CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS
SOCIAL SECURITY
To the Editor Sixty-six seems to think he is very hard done by, because his wife cannot draw social security, being several years younger than himself. He is a lucky man, as he pays no taxes and it is taxpayers' money that he is drawing. He must remember that other people have retired on a fixed income, and no matter how small the income must pay taxes on that income and also bear the increased cost of living, just to receive universal superannuation of £20 a year at 65 years of age, not 60. If a person happens to be late in applying, the Government will only pay from the time the application was received. I know a person who was 51 months late when applying for superannuation and was paid only for the month following the application. I think it would be better for the Government to remit all taxes on people with incomes of £300 per year or less, and a person drawing social security should be satisfied with what the Government is doing for him, if he did not help to provide for himself. SEVENTY-ONE.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 94, 21 April 1945, Page 4
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