Union Calls for Action on Energy Pricing
Union officials are urgently seeking government intervention to prevent what they describe as “a significant loss of manufacturing capacity and jobs in New Zealand”.
Union officials are urgently seeking government intervention to prevent what they describe as “a significant loss of manufacturing capacity and jobs in New Zealand”.
There is good reason to blame the energy companies – they are acting like a cartel to price gouge consumers while failing to invest in the necessary infrastructure.
Small business, the powerhouse of the economy, is in dramatic decline.
The employer-employee relationship in a free market is mutually beneficial and allows both to gain more than they lose.
The idea that corporations should fight for social causes has skyrocketed in recent years to such an extent that activism is inhibiting companies in their primary mission: generating profits by serving customers.
When capped prices are below market prevailing prices, shortages follow.
A moral defense of capitalism is therefore premised on our inherent and inalienable right to life, liberty, and property.
The costs for producers and suppliers are still elevated, with some areas, like energy costs, seeing significant increases.
They will now wage total war on customers. Down-right anti-competitive behavior is rewarded by imposing just tiny fines.
We either have to get real about using our own coal and gas reserves, or we have to think seriously, really seriously, about another form of power generation – the nuclear reactor.
This is a massive abuse of taxpayer money like we’ve never seen. Reminds me of the cartel.