After the big failures of Labour’s last set of election promises, I’ve been waiting to see what big plans they’ve got to “keep moving” our economy which has hit the wall after two lockdowns and promises of more to come.
Would they provide small business with tax relief? What about lowering compliance costs for small business?
Nope. None of that, instead, when there are hundreds of thousands of Kiwi workers either unemployed or about to become unemployed, they push for a new holiday. Another cost to be imposed on an already severely constrained business environment.
Jacinda Ardern, of course, had a boilerplate bumper sticker slogan to launch this impost on employers.
“Matariki will be a distinctly New Zealand holiday and a time for reflection, celebration and to look to the future as we take increasing pride in our unique national identity,”
Really? I thought that was why we had Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day.
Even more stupid was Kelvin Davis:
“None of our current public holidays recognise Maori culture and tradition.
“Making Matariki a public holiday is another step forward in our partnership as a people and a further recognition of te ao Maori in our public life.”
What a load of tosh…Waitangi Day, Hello!
David Seymour has the right idea:
Act leader David Seymour said Ardern must be “in la la land” promising a new public holiday during a recession.
“If Labour wants Matariki to be public holiday, it should abolish Labour Day so businesses aren’t taking on more costs,” he said.
What’s got me confused is Labour’s insistence at pushing the logo of a Japanese car manufacturer and celebrating that as a holiday.
And surely this is a case of cultural appropriation, both of Greek mythology and Japanese culture. Giving the Pleiades a Maori name and hanging a holiday on it hardly seems tika.
In this self-described Covid Election, it seems Jacinda Ardern is bereft of ideas to kick start the economy. Instead she is giving every small business owner a swift kick in the goolies.
“Let’s Keep Moving” as a slogan only makes sense if the definition of moving is treading water.
David Seymour got it right with his Facebook post. When Labour says “Let’s Keep Moving”, the answer should be let’s not.
All they’ve got to offer us is, literally in this case, star dust. The unicorn farts come later.
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