Mike's Minute: Cost of living payment circus turning into a political mess

Best of Business · Aug 2, 2022 · 1m

The Ggovernment's cost of living sop, cock up, circus, or whatever you want to call it, now has the potential to turn into a real political crisis.

Issue one; they knew those offshore would get the money. So, money was going to people that weren't in the country, which was one of the Government's key criteria.

Issue two; their excuse was it was too hard to do it any other way.

Issue three; it added to inflation. The very problem they were trying to address by handing out the money.

Issue four; it was money they never had in the first place.

Issue five; they had no idea how many people would…