Welfare
"If you give a man a fish, he will have a single meal; if you teach him how to fish, he will eat all his life." - Kuan Tzu
"If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side." - Orson Scott Card
- Victim Culture Puts Paid to a Sense of Responsibility
- Scapegoating Economic Reforms Futile
- Ministers Stuck in a Dead End Paradox
- An Independent Commissioner?
- Time Spent on DPB Nearly Double Government's Claims
- Barker Doesn't Grasp The Real Issue
- Demands from the CPAG Dangerous
- Family Commission Should Call For Privatisation
- Child Tragedies Needn't Be Inevitable
- Child Poverty - Whose Fault Is It?
- Bashing Would-be Welfare Reformers
- Another Ineffectual Maharey Move
- Maharey Says Benefit Levels Too Low
- Maharey Makes Meaningless Promise
- DPB Mothers Destined to 'dabble'
- Are Parents Choosing Welfare For Their Children?
- DPB cost grows from $250,000 to $2,300,000,000
- CPAG Pushing The Wrong Solution
- 'De Facto' Definition Dangerous
- DPB Numbers Up
- What's Wrong With Welfare?
- Dunne Protests Too Much
- Bradford Should Give Beneficiaries a Break
- Government Sells Us a Pup
- Greens' Family Benefit a Ploy
- New Green MP Rejects Two-Parent Families
- Greens Get It Wrong Again
- The Growth of Single Parenthood: Is It a Problem?
- Happy Families Cannot Be Legislated For
- DPB Recipients in Higher Income Bracket
- How to Avert a Tragedy
- Labour Ignoring US Success
- Labour Slams Door on Debate Again
- Labour Steps Up Welfare Wagers
- The Lesser Known Facts
- Maharey Missing the Point
- Maharey Mucking About Again
- Maharey on Mikus
- United Future supports 'Ambulances for Africa'
- More Sole Parents - More Dead End Dependency
- It's Not Just About Being Poor
- New Zealand a Non-Starter
- Outlook Remains Bleak For Many New Zealand Children
- Political Correctness the Loser, Personal Responsibility the Winner
- Welfare - Passing the Point of No Return
- Public Misled on DPB - Campaigner
- Reality Shock for United Future
- Women's Refuge Claim Misguided
- Replace DPB With Dole
- Ripping Off the DPB
- Same Old, Same Old, Steve
- Dear Steve, Save Me the Sociology Lecture
- Steve's Idea of Success Sucks
- Strong Job Market Fails to Impact on DPB
- There Is No Plan
- Unemployment Drops? Yeah, Right!
- US Reforms Reduce Teenage Births
- Petitioner Disputes Benefit Figures Used By Maharey
- Welfare Hurts Children
- What Mr. Maharey Doesn't Want Us To Know
- What's The DPB Got To Do With Me?
- Will United Future Change its Mind?
- Wrong to Blame Poverty for our High Infant Mortality
- Better Off on a Benefit
- PM Rejects OECD Report Finding
- More DPB 'Largesse' Revealed
- Government Family Policy Reinforcing Bad Choices
- Why Minimum Wages Do More Harm Than Good
- Treasury Right - DPB Numbers Highest This Century
- No-Go Zones Must Go On DPB
- Playing the Blame Game Won't Solve Anything
- Fairness
- Too Many Children Already Live in No-Go Zones
- Disturbing DPB Trends
- Clamping Down On Child Support 'Dodgers' A Red Herring
- Court Of Appeal Decision Opens A Can Of Worms
- Welfare
- Government Unconcerned at High Numbers Born Onto a Benefit
- Why The Middle Class Family Is In Economic Crisis
- Unemployment Rise Since Work - Testing Scrapped
- Two Parents Overtaken By One
- Family Budget
- Aussie Budget: Work to Welfare
- Budget Will Drive More Budget Breakdown
- A Reality Check on Welfare Spending
- Throwing The Baby Out With The Individual Responsibility
- Ministry Data Shows Sharp Increase In DPB Numbers
- More Maori Children on Welfare
- DPB Holds Back GDP
- Unemployment Rises For Sole Parents
- The Role of a Father
- Statistics NZ Project More One Parent Families
- Father's Day Feel-Good 'Fact' Misleads
- 'Penalty' A Hoax
- "The State Of The Family" A Load Of Rubbish
- It's Called Pseudo-Success, Steve
- Child Poverty And Unsafe Sex
- Growth In Benefits Outstrips Population Increase
- Māori Teenage Birthrate Is A Problem
- Benefit Expenditure Hits All-Time High
- Rick Barker - Naysayer And PC Apologist
- Not Everybody Benefits From "Low" Unemployment
- Cut Price Kids A Choice
- Welfare Dependancy Still Rife
- CPAG Reject Personal Responsibility
- More Mistakes From Welfare Ministers
- Brash Right - Maharey Denies Reality
- United Future's Brain-Child a Dud
- Multiple Stays on DPB Accumulate
- Changes To Benefit System Bad Move
- Support For Single Parents To Return To Work
- Brash Watered-Down Again
- Way To Go, Steve!
