THE OLD AGE PENSIONER
The old age pension has received a lot of criticism of late, most of it quite reasonable. A man and wife receive each 30/ per week and the man is allowed to earn £1, making a total of £4. Take, for instance, a man off work with an illness; he is allowed £1 for himself and 15/ for his wife. If she works she is not allowed to earn more than 25/, so that their total will not be more than £3 a week. In the majority of cases the man is laid up at home with his wife nursing him. therefore he only has a total of £1 15/ for the week. Why should thev not receive 30/ per week? Also, there are many men with one or two children doing hard manual toil and receiving £5 per week and less with 2/6, and in some cases, 3/6 in the £1 deducted. These men also like their pipebut wonder if the pay envelope will run to it, or whether it will have to be put to Jackie's new shoes or Mary's new boots? MAUGREEN.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 127, 1 June 1942, Page 4
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189THE OLD AGE PENSIONER Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 127, 1 June 1942, Page 4
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