The Daily Blog Open Mic – 8th March 2023
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How do we have reckons that the 2020 Government will go down in history @team?
My reckons are, (in this space, going forward) that domestically they’ll be remembered as the government of good intentions, unintended quinseqinces and non-delivery.
And a bigly reason for it is down to its use of consultants dressing themselves up as independent advisors.
And all when given an unprecedented mandate to have done something useful.
Time is running out Chippy
I disagree that there were only 5 unintended (quin)consequences. You are being far too soft OwT on the present gummint, and indeed on every other one probably since Adam was a cow-boy.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/485557/downing-trees-for-marlborough-airport-carparks-epic-fail-in-fight-against-climate-change
Everyone knows that before anything gets done on the ground level, you start with a clear area to work with – more efficient. Remember that thinker Aldous Huxley said that our drive for efficiency would be our downfall. And Marlborough has proved it – down fell the trees.
Cars couldn’t be parked near them, or every second tree be left – that would spoil their tidy housekeeping. Bugger the climate change, heat etc. Now is what matters – trees can be planted in the future if needed. Can’t you hear the reasoning (excuses).
This could be interesting
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018880611/new-book-examines-crisis-of-democratic-capitalism
It may be a fractious union, but neither democracy nor capitalism can survive without the other, says financial journalist, Martin Wolf
Wolf argues reform, not revolution is needed to patch up this relationship in his new book The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.
It became obvious about 15 to 20 years ago that there were serious structural problems in the world economy, he told Jesse Mulligan.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/485565/labour-leaning-towards-commerce-commission-for-bank-profits-inquiry
Woop! Woop! 🙂