Quote Originally Posted by Balance View Post
In time of austerity and tight budgets, working families are having to make sacrifices and I know of many who have postponed or cancelled overseas trips in favour of domestic trips/holidays.

The budget allocated to Disability Community (by Labour) has run low and so, sacrifices have to be made via reallocation of what's left so that the disabled needs are prioritized.

Or should the government just keep topping up?

Where are the cuts? If anyone is to be blamed, it's Labour for not allocating enough in the first place in last year's budget.

Meanwhile, Labour by Hipkins' own admission spent big on Kiwibuild and Auckland Light Rail , knowing full well they were undeliverable projects, with bugger all to show for the hundreds of millions $$$$$$$$$$$ spending. Just keep topping up and wasting the money.

Most transparent government ever!
The disabled have a constant struggle for equal access to living a life that most would accept as normal.
The Government has just made that struggle more difficult.

You refer to domestic trips instead, that doesn't work for someone who has business overseas to perform. The Government have cut funding for inter regional travel either.

Lots of transparency here eh Balance.
Didn't campaign on cuts to the disability sector.
Didn't consult with the disability sector.