John Key’s government has never cared about the social impact of their policies. National firmly believe they only need to listen to the public once every three years... and apart from that they have an absolute mandate to screw us down and ignore our opinions. They totally ignored the asset sales protests... they ignored the 300, 000+ people who signed a petition for a referendum... they ignored concerns over the hokie-pokie deal with Sky City... they ignored the Maori Council challenge before it even got to court... they ignored the recommendations of the electoral commission... thus ignoring 1.3 million people who wanted change... they even ignored the other Parties over that... they ignored union concerns and negotiated a sweet-heart deal with Warner Bros (including millions in tax breaks)... they ignored teachers concerns about Charter Schools and ignored thousands of complaints about Novapay... effectively ruining Christmas for thousands of families... They’re currently overseeing the piss-poor treatment of Christchurch families trying to re-build their lives... and ignoring their pleas for help.
It’s not Aaron Gilmore who should be apologising to the public... after all he’s just modelling the behaviour of his leader... i.e. utter contempt for the ordinary people... and an overwhelming sense of entitlement. Today National has further undermined the fabric of our society by ignoring a huge sector of the community... ordinary New Zealanders... they also ignore the indigenous sector (no surprises there)... and worst of all... they ignore the most vulnerable members of the community... our poor, cold and hungry children... who turn up at schools everyday. These children are at the cutting edge of our economy... they suffer the consequences of an economic downturn more directly than most... They’re the ones who have the sharp pangs of hunger as a daily companion. They suffer the outcome in silence... not through any fault of their own... but by the environment... political climate... economic conditions... social support networks... and/or employment opportunities... created by the rationale and policy of the current government... The crown built the infrastructure of this world... We simply travel the bridges they create for us. We didn’t choose this life... this life chose us.
Next year National will load the budget with goodies for everyone... Schools... Maori... Education... and Health... in a slippery attempt to buy votes in next year’s election. Obviously that’ll work much better if this year is memorable for nothing. So nothing it is... nothing worth talking about... and nothing to take to the bank.
Thanks John... thanks for nothing
ignore me at your peril...
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