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  • "Equivalised disposable income net-of-housing-costs"

    From Rich80105@3:770/3 to All on Friday, February 10, 2017 07:50:25
    In orwellian Nat-speak, poverty doesn't exist, but they truth does
    wriggle through sometimes . . ..

    See http://socialreport.msd.govt.nz/economic-standard-of-living/population-with-low-incomes.html

    It shows a remarkeable correlation between rises in "low income
    households."

    The exclusion of housing costs nicely ensures that the figures are not comparable with other countries - and for New Zealand we know that the reduction in home ownership under National is already leading to more
    elderly people seeking food bank assistance, and that will only have
    got worse since 2016 get worse. (International comparisons allow for
    housing costs).

    So despite the word "poverty"not being allowed under Nat-speak, there
    is a relevant government report that appears to have been slipped
    though without significant media attention - for commentary see: http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2017/02/sweeping-failure-under-carpet.html

    Importantly, it is official recognition that National believe the
    measure used is relevant . . .

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  • From Gordon@3:770/3 to rich80105@hotmail.com on Friday, February 10, 2017 05:00:42
    On 2017-02-09, Rich80105 <rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    In orwellian Nat-speak, poverty doesn't exist, but they truth does
    wriggle through sometimes . . ..

    See http://socialreport.msd.govt.nz/economic-standard-of-living/population-with-low-incomes.html

    It shows a remarkeable correlation between rises in "low income
    households."

    The exclusion of housing costs nicely ensures that the figures are not comparable with other countries - and for New Zealand we know that the reduction in home ownership under National is already leading to more
    elderly people seeking food bank assistance, and that will only have
    got worse since 2016 get worse. (International comparisons allow for
    housing costs).

    So despite the word "poverty"not being allowed under Nat-speak, there
    is a relevant government report that appears to have been slipped
    though without significant media attention - for commentary see: http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2017/02/sweeping-failure-under-carpet.html

    Importantly, it is official recognition that National believe the
    measure used is relevant . . .

    And so do you Rich, otherwise why post about it?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3)