I don’t believe National MPs think they’re trustworthy, honest or dependable. A brief period of observation would put paid to that notion, and believing such would make them delusional. I do believe National MPs think they’re better than other people — more insightful, cultured, smarter, vastly more successful (particularly if your benchmark for success is the number of properties you own and your overall wealth), and overall “the right sort of people” to be manipulating the levers of power. Most of them are utterly clueless with regard to the lives of those at the sharp end of poverty, disability, long-term unemployment or other similar misfortune, and the level of condescension, condemnation, and callousness routinely on display makes it painfully obvious.

People like Aroha Ireland of McGehan Close were used as convenient tools to perpetuate a narrative of ‘compassionate conservatism’, and it was all a sick facade. You exist to further their agenda. You’re a useful idiot. A prop. As Aroha’s mum said of Key, “[I like him] as a person but [politically] he’s an arse-hole. He’s just looked after the high-income people and abandoned the low-income.” And that’s National’s problem. They’re fundamentally dishonest and self-serving, and unless you’re a member of their tribe, they’re quite prepared to throw you to the wolves. Under a National government, you better be sure you can look after yourself, because National sure as hell won’t help you. (Unless there’s a photo-op in it for them, and even then, once the camera crew leaves, all bets are off.)

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I wonder what promises Bridges will break should he win in 2020?

INFUSED ? CONFUSED!

Despite that nice Mr. Key promising us he wouldn’t.

“National is not going to be raising GST. National wants to cut taxes not raise taxes.”

Oh, really, John? Really? You fucking charlatan.

Indeed, Steve. A point which I addressed here: https://fmacskasy.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/bugs-and-balls-ups/

and here: https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2018/06/15/special-investigation-mycoplasma-bovis-foot-and-mouth-national-party-and-other-nasty-germs/

My first story on cuts to bio-security was written in May 2012, where I predicted;

This blogger wonders sometimes (actually, all the time) what goes through the minds of our esteemed Honourable Ministers of Her Majesty’s Government. These are supposedly well-educated men and women, with support from thousands of University-educated advisors – and yet they still manage to accomplish the most incredibly moronic decisions conceivable.

National has put at risk this country’s $5 billion industry – simply to save a few million dollars.

They have risked horticulturalist’s businesses; workers their jobs; and all the down-stream economic activity – to save a small percentage of billions.

This blogger has three pieces of advice for all concerned,

John Key must accept the resignation of David Carter, Minister for Bio-security immediatly.
National must reinstate biosecurity services to pre-2009 levels.
Horticulturalists (and others who own farms and other agricultural businesses) should carefully consider whether National is working on their behalf – or for the sake of implementing false economies. What is the point of an orchardist voting for National – if National is going to screw his/her business by cutting back on essential government services such as biosecurity?!?!

Hopefully, this fruit fly is a lone bug; perhaps a stowaway in someone’s bag or in a container offloaded at Ports of Auckland.

If so, once again we’ve been lucky.

But how long will our luck hold out?

Our luck ran out with m. bovis. And National is yet to take responsibility for cuts to bio-security.

‘Infused’ – I believe I addressed that point above, if you re-read my story. In any case, ‘Mjolnir’ has explained it sufficiently not to waste any more time going over this point.

They’ve done it before, Justme.

Perhaps National thinks that increasing existing taxes especially upon the low income workers in deliberately kept low income NZ will usher in prosperity for everyone.

Sir Winston Churchill once said this: “For a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

Taxing even the low paid will not ensure prosperity amongst the low paid workers. There will probably be the Trickle Up effect instead ie. money to to the wealthier people and staying with the wealthier people. And these are the very people National will prefer to court for donations.

Recently Simon Bridges claimed a National government would increase the ‘average wage’. In my opinion the ‘average wage’ is somewhere in the $50,000 bracket. There are a greater number of low income workers who are on say $29,000 to say about $39,000per annum. These low income workers can hardly be addressed as being on the ‘average wage’.

And so Bridges saying that and the mainstream NZ media who are in the NZ National Party pocket will manipulate the comment as much as possible. And so those actually on the Average Wage will be better off but the low income workers and especially beneficiaries will again be kicked in the guts by the National crowd.

Looking at the past National government of spend-thrift on ego-quests and vanity projects whilst also double dipping and demeaning low income NZers at the same time indicates to me that I wouldn’t trust a National Politician as far I as would like to throw him or her.

They are nothing short of a bunch of self-serving, self-loving, ego-driven hypocrites most of whom have hardly dealt with poverty.

But it does seem they(National) firmly believe they are a trustworthy, honest and dependable lot when most NZers can see through their lies and manipulations.

Simple Simon just cant get it right can he?

Cutting biosecurity funding…. M Bovis, anyone?