Hardship Grants, A Rort?

It has been revealed that hardship grants in New Zealand have reached nearly 500 million dollars. This has seen the usual torch wielding, protest howling, pitchfork carrying cretins calling for beneficiaries to be burnt at the stake. (perhaps merely to go hungry and cold). Hardship grants are not just for beneficioaries, however a deeper dive into Government spending shows that the biggest group of beneficiaries are superannuants. costing the taxpayers north of 17 billion dollars. There are over 30,000 of these beneficiaries who earn additional income of over 100,000 dollars per year, worth over 3 billion dollars.per year. So lets look at the numbers.