over a month ago I wrote about Tuhoe's desire to be paid out benefit money up front to invest in job creation. Today the NZ Herald ha...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

If best attack is hypocritical statistical manipulation, Labour's stuffed

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From Question time today : Grant Robertson: Is it correct that the 46,000 long-term unemployed is the highest level since 1999, other th...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Chris Trotter's feminist phonyism

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Pompous prat Chris Trotter is parading his feminist solidarity by scolding Michelle Boag for not exhorting National women MPs to join the p...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Desperate to be victims

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Several female opposition MPs declared that they are victims of sexual abuse, presumably to stake their credentials for a parliament walk-ou...
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How beneficiaries have experienced the welfare reforms

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Left-wing beneficiary advocates have constantly criticised the use of sanctions (cuts to benefit payments)  to enforce work and social obli...
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Monday, November 09, 2015

Little shows how well-qualified for the job he is

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Politicians in particular are creatures who use statistics to suit their own purposes. They have no compunction in spinning the worst scenar...
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Sunday, November 08, 2015

Selfies illustrate how wealthy we all are

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The latest expose of unequal wealth accumulation by Max Rashbrooke has the NZ Herald featuring photo shots of John Key's son Max and so...
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Only sensible policy swapped for sugar showdown

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The NZ Herald reports , The Labour Party has officially dumped its policies to .... raise the retirement age. Little says it sent t...
Friday, November 06, 2015

State housing - it's about choice, not need

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The government is reducing the number of times a prospective tenant can turn down a property from 3 to 1. It's also increasing stated ...
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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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