Public Address | Cafe | Legal Beagle: The inflation adjustment of benefits; or a bill for Keith

Kevin McCready

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:50:08 +1300

Scrapping GST would be good too. It's a disgusting regressive tax.

Steve Todd

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:22:13 +1300

The CPI increase during 2016 for all groups was 1.3% – 1214 / 1198, so actually 1.34%.

The Household Price Increase for beneficiary households during 2016 was 1.4% – 1021 / 1007, so actually 1.39%. For the highest income households it was not 0.6%, but 0.7% – 1019 / 1012,…

Steve Todd

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 21:22:43 +1300

Graeme, I note that HLPI Table 1.01 is not set out the way the CPI (3.01, etc.) tables are. Therefore, the HLPI – beneficiaries group is just that. There is no "All groups less cigarettes and tobacco subgroup" (CPI 3.01, line 28), etc.

That being the case, I wonder if…

Kay

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:54:17 +1300

Economic jargon has always been a bit over my head but I get the general gist and also agree a step in the right direction. As someone on the receiving end of this particular policy it's been obvious for a long time now the "inflation adjustment" system as been deliberately…

Roland Askew

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:10:54 +1300

This is a step in the right direction. Thank you Graeme.

Public Address

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:10:54 +1300

Discussion from blog post.