Remember we are cutting jobs at mental health foundation to afford tax breaks to the richest landlords

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Martyn Bradbury
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Mental Health Foundation laying off 18% of staff, other charities also facing cuts

    • The Mental Health Foundation plans to cut 18% of its workforce.
    • Other NGOs have also warned they’re likely to need to lay-off staff, as ministries look to freeze and cutback on funding.
    • The foundation says its Government contracts were not keeping pace with rising costs.

The Mental Health Foundation has confirmed it is looking to lay-off almost one in five of its staff.

The foundation is one of a number of charities which Stuff understands are assessing their operations and preparing to make cuts, given they rely on Government funding which is becoming increasingly hard to access.

The foundation, which relies on donations and government contracts, says funding it gets from the Ministry of Health has not kept up with rising costs “over a number of years”.

The political project of the Right is to starve the State of revenue so that wealth can’t be redistributed in the first place.

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They attack the universals the Left fund and build to only focus on funding the ‘worst case scenario’ welfare cases which only serves to drive more people into poverty rather than give them a standard of living they can grow from.

Indeed this Government’s agenda will push up to 13000 children into poverty.

The reason the mental health foundation need to cut is because this Government is more focused on the interests of their donor mates than the people of New Zealand.

These cut backs are happening because this Government is giving the richest landlords a $2.9billion tax break and borrowing $15billion for tax cuts we can’t afford.

Don’t tell me this isn’t a class war! It fucking well is!

This hard right racist climate denying beneficiary bashing Government are literally taking out of the mouths of hungry children to put into the stuffed pockets of the richest amongst us.

That’s a fucking disgrace and Kiwis should hang their head in shame that their post Covid anger was manipulated into electing this Government of malice and spite.

You should be angry, if you aren’t, you’re not paying attention.

 

 

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30 COMMENTS

  1. This government gave $5million to gum boot Friday a group that did not get a penny out of Labour , Millions were earmarked by Labour in the budget for mental health which looked great but little was spent and even less was achieved.
    In 6 years Labour looked after their union mates by creating a bloated public service which unfortunately did not into turn Into more service for the public . It remains to be seen if the cuts are too deep or not

    • “Millions were earmarked by Labour in the budget for mental health which looked great but little was spent and even less was achieved.”

      That is so far from the truth, you could be Trump.
      What you are saying is simply the regurgitated pile of excrement spewed out by the right wing media, right wing parties and it’s supporters, of which you are a hard one. None of what you say is backed by evidence.
      I’d suggest you fact check your statement with those of us on the ground floor and be grateful, should you need medical support in the future.
      What is the truth is that we are now losing staff due to this hard right wing governments funding cuts.. and uncosted unfunded tax cuts.

  3. How can we support Bob and Trevor with their ongoing mental health issues of delusional thinking if National keep gutting the one service that is needed to support the fallout of their reckless and poorly though out cuts. All just for just a $12 a week tax cut. Either the government are morons or their supporters, take your pick.

  4. I think it was in the order of a billion promised for mental health by useless labour liars.

    • As opposed to National who are fine with mentally ill people being dumped in shithole boarding houses.

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