On Mon, 20 May 2013 09:34:10 +1200, Patrick FitzGerald <
a...@b.com>
wrote:
The excitement all came after the budget, when we discovered that:
Funding for science and Research had dropped
Funding for Health has dropped n real terms
Funding for Private schools has increased, but total education funding
has dropped in real terms
Funding for conservation has dropped
The government is increasing petrol prices - (excuse - because we are
low by world standards - that also applies to outr income tax rates .
. .)
The government is shutting out appeals in relation to payments for
carers - we criticised Fiji for similar authoritarian actions
The government is giving itself powers to override local government on
planning decisions - after all the authoritarian Nats know better than
local people what they want - and its worked out so well in
Christchurch having Csar Gerry . . .)
Debt continues to blow out
The whole budget is recessionary - National thinks we have had enough
growth.
The government has acted in bad faith regarding the MMP review
Mighty River shares were sold too cheaply - NZ is worse off in three
years time as a result of the sale price, $100 million of costs with
more to come for the subsidy, and only 2.5% of New Zealanders now own
what the country used to own. This government runds the country for
that top 2.5% . . .