1010 - Dollars well spent.
80 - The number of MPs that voted for marriage equality.
60 - Dollars per week. The pay rise my members bill would give someone working 40 hours on the minimum wage.
35 - Per cent of children living in poverty are from families where at least one adult has fulltime work or is self-employed. This report - the third in as many weeks – reinforces that we must act on child poverty.
1 - Embarrassing uncle two steps behind again.
300 – supporters at the Living Wage Campaign launch in Wellington yesterday, including you, me, David Shearer, Grant Robertson and Trevor Mallard.
Check out the ‘embarrassing uncle’ clip without the music. Hilarious.
Something that would help (a lot) in addressing ‘poverty’ is to have some clear indication of what it refers to, how many people are genuinely suffering from ongoing poverty, why they are, and what would be necessary to address it affordably without throwing money at too many people who don’t need or deserve it.
Many numbers are talked about but it’s hard to know what is more than arbitrary percentages.
Poverty is an overused and undefined term that is is losing the impact battle. There needs to be more clarity, honesty and openness to get public sympathy and support.
10% of the Grey District population set to leave for Aussie?
What is a Living Wage please – how can I support something without knowing what it is ?