Top Down Leftism
From the authoritarian ‘kindness’ of the contemporary left deliver us, O Lord!
From the authoritarian ‘kindness’ of the contemporary left deliver us, O Lord!
In economic speak, nothing is free. This is a lesson the left appear incapable of learning. Barbara Edmonds’ economic baking will be a recipe for economic pain not economic gain.
New Zealand cannot afford another round of Labour’s fantasy economics. Voters are waking up to the pattern: announce the shiny promise, dodge the cost and blame someone else when the numbers fall apart.
Good intentions are no substitute for good policy, yet questioning expensive subsidies is increasingly treated as a moral failing rather than a legitimate debate about priorities.
This $20 fare cap looks like just another ride on the taxpayer-funded gravy train, with the rest of New Zealand holding the ticket.
The truth is there are no free lunches, no free fees at universities, no free visits to the GP and no free bus or train rides…but there are free elections. On November 7 make sure you don’t vote for this type of idiocy.
The rankings reward loyalists, sideline potential rivals, and suggest Hipkins is more concerned about managing his caucus than rebuilding Labour.
Labour loves these targeted subsidies because they let them pick winners and losers while pretending to care about the cost of living.
New Zealanders deserve better than this grubby politics as usual. Labour’s latest recruit arrives under a cloud of their own making. The public will not forget it.
For a party that spent six years telling us they were kind and caring, this recording rips the mask off.
New Zealand has seen this movie before. Flashy announcements followed by vague costing and eventual disappointment. The Future Fund is simply the latest installment.
This contest is a genuine test of whether these two can ever function together. Labour needs the seats to get close to power. Te Pāti Māori needs to hold them to keep their leverage.
Childish and churlish: that’s the calibre of the man who wants to resume the prime ministership come November.
He built this mess and now he wallows in it. His blanket denials could unravel him, especially if proof emerges. Recall my cardinal political rule: explaining is losing.
Such are the skills of ‘the man who would be king prime minister’.