What we needed was a package to keep as many people in work as possible, in other words, a stimulus package. There was stimulus alright, the problem is it was aimed at the wrong group. It was those at home, the nephews on the couch, who got the stimulus. Nothing like using an overhyped health scare to shore up your voter base.
It is pretty clear these inept bunch of blowhards don’t understand what is required in these situations. That’s not to say, as Simon Bridges pointed out in his Parliamentary reply, that everything in the package was bad. Incidentally, I thought this was one of Simon’s best speeches. He rose to the occasion and rammed home to the clueless clots sitting opposite exactly what should have been in the package.
Government Statement – Emergency economic package – Video 2 from New Zealand Parliament on Vimeo.
I am in no doubt that some of those genuinely in need will welcome the extra money on offer. The thing is, I can’t quite see the connection between the two. If it hadn’t been for Covid-19 they wouldn’t be getting this increase. As Simon so correctly pointed out, the monetary emphasis is more for the stay-at-homes rather than those working and businesses trying to protect jobs.
The best way to protect jobs is to put in place measures that will maintain or create employment. The first that springs to mind is infrastructure. All those projects they keep talking about, but in truth are ideologically opposed to, should have been brought forward for an immediate start. For the tourism and hospitality industry there should have been a huge marketing campaign aimed at the domestic market, particularly for those whose have had overseas trips cancelled, to go and see your own country and spend your dollars in New Zealand. That might help secure jobs in all those areas affected.
The problem with the left is that every time a major crisis rears its head it’s always the word WELFARE that flashes up in bright lights. The horse and cart analogy is one which explains the ignorance and stupidity of the left. The horses are the businesses pulling the carts, the weight is those on welfare, some of whom are genuinely in the cart. Without the horses the carts aren’t going anywhere. The moral of the story is that the emphasis of the package should have been on business and jobs, the horses, not on those in the cart.
What hardworking Kiwis will see from this package is that they, who are at risk of losing their jobs, are subsidising those on the couch. This is not to malign those who are on welfare for genuine reasons. However, what we have here, and you can criticise National (and Act if you want) all you like, is that it’s now becoming quite obvious that National are far better managers of the economy. Just look at the handling of the GFC and the earthquakes. If this bunch of no-hopers had been in power back then, God knows what shape we would have been in going into this situation. The polls also show most people see National as better managers of the economy.
The question is what is going on here? My thoughts are that the welfare handouts are purely a shameless political ploy to shore up their voter base. Why? Here’s why. As has already been mentioned on The BFD, notably by Danny, I am reaching the conclusion an early election is in the wind. These imbeciles will stop at nothing to get re-elected. They’ll go so far as to use a vehicle which could cause fatalities to do it.
Beware the Ides of March! I see mischief afoot. We have more than coronavirus to worry about: something potentially even more damaging.
The re-election of a Labour-led coalition government! God forbid!
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