Well, I'm finding this rise in the Minimum wage all a bit sad and tragic.
Every single piece of media and political coverage I have come across welcomes it as it will: help the families, help get rid of child poverty, put milk on the kids table, buy shoes for the kids. Even the Living Wage advocate (Murile Newman?) is harping on about how it wil lift family income which is great.
Not one single word on Working for Families. Not one!
Dont any of these people realise that the more you earn the less you get in Working for Families benefits?. There are going to be some very disappointed people mid april next year.
I guess on the positive side I should be thankful for labour reducing my tax obligations by shifting the WFF burdon off the taxpayer onto employers. That, along with more PAYE and GST I'm looking forward to my tax reduction on April.