Christchurch whanau are still reeling from all that has happened to them. First they survived the actual natural disasters and then they have gad to survive National’s disasters in cleaning it up.
It’s been textbook disaster capitalism – a vote for John Minto reverses that.
Calculating the harm done by the American sugar industry is difficult. But the number of people who, since the 1960s, have had their lives cut short by heart attacks, strokes, and the deadly consequences of undiagnosed and untreated Type 2 Diabetes, must run into the tens-of-millions.
That it’s taken almost 2 centuries for us to discuss how racist the system of NZ really is should be the shocking part of this issue.
Election papers have been issued to decide representatives for local government, health boards, and liquor licensing trusts. Among the candidates some eccentricities shine through making the candidates’ book quite entertaining reading. There are some good people and policies too.
Thanks to digital technology, the manner in which the Israeli Army goes about its population control activities is now often captured on video devices and widely distributed. Netanyahu Uncensored is not alone in providing evidence of assaults upon Palestinian children by heavily-armed Israeli soldiers.
I know, I know – never count your chickens before they hatch, but in this case the chickens have all moved over seas after completing PHDs at University and are now thinking about tax haven retirement options.
We have a Minister for Women who hates women. We have a Minister for State Housing who hates state housing. We have a Minister of Housing who hates affordable housing. We have an Education Minister who hates Education. We have a Minister for Christchurch who hates Christchurch. We have a Minister for Public Broadcasting that hates public broadcasting. We have a Minister for Health who can’t eat the food in public. We have a Minister of Youth affairs who has gutted the department by 50% while youth suicide and unemployment soar. We have a Environment Minister who hates the Environment and we have a Minister of Welfare who despises beneficiaries.
This will scare the bejesus out of many on the right. They thought they had escaped any real damage from Dirty Politics and they thought Rawshark had burnt everything and wouldn’t reveal the full distasteful picture.
The real beneficiaries of this system of indentured labour are often the biggest companies in New Zealand. We know that all the hotel chains rely on temporary labour. SkyCity uses them extensively as do all the big fast food chains.
Strip out the student/worker visa scam immigration and rebuilding from a natural disaster and our actual growth rate is a mere .6%.