tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post2993523293033043366..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Policy Quickies: Domestic Purposes Benefitkatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-34972835889804975312008-10-20T16:53:00.000+13:002008-10-20T16:53:00.000+13:00I was quite stunned by some of the policies, parti...I was quite stunned by some of the policies, particularly Act's. They seem to have a real bee in their bonnett about the DPB, which really is one of the smaller benefits in the bigger scheme of things.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977150346842277994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-51636888210646296692008-10-20T16:41:00.000+13:002008-10-20T16:41:00.000+13:00Interesting that NZ First have had another go at e...Interesting that NZ First have had another go at explicitly linking beneficiary status to social 'failure', eg ill health, welfare issues. When they tried this in the form of the proposed Code of Social and Family Responsibility some years ago, it went down like a bucket of crap. <BR/><BR/>It's less fashionable these days to say that beneficiaries are crime-causing P-addicted losers (although there was a flare-up of this sort of talk following the deaths of the poor little Kahui babies). Even John Key will admit to having lived in a state house, which is only a rung up from beneficiary status in the minds of some.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076244041878300351noreply@blogger.com