Misrepresenting the sort of bog-standard corruption that infects political donations across the spectrum into a scandal unique to NZF maybe not so smart now from a Nat perspective. You will pay a big price for clubbing and grubbing with the Nationals.īut I have yet to be convinced the whole thing hasnt taken on aspects of a personal vendetta, fuelled by disaffected ex-officials of NZF, and nothing so far revealed is anything more than the usual just-legal cronyism that has always pervaded NZ politics, despite the innuendo. Maybe it would be better if people like Sue Bradford acknowledged the realpolitik of the situation, while also pointing out the ethical contradiction. I can see why the government did it there is still far too much in-built, cultural hostility towards beneficiaries for any government to get away with implementing much higher benefits for everyone. That history should be enough to make us wary of vanguardists of all stripes. If you can ever have one that is concerned about the environment. If Its not possible to erect some ideological wall around Green issues that stops this natural movement. In fact, a focus on Green issues that is anything more than a superficial desire to just conserve a selection of our nicer landscapes, will lead into these other areas. Excusing quantum physics, reductionism is so last century so lets get real.
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