Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

I guess it had to come at some point in the campaign... National's traditional swipe at the beneficiaries.  I really don't know why they do this, sanctions of one kind or another have been tried and tried again, but the fact is they really don't work.  This time the formula includes mandatory community work experience, and of course benefit cuts or suspensions.  None of its new. We've seen variations of this kind of thing for decades and little ever seems to change.  Fact of the matter is we are carrying a cohort of people who are satisfied enough with a life on the bludge.  They could work, but that's a mug's game to them when your beer money comes automatically every fortnight on the benefit.  You and I know it's their loss. Standing on your own two feet is good for the soul, work is good for the mind and body.  But when you lash at them you also hurt a lot of genuine cases, kicking people when they're down basically, and I'm not up for that.  Bashing beneficiaries is lowest common denominator stuff. It pla