Why would you be driving around South Auckland ? Rubbernecking at the poor?
And from my observation, beneficiaries and superanuitants havwe always been better off under a National Govt.
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Because I have friends who live in South Auckland (Papatoeoe, Takanini & Papakura) - hard working self-employed individuals who can only afford to live there while they build up their businesses. One young couple works more than 12 hour days (7.30 am to 9 pm) 7 days a week - doing plastering. Another runs a hair-dressing business which operates everyday from 10 am until 9 pm. They all grow most of their own vegetables and fruits in their small gardens.
Meanwhile, they look and wonder at the unemployeds in their area who laze around the whole day, smoke like chimneys, watch sports on Sky TV and eat KFC & other takeaways while living in Kainga Ora provided accommodation.
Superannuants aren't any better are they.. or do they belong to a more correct ethnicity? They can't rebel in a meaningful way or do crime so subsidies to them are less important if politics wasn't an issue. You invest in those with potential if you want a positive future which is not the old who didn't save with ample opportunity.
It was clear he was pivoting towards certain demographics through his comments so I simply responded to that.
Interesting question. I've completed a National Super application form ( IIRC 23pages ) and the application form requires an ethnicity declaration. Must be relevant surely?
See;
https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/do...pplication.pdf
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No doubt you've seen the official reason.
"We collect this
information for statistics
we use in research and
future development work."
Whatever that means.
Page 23. Meaning quite clear I'd say.
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Page 24. Even clearer. If you put "Jedi Knight", chop chop.
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This is quite a shocking statement from you. We live in a parliamentary democracy. This Committee was formed after this most "open and transparent Government" in NZ's history shut down Parliament. Unlike Helen Clark and John Key with 9/11 and Chch earthquakes. They called a special session of Parliament to vote on their response to those situations to give it legitimacy.
You speak like Jacinda is and should be an all powerful dictator. While she is definitely becoming that way, it doesn't mean we should accept it.