What is it with political parties?
April 6th, 2008 by Brad HeapIt seems to me that every major political party in New Zealand tries to be moderate and just when you think it is safe to vote for them they suddenly release extremist policy to scare you off.
Going from left to right:
Greens. The Greens have a fantastic education policy and vision. But some of their social and financial policies go a little bit to far. People need to wake up and realise that anything and everything that we do will hurt the world in someway. It is chaos theory. We need trucks to transport goods we can’t use bikes for everything!
Progressive. Again great education policy. Student allowances for all! Yes! Although you can’t spend that money on alcohol as they want to outlaw it and don’t go even talking about herbal highs because unlike the Greens they may be a little to natural for you.
Labour. Not to left. Not to right. Except when it comes to tax and social welfare (see below). I earned my money why are you taking so much of it and redistributing it. This is not Robin Hood country is it?
Maori. Probably the best small party. But why do we have to segregate based on race?
New Zealand First. The party I am probably the closet in my views to. Except on singling out minority groups. I think New Zealand needs skilled migrants regardless of race. It is not just Asians flooding in.
National. Again just like Labour. Not to Left. Not to Right. However they want to introduce voluntary students’ association membership. No! You cannot pay nothing for services and still expect services.
Act. Freedom! Yes. Although having to pay through the nose for everything because you go from too much control to no control is a bit of big problem. Oh and Roger Douglas. I loved Cullen’s comment “Just when you thought it was safe to vote for National like something out of a B Grade horror comes Roger Douglas.” Fantastic way to take the country backwards 20 years.
Tags: Election, Government, New Zealand, Politics
