Teo Chee Hean: "$1.80 Chicken Rice @ Pasir Ris Blk 446"

[winnipegjets]

Minimum wages do nothing to solve poverty.

Even if your statement is true, which it is not, minimum wage boosts the economy by increasing aggregate demand.

The current annual income of a Kiwi in the minimum wage assuming an 8 hour a day, 40 hour work week is already NZD30.000 and it is set to rise next next year.

Then the minimum wage is not sufficient high to be a living wage, that's why child poverty is so prevalent. Raise it higher than.

 

[winnipegjets]

Wow, my salary only average $500/month.

You got apply for the PAP grants or not? PAP says they have lots of programmes to help the poor leh. And you definitely fall into that category.

 

[winnipegjets]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/9492016/One-in-four-Kiwi-children-living-in-poverty

One in four Kiwi children living in poverty

BEN HEATHER

Last updated 05:00 09/12/2013

More children living in crammed homes are ending up in hospital, as a new report shows one in four children remain mired in poverty.

A new rigorous measure of child poverty released today shows that about one in six Kiwi children are going without basic necessities. This could mean not having a bed, delaying a doctor's visit or missing out on meals.

It also shows hospital admissions for children with medical conditions linked to poverty are rising. Tens of thousands of children are admitted every year for respiratory and infectious diseases associated with living in damp, overcrowded homes.

"I see these poor preschool children in crowded homes that are cold and damp coming in with skin infections. They are filling our wards," Children's Commissioner Russell Wills, a Hawke's Bay paediatrician, said.

Children, particularly the youngest, remain the most impoverished group of New Zealanders, three times more likely to live in poverty than those past retirement age.

And the gap between those going without and the rest is showing no signs of narrowing, with children born to solo beneficiary parents by far the most likely to get sick or injured.

But child poverty is also reaching far beyond beneficiaries, with about two out of five impoverished kids living in working families. Overall 265,000 children live in poverty, which is measured by children living in households with less than 60 per cent of the median income after housing costs.

The report, called the Child Poverty Monitor, was commissioned by Dr Wills after the Government rejected calls to start a comprehensive measure of child poverty.

Instead the commissioner recruited private funding from Wellington charity J R McKenzie Trust and will now report back every year on the health and well-being of our most vulnerable children.

It is the second report in less than a week that has shone a poor light on child poverty, with Unicef reporting last week that New Zealand was failing to uphold the rights of children.

Otago University senior clinical epidemiologist Liz Craig, who helped write the commissioner's report, said it showed New Zealand had yet to "turn the corner" of poor child health.

So, why is this the case? House prices too high like in sinkapore?

 

[laksaboy]

You got apply for the PAP grants or not? PAP says they have lots of programmes to help the poor leh. And you definitely fall into that category.

You mean programmes such as the GST which help the poor? Where do I sign up?

 

[Leongsam]

So, why is this the case? House prices too high like in sinkapore?

Two primary reasons.

1) Every time the minimum wage is put up, it pushes up the prices of goods and services so there is no net gain in purchasing power.

2) Those on the minimum wage live from hand to mouth no matter how much the minimum wage is set at. Increase the minimum wage and they'll spend the extra on smokes and alcohol and the pokies instead of using the extra funds to feed their children.

 

[bakkuttay]

Two primary reasons.

Increase the minimum wage and they'll spend the extra on smokes and alcohol and the pokies instead of using the extra funds to feed their children.

stop your generalisation, better you go get sheep fuck.

 

[Leongsam]

stop your generalisation, better you go get sheep fuck.

It's hardly a generalisation. I've seen it happen with my own eyes. I did social work for almost 2 years before I gave up in disgust.

 

[bakkuttay]

It's hardly a generalisation. I've seen it happen with my own eyes. I did social work for almost 2 years before I gave up in disgust.

saw a few cases, and assume it is the world. in social work, of course you are not assigned plunderers like laukayu and woodengoh.

otherwise you will quote all sinkies are bastards. really blinkered frog in a well.

 

[Leongsam]

saw a few cases, and assume it is the world. in social work, of course you are not assigned plunderers like laukayu and woodengoh.

otherwise you will quote all sinkies are bastards. really blinkered frog in a well.

I saw at least 5 cases every week. I had to do the interviews to assign them to the appropriate financial counselor. Over the first year I interviewed almost 200 hard luck stories.

All had the same sob stories of being unable to make ends meet. A bit of probing revealed that they were throwing their money down the drain in a variety of ways.. eg eating out, sky cable TV, season tickets to rugby games, cell phone for every family member, holidays they could not afford.... the list was endless.

 

[bakkuttay]

2 year 104 weeks x 5 case = 520 cases per2 year per volunteers

520 cases x 20 volunteers = 10400 social cases per 2 year handled by volunteers

exclude cases handled by full time social workers.

hahahahahhahahaaaaa...............

 

[Leongsam]

2 year 104 weeks x 5 case = 520 cases per2 year per volunteers

520 cases x 20 volunteers = 10400 social cases per 2 year handled by volunteers

exclude cases handled by full time social workers.

hahahahahhahahaaaaa...............

I did about 40 interview sessions in the first year.... 4 to 6 cases over a two to three hour period to gather basic details. NZ shuts down during summer, easter holidays, Waitangi week etc so the full compliment of 52 weeks a year is not available.

The 2nd year I stopped doing interviews and was assigned 12 cases which I had to sit down with on a regular basis to help them with budgeting.

It was a soul destroying experience. I lost faith in mankind. I gave up after the 2nd year and I now help at the animal shelter instead. It's a lot more rewarding.

 

[bakkuttay]

your 2 years, you gave up.

my 10 years, maybe i better check in IMH now.

hahahhahahahahahahaaaaaa..............

 

[KNNBNBCB]

I did about 40 interview sessions in the first year.... 4 to 6 cases over a two to three hour period to gather basic details. NZ shuts down during summer, easter holidays, Waitangi week etc so the full compliment of 52 weeks a year is not available.

The 2nd year I stopped doing interviews and was assigned 12 cases which I had to sit down with on a regular basis to help them with budgeting.

It was a soul destroying experience. I lost faith in mankind. I gave up after the 2nd year and I now help at the animal shelter instead. It's a lot more rewarding.

KNNBCCB la :oIo:

This just proves that NZ people are all one kind type, son of bitches lazy bastards.

 

[bakkuttay]

KNNBCCB la :oIo:

This just proves that NZ people are all one kind type, son of bitches lazy bastards.

i concur. waiting for the mysterious zappings

hahahhahahaahahaa...............

 

[Leongsam]

KNNBCCB la :oIo:

This just proves that NZ people are all one kind type, son of bitches lazy bastards.

Yup they're just like Singaporeans. They don't know how lucky they are compared to most other countries.

 

[vtran2684]

Yup they're just like Singaporeans. They don't know how lucky they are compared to most other countries.

luck is relative.

 

[Confuseous]

You mean programmes such as the GST which help the poor? Where do I sign up?

Try signing up for CHAS for a start:

http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/03/30/reader-discloses-difficulties-in-applying-for-chas/

 

[bushtucker]

$1.80 chicken rice? Let's all go down and see whether this deal zun bo or not.

don't bother. i've eaten there before. peasants like us pay $2.50.

 

[Char_Azn]

 

[vtran2684]

I await CCS, LHL's and then LKY's food pictures!