The welfare safety net was intended for those unable to work because of serious accident or serious sickness.
It has now a ‘lifestyle’. There are some 170,000 people on Jobseeker welfare. There is an old saying, ‘If a man does not work he does not eat’.
I’ve seen enough disabled or impaired people doing some sort of work, from collecting abandoned grocery trollies to physicians in wheelchairs administering medical treatment. Both were workers. Work of any sort adds dignity to one’s self image and adds to the nation’s economy.
This taxpayer-funded lifestyle has to be revised. We are short of workers in so many fields and yet here we are with this huge dependency on the taxpayer handout. Something has to change.
Ian George
Howick
