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"It's a fact ex-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern either wilfully or naively chose to ignore. Her solution to the plight of too many suffering children was [instead] greater wealth redistribution. Inventing new payments for families with babies, lifting benefit rates and installing families in motels were three major policies designed to alleviate poverty. But the mayhem goes on. ... 'Violence against children is increasing. The number of children admitted to hospital with injuries because of assault, abuse or neglect increased sharply in 2024 to the highest number in at least a decade. Violent offending against children also continued to increase ....'"
"Throwing money at people who become parents willy-nilly, who lack any financial or emotional wherewithal, who can't look after themselves let alone a demanding, time-intensive baby, is nothing more than a salve to the conscience of people who have misdiagnosed the problem. Led by the likes of Jacinda Ardern.
"This is what Ardern's famous form of kindness and compassion actually looks like. ...
"So while we endure the massive media-hype around Ardern's biography, and most detractors focus on her horribly hypocritical claim to a compassion-driven Covid response, remember, her main reason for entering politics was to help children.
"Not only did she fail, but she may have made matters worse."
~ Lindsay Mitchell from her post 'Ardern: If she insists on being remembered, I will oblige'
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