Beneficiaries on money cards may not be able to pay rent
Beneficiaries sanctioned with money management cards will often be unable to pay rent, government data shows, putting them at risk of homelessness.
The sanction for non-complying Jobseekers would lock half their benefit into payment cards that cannot be spent on rent – but official statistics from MSD show the average beneficiary is already spending more than 53 percent of their income on housing costs.
And although total incomes for beneficiaries have increased by 3.8 percent – $18 a week – that increase shrinks to 0.5 percent when inflation and housing costs are taken into account.
One beneficiary RNZ spoke to says it already feels like the system’s punishing them for being poor – and the changes will make it harder for them to get back into work.
The point of this cruelty is to make being on welfare so difficult people are literally forced off.
Every 3 months National roll out a new threshold that triggers benefit sanctions and to date everyone is so frightened of being dumped off welfare they meet all their obligations. In response, National lower the threshold…
…all in 5 working days. This isn’t welfare, it’s a punishment system designed to trip beneficiaries up so they can be disqualified from welfare.
We are throwing 50 000 off welfare into the teeth of rising Unemployment while punishing the disabled by forcing them to access the dreaded MSD for any support.
Forcing beneficiaries onto a card payment system that they can’t use to pay their rent will force them onto the streets, that’s the point!
This is wilful malice in the hope it breaks beneficiaries and makes them stop using welfare altogether.
We are literally forcing them onto the streets.
Increasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice – please donate here.
Next they will be demanding beneficiaries to stand in a single line and lead them to the showers.
Lets just give people free money for ever. Ask nothing off them give them free money.
Sure that will work out well.
Yes – UBI. Good idea but surpised to see it coming from the right.
Free money to landlords forever Maninblack?
Let’s face it a social welfare system is required particularly when we have an economic model that cannot ensure that there are enough jobs for everyone but surely it is better for everyone in society if those on the dole have to work approx 3 days a week (so they still have time to attend any interviews etc) in community assistance programmes etc?
The people on the dole will feel like they are contributing to society and remain socially engaged with others / society benefits from this help / others not on the dole etc see that those that are are contributing . . win win unless you are on the dole with no intention of ever getting off or contributing to society and if so fuck them anyway.
Mean while these same shitty ministers are cutting funding for those very organisations that you speak of so where are these 200 k free labour units going to go to do this community service .
‘Lets just give people free money for ever. Ask nothing off them give them free money.
Sure that will work out well.’
So are you talking about Paula Rebstock, Ruth Richardson, Don Brash and other ‘consultants’ who get shitloads of money for making reports that tell the National Party and business people what they want to hear?
Still I suppose if you bastards are spending time here criticisng beneficiaries you are not torturing small animals to death.
The unemployed are national heroes.
Their sacrifice allows the government to wilfully maintain a pool of unemployed and thus keep wages low.
This satisfies the needs and wishes of their political donors. Instead of gratefully recognising the sacrifices of the unemployed by providing them a barely livable benefit this administration chooses to practise sadism.
‘The unemployed are national heroes’ – pretty low bar there . . subterranean even.
I agree with Richard the current bunch of ministers are the second half of your sentence
We presently let banks have free money when they create the digital dollars/currency that they lend out in mortgages ,,, “”This article will describe the monetary base, explain how broad money is created through the bank lending process”
“There are several forms of money. Some are created by the Reserve Bank directly, and others are created by commercial banks via interactions with their customers”(mortgages)”
” There is currently just under $9 billion of physical currency in circulation” ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,”However, the monetary base is small relative to the total money supply.” ,,,,, “However, the monetary base is small relative to the total money supply. The money most people use in their daily lives is known as broad money” ( 98%), ”
“Money creation can be profitable for banks, because they charge more interest on loans than they pay on deposits.”
“The amount of money created through bank lending is ultimately determined by the supply of and demand for bank loans. ” ….
Don’t let your ignorance hold you back from pissing on the average and poor people in our society Maninblak ( or is that man in the dark) ….
The problems with this toxic system should be as obvious as the un- affordable housing crisis and huge profits for banks ,,,,
Do you think people spending more and more of their money to live in a house is good for the economy ??
How many jobs does this rob a country of ????
Who are the non-productive free loaders here ?
https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/119527/reserve-bank-explains-how-broad-money-created-through-bank-lending-process-and
,,,,, “
When I was a beneficiary, we had our rent taken out before we got our benefit that way we didn’t end up in any arrears and it was not an automatic payment or a direct debit it was organised through the bank. Based on my experience of being on the DPB this is a mean and punitive policy.
What’s means if giving them a card, when they can be hped to pay rent bty the state if you are one of their tenants. The state can take money from peoples account for fines and debts so to protect peoe from themselves they can take their rent out of their benefit so they will never fall into any arrears. What’s punitive is forcing them to apply for jobs that don’t exist, bringing more immigrants here when we don’t have enough jobs or houses for kiwis. These policies are exacerbating poverty and homelessness.
Has everyone forgotten about programs designed to equip unemployed people with training and skills so they don’t have sanctions, so they can receive an income in the interim, and so homelessness does not increase
What no one has explained is why do we need social wellfare in the first place ?.I am led to believe we feed 40 million people a day but here in NZ 1 million dont have enough food every day .Then Im told people that dont have a job are just lazy ,all the while the government is slashing and burning as many jobs as it can along with the support agencies that the unemployed need for retraining or what ever they may need to get back into work .
If we are such a great country where are the 200 k jobs that these people need ?and why are we importing people to fill the 16k jobs that are listed .Clearly we are short of 184k jobs yet we continue to allow 100k extra people per year to come here to live and provide them with better services than our own .
Comments are closed.