Pay for not working
Sir,—l agree with J. P. Stuart (January 28) that the introduction of the welfare system in New Zealand was politically motivated. It was the first step towards socialism, the State’s control of the individual. Since that time people have developed the attitude that it is the State’s responsibility to look
after them in old age, unemployment, solo-parenthood, sickness, and so on at the expense of the taxpayer’s right to the fruits of his own labour — the very reason he works. Mr Stuart’s glowing account of the Soviet economy and living standards sounds like Soviet disinformation to persuade readers that Government control is desirable and will solve all our problems. The only way to overcome unemployment, in my opinion, is to remove the incentive to be unemployed — that is, all handouts, and increase the incentive to be employed by reducing the tax that the Government demands. In other words, less Government involvement in the individual’s finances and life. — Yours, etc.,
M. J. DONNALL. February 4, 1985.
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