And having thrown all these people out of work, National is doubling down on cruelty. Because being vicious will somehow magically create the jobs they and the Reserve Bank have destroyed or something. Or maybe its because they're just cruel, vicious arseholes bereft of empathy. But either way, its hard to see how it does any good whatsoever. These people aren't out of work because they're "lazy"; they're out of work because National has destroyed the economy. And being cruel isn't going to fix that.