But 92,000 Kiwis is only about 2% of the population or 1 in 50. That is not really a big uptake at all.
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Hardly anything goes to them. plus they pay a minimum of 20% in tax given how GST and the low flat band of PAYE works. what tax does a property owner pay in terms of percent of income..?
Anyway, it will all end up with a business or to a landlord. Money to them is money to the rich but based on trickle up rather than down.
Wow. As someone who has had the unfortunate experience of being a beneficiary in the past, I find pretty much everything you just said, offensive.
The discussion we were having wasn’t about beneficiaries so once again you are dragging up red herrings. We were talking about people who have lost their jobs due to the COVID situation, particularly those on high incomes with high levels of debt.
By the way, just so you know - yes, while I was raising my children on a benefit, I did have a vegetable garden and fruit trees. Takeaways were a once in a blue moon “treat”, the kids and I were were clothed via op shops and my home was furnished with secondhand furniture and appliances. Later on, I studied full time, while bringing up my kids. Your arrogance and ignorance of how the other half live, is not something you should be proud of. Yes there are exceptions to every rule, but just stop with the beneficiary bashing. You’re embarrassing yourself.
In the UK they are being given close to a full salary on the taxpayer. In Australia there is a neglible difference compared to a minimum wage role compared to welfare.
Here there is an almost 100% improvement if you take full-time work. the poor have been treated poorly under many governments here sadly.