Re: ‘Child poverty is child abuse' (The Weekend Sun, November 14). K Molloy does not go far enough in the letter, stating why restrict it to beneficiaries and child support? I can think of plenty of other areas where the tax payer is clearly paying too much for too little.
Take health care for example. How many people use the health system while pursuing habits that are unhealthy or unsafe, either for themselves or for others?

Take the current unsafe work practices in the forestry sector for example, or aggressive motorists, or road safety policies that turn out to be irrelevant to the actual road conditions.

Just think of the savings that could be achieved if people turning up at Aciddent & Ememergency got a lethal injection instead of expensive, and possibly prolonged, health care.

Just imagine the savings inherent in a policy like New Zealand's during the Flu Epidemic of 1918, where it was every man for himself. But no, these bludgers must have medical professionals assigned to them so the NZ taxpayer will continue to fork out for their bad habits for ever.

Wesley Parish, Bellevue.