Mike's Minute: We have never given more to people who can't be bothered
There was a headline, my despair and a crime committed all in one story.
So what was the headline?
"Want free tickets to the Warriors in Napier? Fill out your uncompleted census forms."
It's a nice ad for the Government's $150,000 giveaway to dead beats, the lazy, the unengaged and general freeloaders.
The first crime is it's yet another sign of how the Government panders to people who can't be bothered, and use our money to do it.
You know the story so far. The census is clearly a bust and Stats NZ are having to work overtime to get everyone ticked off.
Like with the Covid jab, free stuff is…
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