Disabled diabetic kids could die, to fund tax cuts

[Praktica]

for landlords and the rich

https://thekaka.substack.com/p/paying-fo...ot-funding

[king1]

that has to be right up there with encouraging New Zealanders to keep smoking

[alpha111]

Write to Minister Simmonds to call for consistent access to flexible disability support
Sam Whitworth
New Zealand
21 Mar 2024
Kia ora koutou,

Thanks to you, to media pressure and political pressure, momentum is building to recognise the injustice of slashing disability, family and carer support.
Please help strengthen this call by writing to Minister Simmonds at P.Simmonds@ministers.govt.nz. We're calling on her to
work with Whaikaha and the disability community and sector to ensure disabled people, family/whānau and carers have consistent access to the flexible support we need to live with dignity now and into the future.
Here are some tips for a strong email:

Include a clear ask such as the suggested wording above
Explain how the cutbacks directly affect you, your family, organisation or community (or say you're writing in solidarity)
Point out that the cutbacks don't align with an Enabling Good Lives approach and are a step backwards for disabled people and whānau under the UN Convention on the rights of Persons with disabilities
You can make your feelings clear but stay polite - your email is more likely to be read that way �
In solidarity,
Sam.
PS For updates and further collective organising, you can join this Facebook group Fighting for equity for disabled people NZ.
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[Lilith7]

for landlords and the rich

https://thekaka.substack.com/p/paying-fo...ot-funding

It seems there are no depths to which this govt will not stoop - as long as it isn't them & theirs being affected, they clearly do not care. This really is despicable.

[zqwerty]

Is America copying NZ or is NZ copying America ? :

House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School Lunches

https://theintercept.com/2024/03/21/hous...l-lunches/

[Lilith7]

Is America copying NZ or is NZ copying America ? :

House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School Lunches

https://theintercept.com/2024/03/21/hous...l-lunches/

Wherever it is, its disgraceful & those supporting this ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves - & would be, if they had an ounce of empathy.

 Heaven forfend that a hungry child should be fed. This isn't about the chance of kids being 'wrongly fed'; its about the sheer greed & mean spiritedness of those supporting this. People who clearly have no problem with children going hungry as long as they don't have to pay anything.
It might be interesting to switch it around & tax the wealthy at an eye wateringly high rate for each hungry child....


"The Cato report blames people who may “improperly” redeem free lunches, even if they are technically above the income cutoff levels. The “fraudulence” the think tank is concerned about is not some shadowy cabals of teachers systematically stealing from the school lunch money pot: It’s students who are being fed, even if their parents technically make too much to benefit from the program. In other words, Republicans’ opposition to the program is based on the assumption that people being “wrongly” fed at school is tantamount to abusive waste."

[zqwerty]

Makes you sick doesn't it, and to further think that there are people in NZ who voted these very sorts of people into power here makes me doubly mad!!!!

Why are they concerned with gathering money at all costs? This sort of preoccupation should be automatically banned by law as an attitude in leaders and politicians in power. Life is short they need to learn that it is not all about gathering wealth and its appurtenances, you can't take it with you and also your action stop other citizens getting their fair share, such as it is.

Why do people vote in greedy leaders who they know are only going to use their political power to further the advantages of themselves and their mates, is it because they hope to gain in these reprehensible ways as well.

Life just becomes a big game to gather more than ones fair share of money etc. Sickening really.

One wouldn't mind if they were doing this behaviour in isolation but that is not the case, they are affecting other peoples' lives who just want to make enough to get by and also enjoy their leisure time by doing what ever activities they wish that bring satisfaction in this short life.

I know it's a dog-eat-dog world but in a place like NZ why aren't things better managed instead of just having a free for all knock down all out brawl, so to speak.

[Lilith7]

Makes you sick doesn't it, and to further think that there are people in NZ who voted these very sorts of people into power here makes me doubly mad!!!!

Why are they concerned with gathering money at all costs?  This sort of preoccupation should be automatically banned by law as an attitude in leaders and politicians in power.  Life is short they need to learn that it is not all about gathering wealth and its appurtenances, you can't take it with you and also your action stop other citizens getting their fair share, such as it is.

Why do people vote in greedy leaders who they know are only going to use their political power to further the advantages of themselves and their mates, is it because they hope to gain in these reprehensible ways as well.

Life just becomes a big game to gather more than ones fair share of money etc.  Sickening really.

One wouldn't mind if they were doing this behaviour in isolation but that is not the case, they are affecting other peoples' lives who just want to make enough to get by and also enjoy their leisure time by doing what ever activities they wish that bring satisfaction in this short life.

I know it's a dog-eat-dog world but in a place like NZ why aren't things better managed instead of just having a free for all knock down all out brawl, so to speak.

The only reason I can think of for anyone voting greedy leaders in is that those doing so think they may have then have a chance at becoming wealthy themselves - that, or they didn't realise that they were greedy, although with this govt it must surely have ben clear.

Accumulating money & material posessions is an aim which I think most of us tend to grow out of as we mature & see the emptiness of going down that track, & the damage which can result from it. But for whatever reason some don't, & they either can't see or prefer to ignore, the damage done by that.

When kids are going hungry then something is very badly wrong, & any govt with a good moral stance would immediately start on fixing that, rather than  trying to shrug it off or worse, trying to blame parents when in these times its not invariably the parent's fault.

I'm inclined to agree that it should be banned - the entire world has seen the dire results of greed based Neo Liberalism, we know that those eager to increase their fortune make bad leaders/politicians for all of us. Perhaps its time to legally ban the excessively wealthy from standing as a politican - & make sure there are no loopholes they can use to hide wealth.

[Lilith7]

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/health/other/t...6b96&ei=11

"A public health professor has slammed the Government's change of rules for disability funding last week.
It comes after Whaikaha the Ministry of Disabled People published new rules on disability spending on its website last Monday, without consulting the community.

Following the announcement, the community urged Disability Issues Minister Penny Simmonds to rethink her "thoughtless and reckless" changes.
According to an AUT academic, one of the rule changes would block carers and patients from buying CGMs (continuous glucose monitors) using their disability allowance.
Public health researcher Dr Catherine Crofts said the Ministry's move is "incredibly short-sighted".

"CGMs are not consumer electronics… [but are] life-saving medical devices which enhance quality of care. And there is no other system that reduces parental or carer stress like CGMs."
The technology monitors blood glucose levels continuously throughout the day and can send alerts to diabetics through a phone app.

Dr Crofts said the move by Whaikaha "threatens the lives of children" living with type 1 diabetes, but also "threatens the health of their parents".

Extremely low blood sugar can lead to seizures, brain damage, or death within hours - known as Dead in Bed syndrome, Dr Crofts added.
Before CGMs became available, diabetics (or their caregivers) had to prick their finger and draw blood to check blood glucose 24/7.

Most people are younger than 15 when diagnosed, according to Dr Crofts, so their carers often have to manage their children's glucose levels - especially at night - meaning they're often sleep-deprived.
"CGMs are vital health monitoring devices for any person with type 1 diabetes but especially children," said Dr Crofts.  
CGMs cost between $2500 and $5000 per patient."