Re Release Of Living Standards For Older New
Zealanders,
Although Grey Power applaud the Government
report on living standards of older New Zealanders we
question the percentages shown ,as either the Government
speaking from a different planet than us .
The people
living on the poverty line is not being addressed a great
number of our older people cannot afford a phone so would
not be included in the survey.
Huge numbers cover up with
blankets or just go to bed for warmth because they cannot
afford the high cost of electricity..
Again we applaud the
present Government for restoring our superannuation, but
that only brought it back to the level of 1999-2000.
Grey
Power questions the adequacy of the present super . older
persons have earned the right to an entitement that allowes
them to live with dignity and respect .
Grey Power will
lobby for super, health, and all social policies that affect
the older New Zealander.
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