Philip, I will also propose that it's extremely difficult, even dangerous for the poor (both working and not working) to engage in protest of any sort under a right-wing government in the country, because there is the potential for very real negative ...
For all the damage done by the UK Tories, one thing (some of them) actually got right for the good of ALL, not just their donors. And our brand new government even gets a shout out for repealing the smokefree proposals before they had a chance to take ...
Arts and cultural funding in general is an endangered species in NZ. We're governed by a bunch of philistines (successive governments, not just this one). Sports and roads are far more worthy, apparently. RNZ Concert might be 'niche' but it's practically ...
This really is scary. WTF is wrong with people???
Is the the landlords or property managers? Because the latter are nearly always the gateway, and when there's scores of applicants for the one place, guess who won't be shortlisted. Glowing references and credit records better than many workers mean ...
9 to 5 is code for employed, ie not a beneficiary. Because apparently the latter is the worst possible tenant based on anecdotes. Active discrimination by landlords/property managers towards this group has been around for years, and as long as it's a ...
Honestly Weka, there's always going to be some excuse not to do it. "Too complex", "IT", etc etc. The plain fact of the matter is, their system of punishing core benefit increases- and by extension, the relationship rule, the receipt of a one-off modest ...
I was waiting to see the full effects of the annual Winz April Fools Day joke. SLP core benefit- a whole $18 increase. TAS deducted by $4 for having the audacity to increase my income, taking said increase to a whopping $14. Rent about to go up at least $...
Yes, pretty much what the nurse giving my flu jab a few days ago said...
My apologies, you are of course correct about the core benefits not being asset tested, but as Weka points out, the supplementary benefits are. And the major problem here is, that practically EVERYONE receiving a core benefit is now reliant on at least one...
Except that one has to be practically destitute to even get Jobseekers in the first place. Only once they've burned through all their savings and sold off any sellable assets (except the family home), will they qualify for the pittance. That's assuming ...
Thank you, very interesting background. I'm trying to understand where my friend fits into all of this. She doesn't give a damn about belief systems or politics she just wants to be who she is. Her biggest concern has been trying to save for reassignment ...
I agree there is certainly a problem when it comes to incarceration of trans people, due to the nature of prisons and a lot of their occupants. A person's gender identity never precludes them from violence, or other criminal acts as per the rest of the ...
Thank you Robert. I've had my porridge and pills Like I said, just challenging opinions. But I'm well aware I probably won't change any.
I have tried very hard to understand where certain commentators here have been coming from with their trans comments. I've read them, followed some links to see where it stems from. But I am always thinking of my friend, Alexandra. She's a wonderful human ...
Any tips for one who would love to move away from/cut down on cow's milk, but cannot handle the taste of the alternatives? (I've tried and tried, on and off for many years)
Thank you, very interesting.
Was there ever such an agreement in NZ? Specifically, post WW2 and pre-1984? Thinking back to being a kid in the 70s, with a couple of years living on the DPB, even that wasn't poverty like now. So there must have been some sort of agreement by society ...
I make a point of reading the opinion pieces by right-wing columnists, because I want to hear another viewpoint, where they're coming from, and perhaps even alternatives and new ideas- plus, I don't associate with any in real life that I could have these ...
Why does it have to be Labour?
I don't tend to comment on climate change posts because I don't feel like I can say my piece in an intelligent way, but I'll try. I was motivated from replies here to look up 'degrowth' and found the moment's main website which I found to define the ...
Yes, isn't it nice to see them publicly humiliated. Got to enjoy those small dopamine bursts...
Nope. Because (in USA terms), they 'owned the Libs.'
It's quite simple. Traditionally, people reliant on these services don't vote for the Right. So there's no votes to be lost. Plus, we're up against a bunch of sociopaths. What else can you call people who can deliberately cause so much harm to so many ...
That was extremely painful to watch. How is this sort of behaviour even allowed???
Very glad you watched it for me, Phillip :) I lasted (somehow) the length of Q1. Luxon and his masterclass on how not to answer a question and how much he cared about me (a renter). That would explain the retching reaction...
Oh good, I wasn't over-reacting then
I attempted to watch Question time for the first time in a few years. It elicited the reaction of hysterical laughter alternating with nausea and dry retching. Is this normal?
I've somehow fluked out renting privately, I've now spent 25 years in the same place. And the perfect position to observe 'the market' in action. The first 16 years, 'market' rent when I moved in (less than the core Invalid's benefit), and the rent not ...
There are but three certainties in life - death, taxes, and every excuse under the sun for rents to increase.
The only thing I have to look forward to currently is watching with great pleasure, the wailing and whining of said lumps when they find themselves personally affected by nasty policies that should only be hurting poor people (not them!), and when the ...
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