Labour’s New Student Allowance Destined for Failure – Aotearoa Students’ Alliance
Responding to news of Labour’s new $50 boost to student allowances and living costs, Jack Close, spokesperson for the Aotearoa Students’ Alliancesays:
“Give it 10 years and we’ll be back to square one. A $50 boost now does nothing for those students in the future who face higher costs through rent price inflation.”
“If Labour had any sense, they’d index this increase to the biggest cost students face – rent prices. Instead, they’re promising free tertiary education – a handout for graduates – and a pittance to future generations of students.”
Fair call. But it’s a start. Beneficiaries and superannuitants also deserve a raise.. now. not in the future. And the rentier economic model needs to be expunged from our lives. Root, trunk, branch and leaf.. but a start has been made.