Tim Dower: National's beneficiary sanctions are unlikely to work

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Sep 26, 2023 · 2m

I guess it had to come at some point in the campaign... National's traditional swipe at the beneficiaries.

I really don't know why they do this, sanctions of one kind or another have been tried and tried again, but the fact is they really don't work.

This time the formula includes mandatory community work experience, and of course benefit cuts or suspensions.

None of its new. We've seen variations of this kind of thing for decades and little ever seems to change.

Fact of the matter is we are carrying a cohort of people who are satisfied enough with a life on the bludge.

They could work, but…