- DPB Expenditure Hits All-Time High
- Maharey All Talk
- DPB Numbers Down But Duration Of Stay Up
- Parents Should Be Doing The Counting
- NZ Sole Mothers - Second Lowest Employment Rate
- Taxpayers Should Be Viewed As 'Clients'
- An Astonishing Admission
- Maharey Spin Knows No Bounds
- High Taxes 'Inspirational'?
- Mixed News On DPB
- Teenagers Move From Dole To DPB
- Katrina Puts Poverty Back On The Agenda
- Trailing The World In Welfare Reform
- One-Parent Families To Reach Quarter-Million Mark
- "Shit Happens" Says Maharey
- The Transformation of Welfare
- Benefit Dependency Rates Don't Reflect Record Low Unemployment
- Ministry Says Work-Test Sole Parents
- Facing The Problem Of Teenage Parenthood
- Harawira: Government Keeps Maori Dependent On Welfare
- Why The CPAG Should Lose In Court
- Minister And Ministry At Odds
- The Real Oil
- Number of one-parent families up by 23 percent
- Auckland Defies DPB Drop
- Kids at School, Still on Benefit
- Debt Levels Higher on DPB
- The Size and Nature of the Welfare Problem
- Single Benefit Dropped?
- Quick Fix Remedy The Wrong One
- Govt. Admits High Rate of Non-Working Homes
- CPAG Not Acting In Best Interests Of Children
- DPB Campaign Broadens
- Minister Relying on Guesswork
- Maori Party Must Refocus
- Contemplating Pregnancy on a Benefit
- Cross-party Talk Must Focus On DPB
- Teenage Parenthood Traps Maori
- How Big Is This Problem?
- "Blitz" On DPB More Urgent
- Living Standards About More Than Income
- Why The Gap Has Widened
- NZ Fails Where US Succeeds
- Sunday's Babies
- Having Kids On Welfare A Growing Trend
- Benefit Rises Lead To More Single Mums
- Plan For Teenage Parents Not Nearly Enough
- MSD CE Blocks Information Release
- Unemployment Low, Welfare Spending High
- DPB Sleight-Of-Hand
- Growth in Sickness and Invalid Benefits
- NZ Parents Pay More Child Support
- Under 1 in 5 Benefit Applicants New
- Benson-Pope Misleads Parliament
- Welfare Beneficiaries Not Screened
- Maori Women Four Times More Likely To Be On The DPB
- Teenage Benefits Passport To Long-Term Dependency
- Drop In DPB Numbers Challenged
- Growth In Invalids' Benefit Under The Spotlight
- Maori Party Say DPB Part Of Their Culture
- Hand-out Mentality Hurts Workers and Employers
- Minister Wrong About Sickness And Invalid Benefits
- Teenage Birthrate Climbs Again
- Removal Of S59 A Gross Failure To Tackle Child Abuse
- Minister Ignores Own Department's Research
- NZ: Highest Rate Of Lone Parents On Welfare
- From DPB To Sickness And Invalid Benefits - A Record
- Astonishing Recommendation By Parliamentarians
- Delayed Motherhood Improves Outcomes
- Minister Mistaken Over Growth In Incapacity Benefits
- More Migrants On DPB and Sickness Benefits
- Sweden's Ban On Smacking A Failure
- Question Mark Over Youth Unemployment
- Minister Contradicted By Own Ministry
- Maori 8 Times More Likely To Be Teenage Parents On Welfare
- Research Confirms Two Parents Better Than One
- National's Welfare Agenda Equals The Status Quo
- Teenage Birth Rate Rises Again
- Losing The War On Family Violence
- Single Parenthood: Problem Or Not?
- DPB For A Decade Or More
- National Return To Work-Testing - A Dud
"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle." - Winston Churchill
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