Posts by Steve Barnes
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I think they are using the next Governments Minimum wage figures.
Addendum..
On the other hand maybe they've let the cat out of the bag that they intend to usurp Labours campaign promise to raise the m/w to $15. It is the sort of disingenuous underhand skulduggery we expect from this mob. -
Hard News: Welfare: Back to the Future?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Clearly their calculation is 20 hours a week at $15/hour, which is just not going to happen.
I think they are using the next Governments Minimum wage figures. ;-)
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Will Mr Key still be going to the Royal Wedding?
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From the Herald
The group proposes a range of "carrots" to help people back to work.
The benefit clawback rate would be cut from 70c for every dollar earned above $80 a week to 55c for every dollar above $20.
That means if you were one of those people disincentiveised by the 70% marginal tax, twice the maximum taxrate for "working" people, to earn more than $80 then you would, in fact be $33 dollars worse off. To get back to the princely sum of $80 take home pay you would have to earn $133.30 which is about half a day on the m/w.
Nice, that should help...
ETA. Considering that to take home $80 on the m/w at the moment means working 6.4 hours that extra 4.2 hours is quite step up in terms of being away from your 14 week old.... -
Hard News: Welfare: Back to the Future?, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
In the WWGs defence, they do concede that people with terminal illnesses should not be incentivised to re-enter the workforce.
Unless their life expectancy exceeds 90 days that is...
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Megan Wegan,
"Politics (from Greek πολιτικός, "of, for, or relating to citizens")" This IS politics...
6.03pm: Death toll confirmed at 17 so far by Civil Defence director John Hamilton. Hamilton is briefing reporters at the Beehive bunker now.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Megan Wegan,
Not to mention, it really doesn’t help.
At a time like this any distraction helps. Sitting at a keyboard telling people to worry does not.
If you want to help, give blood, stay off the phone, volunteer, give advice to those that ask, question your leaders as to how this was possible in a City that has recently been through an earthquake and hasn't even started recovery. This is not political sniping, this is politics.
ETA. OK, forget the giving blood bit. -
Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Sacha,
I could do without the political sniping. Please.
There's snipers now?
Look out Mr Key... -
Deborah sent me over here because, oh, I see it's the same here.
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Can we have some clarification as to what is meant by "5.20 pm: There are reports that Brighton and Lyttelton are "unliveable"."
I hope they don't mean "Unsurvivable"