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How NZ punishes our stressed & jobless youth
It’s as if we’re trying to make them emigrate and we don’t want them to have our grand-kids.
The Government has revealed it expects to take away the benefits of up to 4,700 teenagers without jobs, arguing their parents should look after them. This includes 2,733 who are too sick to work, of whom 69% are living with mental health challenges and some who are being treated for cancer.
This comes as the National-led Coalition is cutting benefits in order to compress Government spending below 30% of GDP and bend public debt down towards 30% of GDP: the 30/30 rule both National and Labour have…
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