Values man critical
The Government’s in the domestic purposes benefit was “financial blackmail,” said the Values Party Heal).
Low-income people would have to continue living together in bitterness and strife, while the rich could change homes and partners without any financial worries. “This is an appalling situation,” Mr Heal said.
“The Values Party unhesitatingly condemns the Minister of Social Welfare for proposing such legislation,” he said. “The present circumstances in New Zealand which display such a high proportion of broken marriages are more than what Mr Walker termed a ‘worrying social trend.’
“They reflect the inhuman philosophy and political dis* honesty of the people who have ruled us since the late 19605.”
However, Mr Heal said that his party agreed that improved counselling services were an admirable move, and that fathers of illegitimate children should be relentlessly chased to ensure that they contributed towards the cost of bringing up the children.
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