Do you mean wealthy nations that rely on the sweat and tears of poor people to get rich?
Well the prospect of humanty killing itself is quite a miserable one isn't it? If that prospect makes one feel miserable then maybe it may prompt some action, rather than the apathetic ostrich syndrome that allows people to ignore the fact that they're ...
I am not so sure what you mean by 'you are falling into your own trap', but needless to say, I agree re food labeling so I am not sure what the issue is. However if you think such labeling is going to suddenly lead to the poor buying the $3.50 loaf of ...
Okay and you think that will make a difference to whether or not someone on a limited food budget may choose between say an unhealthy $1 loaf of white budget bread or a $3.50 healthier bread? In my experience, poor people tend to buy what they can afford ...
@Bill plus +1000...I worry about the progressives, sometimes I can't tell them apart from RWNJs and yet they insist on calling themselves the progressive left. My idea of left and their idea left are quite often very different.
I think a number missed the point of the post or perhaps I was not clear enough, though it doesn't surprise that a few have gone off on a "it's not hard to..." or "let's blame the parents" or "individual responsibility" tangent. It is all good and well ...
Without fully reading Antoine's statements and the little I have read, It kind of seem they're going into 'let's blame the parents' mode, whilst ignoring all the facts...be interesting to see Antoine get to the point so I can come back later and debate ...
See 3.1.2 above :)
The following excerpt from one of the linked articles implicates neoliberal economic policy: "The ongoing consolidation of neoliberalism as the organizing principle of modern society has led to what has been coined the “neoliberal diet” (122): this is the ...
Supposedly sugar taxes are regressive and ineffective https://www.fooddrinktax.eu/sugar-taxes-ineffective-proves-new-study/ - removing GST off fruit and vegetables may be a good start.
Written By: koreropono - Date published: 8:00 am, June 17th, 2018 - 363 comments
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People living in poverty are losing an average of six times more teeth by the age of 38, than people from wealthier backgrounds. A recent article highlights how poverty is driving poor people to take desperate measures to manage their own health issues. It…
I think the figure you have been told may be in reference to a personal spending allowance, not the amount that rest homes receive for caring for people (including feeding them). The link below states the personal spending allowance is $47 per week. It may...
Rising house costs are of course part of the problem (which has been included in poverty analysis for years), but all of these problems (including increased housing costs) were triggered by the economic reforms of the 80's and 90's. That said, I think if ...
So your entire reading comprehension is not as developed as others? You are so silly Gosman, surely even you know that what you are suggesting above is not what I have said. Are you making shit up in your head again?
Oh A. It's always good to be kept on ones toes, but I did not think more recent links were necessary given the wide press that food banks have been getting over recent months, perhaps you don't read, or watch the news then? Never the less here's some stuff...
"Why the use of the term genoicide [sic]" Because it's apt and I can. "there is no indication that the poorer sections of society are being eliminated or even that their life expectancy has fallen since the early 1990’s" Well clearly you are relying on the...
Interesting you seem to think you know more about inequality than people who actually do know about it - not sure where you get your info or which measures you choose to use. As with all stats they can be misleading, misused or abused (for example: https...
Written By: koreropono - Date published: 10:24 am, June 11th, 2018 - 48 comments
Categories: benefits, capitalism, child welfare, class, class war, food, welfare
Tags: charity, child poverty, food banks, food insecurity, health, poverty, tory charity
The 1991 “Mother of All Budgets” led to welfare reforms that are responsible for Aotearoa New Zealand’s growing poverty and inequality. The reverberations of those reforms are reflected in our current negative statistics and the numbers of families living…
@Antoine maybe some reading comprehension lessons wouldn't go amiss either. While stereotypical thinking is the brain's shortcut and strategy to filter information and could be simply classified as 'being human', faulty 'thinking' develops when people ...
@Antoine - the only people who find isolated and limited examples useful, are those who like to create stereotypes to justify the vilification of certain types of people. Those stereotypes are then used to justify the mistreatment of those groups. It's a ...
RedLogix you raise some interesting points but Molly then counters some of those with valid points that I agree with. When you say that "people on each rung of the metaphorical ladder can choose to both help and be helped by those immediately around them" ...
Maybe Kylie needs less support with tax advice but some support around changing her thinking. For example I wonder why she felt guilty about taking her kids for a free haircut? Was it because she thinks that only those who look homeless are deserving of it...
"Each end of the political spectrum argues with considerable justification it’s own ideological view of this paradox; I’ve watched it rage here on and off for years; it goes nowhere and leads to no effective outcome". I disagree. Challenging stereotypes, ...
Written By: koreropono - Date published: 2:46 pm, June 3rd, 2018 - 89 comments
Categories: benefits, class war, uncategorized, welfare
Tags: food banks, oppression, poverty, salvation army, welfare bashing
Families living in poverty, those who rely on food banks have internalised the overt, covert and inadvertent negative discourse that keeps the poverty conversation focused on individual blame, while ignoring the systemic causes of the problem. ‘Two incomes…
I agree and actively support people playing up their 'deficits' in order to gain access to support...but WTF, why should people have to? There are so many contradictions inherent in this system and the only way people can get help is if they carry the ...
Ad, I can't speak for the CMM clients that Andrea Goodman works with and their issues may be 'complex', but I suppose the question that should be asked is, what is driving those supposedly 'complex' issues? In my experience people present for support for a...
Written By: koreropono - Date published: 9:54 am, May 26th, 2018 - 54 comments
Categories: class, families, housing, Social issues
Tags: homelessness, housing affordability, poverty, welfare, women
The homeless are not nameless faceless nobodies, they’re babies, children, women and men all clamouring for a place to call home. A place where they can put down roots and establish a sense of belonging within their local communities. They’re not all the …
Fantastic, I was unaware of other transitional housing for youth, I thought the Dunedin home was a pilot and the first and only one of its kind but I see your example is in Blenheim. It will be interesting to see how these ventures will evidence outcomes ...
Baba Yaga are you attempting your own brand of silencing? You are not my advisor, and yet it is what you are attempting. If I want your advice I will ask for it. Your attempt to minimise the seriousness of structural violence is not surprising but don't ...
Are you suggesting it is okay to create dialogue that creates disadvantage for certain populations? Because that is what Mark Richardson's mouth is doing, it is perpetuating the stereotypes that lead to considerable shame and stigma for those populations ...
+100 @ Muttonbird
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