PRESS RELEASE
LIBERTARIANZ
WELFARE
The Growth is Falling!
Libertarianz social welfare spokesman and Rodney Candidate Sally O'Brien is unimpressed with the dizzying spin on the
release of recent social welfare benefit figures. New benefit figures as at June 30 show the number of working-age
people getting benefits is now a staggering 290,466. A small drop in these numbers has Social Development and Employment
Minister Steve Maharey beaming over the success of his policies. "However", says O'Brien, "a drop to such a horrendous
number is no great achievement when there are shortages of labour in every industry."
Maharey also smarms that "Growth in sickness and invalid beneficiary numbers had been falling." " The growth is
falling?" laughs Ms O'Brien, "This is really not funny. I'm sure most overburdened New Zealand tax payers can see
through that spin: a child can divine what it means when the number on the unemployment benefit has dropped while the
number on sickness benefit has grown."
Whatever the numbers, Libertarianz says that taking money off hard workng New Zealanders for social welfare spending is
immoral. Period. That is theft pure and simple. "We have no problem with individuals and private organisations helping
people out,' says O'Brien, "but compulsory funding through inept successive government buraeucracies ultimately has to
be wound down as soon as possible."
ENDS