Aid to the adult unemployed would be too low to create dependency, but would boost survival
22 August 2021 - 18:56
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Jonny Steinberg’s excellent article refers (“Welfare cannot just be for the frail as in the 1960s”, August 12). A welfare grant to the adult unemployed at a level we as a country could just manage (probably less than R500/month) would be too low to create dependency on the state — a critique often made. But it would aid survival and some level of dignity. It is a bullet we must bite.
Anthony Still Waverley
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LETTER: Bite the grant bullet
Aid to the adult unemployed would be too low to create dependency, but would boost survival
Jonny Steinberg’s excellent article refers (“Welfare cannot just be for the frail as in the 1960s”, August 12). A welfare grant to the adult unemployed at a level we as a country could just manage (probably less than R500/month) would be too low to create dependency on the state — a critique often made. But it would aid survival and some level of dignity. It is a bullet we must bite.
Anthony Still
Waverley
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an email with your comments. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Send your letter by email to letters@businesslive.co.za. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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