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A Friend gave me this (taxpayer funded) letter in which Helen Clark took the time to write to him and tens of thousands of other middle age and up people to tell him about recent government initiatives in Superannuation, Rates Rebates, and Working for Families. Which is strange as the recipient is:
Not old enough for superannuation, and therefore for the rates rebate.
The occupation on the electoral role is not 'retired'.
By taking the identifying number on the bottom of the page (which I have removed, along with name and address details) and multiplying it on the basis of alphabetical order about 40,000 letters have been sent - so it would cost at least $20,000 to produce and send the letters.
(The two pages below were on one double-sided sheet of paper - so at least only half as many trees were cut down for this piece of propaganda.)
Not old enough for superannuation, and therefore for the rates rebate.
The occupation on the electoral role is not 'retired'.
By taking the identifying number on the bottom of the page (which I have removed, along with name and address details) and multiplying it on the basis of alphabetical order about 40,000 letters have been sent - so it would cost at least $20,000 to produce and send the letters.
(The two pages below were on one double-sided sheet of paper - so at least only half as many trees were cut down for this piece of propaganda.)
posted by Michael at
9:21 AM
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O'kay so how come this recipient got the letter? did he fill in false info somewhere to get his name on a mailing list or did he make a general inquiry about super-an some time in the past?
I'd guess there was a reason and that your recipient somehow got himself on a list.
Would you prefer that the government made changes and told nobody what was happening?
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Steven McLachlan, at 1:03 AM
This is a letter from the Labour Parliamentary Unit - who don't get information from WINZ or IRD on who is eligible for Super or WFF. (WINZ and IRD would send out information on Super and WFF - not Helen Clark)
What they have done is select people from the electoral roll who they thought meet the requirements and send a letter to say how well Labour is doing in Government (and "inferring" that voting for Labour is a good thing) - and done it with tax money.
The letter is entirely within the rules of Parliamentary spending because it doesn't explicity ask for votes or money.
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Michael, at 7:13 PM
Steven. I assume you don't know how these things are complied.
These little letters are little advertisments reminding people about Labours achievments. Very dodgy and worrying. I would be grateful if you can shed light on when other Governments sent similar letters as often as Labour has Steven?
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Heine, at 2:37 AM
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