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Want to return to corporate ruled New Zealand and trickle down theory?

I caught a little of THREE’s breakfast show this morning.The host Ryan Bridge was snapping out an opinion moment that we should not elect governments on the basis of the personality of the leader.

For millions around the world COVID 19 is one more terrible threat to an existence already  precarious because of poverty and conflict.

Tons of reaction to the Budget that confines itself to who got what and who missed out, and why that is a bad or good thing. Have you noticed that it’s all about the distribution of income as fair or unfair, but no mention of who produces the wealth in the first place, only bland unspoken assumptions that we all do, more or less? 

This budget has failed to meet the lofty budgets bought down by Michael Joseph Savage and David Lange.

No UBI for struggling Kiwi families “The Government is still choosing to bail out businesses and not people. We are…

Even in low security [LS2] prisoners were locked at 4 pm Saturday, 9 May,and not unlocked until 3.30 pm Sunday. [Locked again at 4 pm] so only had half an hour out of cell for exercise/phonecalls etc]. They were unlocked at 8.30 am this morning and will be locked again at 9 am for the whole day meaning they wont be unlocked until tomorrow morning.

Let’s drown out the static and build on it. 

As I write this, headlines are flooding in. Today, New Zealand has recorded zero new cases of COVID-19. This is a tremendous achievement. Well done to our team of 5 million and our Government that made it happen.