Zardnaar
Deity
Another moral question here.
The article
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national...-deportation-exploitation-immigration-adviser
The government has extended around 100000 visas during the lockdown period. There workers are legal.
So far we haven't had the collapse the USA has had. Unemployment is up 30k, proportional to America it's the equivalent of about a million.
These workers are not residents or citizens of NZ and do not qualify for welfare.
Due to the lockdown a lot of them can't work. Even in two weeks assuming things open up a lot of jobs are going to evaporate. More job losses are in the way with 3 waves expected. Unemployment is exoected to hit 11-13%. In the great depression it hit 15%.
The government spent 10 billion in a month on wage subsidies. They run out in June. Wave two expected of job losses.
Some parts of the country in tourist hotspots are looking at 30% unemployment.
Government income is 93 billion a year or was. That's gonna take a hit, expected costs are 50 billion a year. Scaled up to USA per capita about 3 trillion. Per year.
Personally I don't mind if they get short term access to welfare but we can't
really support an extra 100k long term. Things aren't expected to recover until 2022/3.
Obviously they will try and fly as many home as possible but that's not gonna be that viable either.
They're throwing 100 million to try and help homeless people. That 100k is about 20-3 times as many as our homeless depending on how you count them. Living on the street vs living in a garage.
In the great depression we had work camps for the unemployed but idk if that's viable these days. I don't think we have enough hotel rooms to house then either as that's under strain already due to emergency housing in lockdown.
Benefits won't cover rent costs in some places where they live.
Not all will require support but yeah not looking good. What do you do?
The article
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national...-deportation-exploitation-immigration-adviser
The government has extended around 100000 visas during the lockdown period. There workers are legal.
So far we haven't had the collapse the USA has had. Unemployment is up 30k, proportional to America it's the equivalent of about a million.
These workers are not residents or citizens of NZ and do not qualify for welfare.
Due to the lockdown a lot of them can't work. Even in two weeks assuming things open up a lot of jobs are going to evaporate. More job losses are in the way with 3 waves expected. Unemployment is exoected to hit 11-13%. In the great depression it hit 15%.
The government spent 10 billion in a month on wage subsidies. They run out in June. Wave two expected of job losses.
Some parts of the country in tourist hotspots are looking at 30% unemployment.
Government income is 93 billion a year or was. That's gonna take a hit, expected costs are 50 billion a year. Scaled up to USA per capita about 3 trillion. Per year.
Personally I don't mind if they get short term access to welfare but we can't
really support an extra 100k long term. Things aren't expected to recover until 2022/3.
Obviously they will try and fly as many home as possible but that's not gonna be that viable either.
They're throwing 100 million to try and help homeless people. That 100k is about 20-3 times as many as our homeless depending on how you count them. Living on the street vs living in a garage.
In the great depression we had work camps for the unemployed but idk if that's viable these days. I don't think we have enough hotel rooms to house then either as that's under strain already due to emergency housing in lockdown.
Benefits won't cover rent costs in some places where they live.
Not all will require support but yeah not looking good. What do you do?
