Clive Bibby: Breaking the dependency cycle for good.

After studying the background to our national dependency stats, any reasonable observer will come to the unmistakable conclusion that the real problems lie with a relatively small minority who are genuinely in need of care that the State is almost always capable of providing.

In other words, many of the seemingly tragic examples of families forced “through no fault of their own” to be living in cars or sub standard shelter while suffering from the health issues associated with those environments, are to a large extent a political construct exacerbated by a party (or parties) desperate for power and a blatantly anti-government MSM.

Gary Moller: The Evolution and Decline of New Zealand's Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)

The article linked here motivated me to write this article:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360530697/acc-uniquely-kiwi-success-story-we-need-ask-questions-about

Lindsay Mitchell: Carte blanche to keep having kids on a benefit

An evidence brief prepared for Oranga Tamariki and published in April 2021 contains some fascinating data.

It looks at people born 1997 to 2002. At around 60,000 each year that should be around 300,000. And so it is:

The first group is those who had interaction with both care and protection (CP) and youth justice (YJ). You can figure the rest from there.

Lindsay Mitchell: No better time to be a beneficiary

There are now so many Work and Income rules that have either been repealed, ignored or broken since 2017 that it's worth making a list:

1/ The penalty for not naming the father of a child dependent on a sole parent benefit was abolished. Taxpayer now picks up the liable parent contribution.

2/ The requirement to ensure a child on a benefit is attending early childhood education/ school and enroled with a GP is ignored.

3/ Sanctions for not meeting appointment and work obligations have declined significantly: