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#BHN Nicola Willis questioned on why her govt is allowing 50,000 more children to slip into poverty (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BaconWrappedEnigma@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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So disingenuine

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 weeks ago

"because they don't donate to our party" -- Willis, probably.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oohh.... I'd forgotten about these two! Thanks for reminding me - not sure I'll watch this one though, I imagine it's nauseating

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 weeks ago

They are fundamentally disconnected from the drivers of poverty. They just think if the economy suceeds everyone succeeds. Don't get me wrong, I don't think any party has a silver bullet for this problem but they at least try