They have taken two events they perceive to be major issues and tried to turn them into even more major issues.
One was the Te Puke post. Two, was the tax policy confusion. Neither are big deals; both are beltway only of interest to those obsessed with the Wellington political environment.
To be fair, both were mistakes, both look like a bit of a fumble, and both in a slick machine should not have happened. So, it is okay to question current performance.
But by the time National got to their conference over the weekend they were doubling down on tax. They were allowing us to keep as much of our money as possible. That approach is to be encouraged.
Ironically, the best that one media outlet could do, was traipse off to an economist from the Council of Trade Unions who gave them the obligatory line about their tax policy numbers not adding up. The media at times are embarrassingly lazy or Machiavellian.
Just what is it you are expecting from an economist that makes his living in the unions? Are you expecting him to think tax cuts are good? Of course, you are not.
So when a unionist says the numbers don’t add up, what he means is under the current expenditure you can't take in less money and still pay for what you currently do. The point he doesn’t make, and the point the media who should behave and never point out, is you don’t necessarily want things the way they are.
The public service is bloated, spending on consultants has blown out by millions, and expenditure on ideological race nonsense has blown out by billions. Billions more has been spent on centralisation of services like health.
We can't forget the debacle that is the polytech merger that is bleeding money, lost a CEO on full pay, and hasn’t actually even started yet.
We don’t want that sort of expenditure, it's wasteful expenditure.
So no the numbers don’t add up, because once you cut the waste, the largesse, and the ideological nonsense you are saving yourself a fortune. Plus, that money stays in the pockets of New Zealanders. It's not hard.
What's good about it is as we go to the election, the choices are increasingly stark.
You want to keep your money or do you want more of the wastage? A good clear choice, let's see who wins.
But by the time National got to their conference over the weekend they were doubling down on tax. They were allowing us to keep as much of our money as possible. That approach is to be encouraged.
Ironically, the best that one media outlet could do, was traipse off to an economist from the Council of Trade Unions who gave them the obligatory line about their tax policy numbers not adding up. The media at times are embarrassingly lazy or Machiavellian.
Just what is it you are expecting from an economist that makes his living in the unions? Are you expecting him to think tax cuts are good? Of course, you are not.
So when a unionist says the numbers don’t add up, what he means is under the current expenditure you can't take in less money and still pay for what you currently do. The point he doesn’t make, and the point the media who should behave and never point out, is you don’t necessarily want things the way they are.
The public service is bloated, spending on consultants has blown out by millions, and expenditure on ideological race nonsense has blown out by billions. Billions more has been spent on centralisation of services like health.
We can't forget the debacle that is the polytech merger that is bleeding money, lost a CEO on full pay, and hasn’t actually even started yet.
We don’t want that sort of expenditure, it's wasteful expenditure.
So no the numbers don’t add up, because once you cut the waste, the largesse, and the ideological nonsense you are saving yourself a fortune. Plus, that money stays in the pockets of New Zealanders. It's not hard.
What's good about it is as we go to the election, the choices are increasingly stark.
You want to keep your money or do you want more of the wastage? A good clear choice, let's see who wins.
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio broadcaster. He currently hosts The Mike Hosking Breakfast show on NewstalkZB on weekday mornings.
3 comments:
it's not just all about money Mike. Where is the commitment to roll back He Pua Pua, the 200 Foreshore and Seabed claims, Three Waters, The Disinformation Project, The Mandates, DOC land for only Maori, Separate hospital system, Maori Wards and Three Waters.
We should not vote for any party until they commit to one person, one vote and repeal the above. Not just roll it back, whatever that means.
So what about getting rid of those appointed through nepotism, jobs for the bros,the bloated public service, incompetent bureaucrats and racist and woke academics. How about pulling the pin on all this climate change scam that will see us following Sri Lanka down the gurgler. Bring back oil and gas exploration before we end up like the UK and Europe. Roll back all that nonsense and maybe there is a chance that we can slowly recover.
Indeed, Mike. But as others have posted, do we want change, or just Labour Lite?
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