The welfare state

[Brian d marge]

Salus populi seprema lex esto
( the welfare of the people should be the highest law ) and from History

Snip;
'Burgundy, thou wast born a lion! My soul is o'ergrown with distress.
For the nobles of France, and dark mists roll round me and blot the writing of God
Written in my bosom. Necker rise! leave the kingdom, thy life is surrounded with snares.

All been done before and IMHO we need governance As " quote life would be brutish and short "
We then need to decide , planned or unplanned ? both and all of the colors in between have been tried before

Plan and execute the basics , Heath, Education and Utilities ( electricity , water and transport ) ie the basics that business needs.

Then leave the rest alone ( allowing competition to flourish)

ie internet: . government planned and run.but to a high basic level . 10Mbps unlimited up /down and if 2 degrees want to better that then fine ......


Stephen

[insane1]

nah dont jail them ship them all over to australia it"s still a convict country aint ,or would a bullet be better for the worst offenders.

[Smifffy]

Salus populi seprema lex esto
( the welfare of the people should be the highest law ) and from History

Snip;
'Burgundy, thou wast born a lion! My soul is o'ergrown with distress.
For the nobles of France, and dark mists roll round me and blot the writing of God
Written in my bosom. Necker rise! leave the kingdom, thy life is surrounded with snares.

All been done before and IMHO we need governance As " quote life would be brutish and short "
We then need to decide , planned or unplanned ? both and all of the colors in between have been tried before

Plan and execute the basics , Heath, Education and Utilities ( electricity , water and transport ) ie the basics that business needs.

Then leave the rest alone ( allowing competition to flourish)

ie internet: . government planned and run.but to a high basic level . 10Mbps unlimited up /down and if 2 degrees want to better that then fine ......


Stephen

The sheep are only safe when the wolves aren't hungry.

[mashman]

We then need to decide , planned or unplanned ? both and all of the colors in between have been tried before.

Plan and execute the basics , Heath, Education and Utilities ( electricity , water and transport ) ie the basics that business needs.

Then leave the rest alone ( allowing competition to flourish)

No need to rush a plan... there are already departments and departmental heads with policy guidelines in place to ensure that the basics are covered... tis just a small matter of holding enough power to influence the policy and direction of moving forwards... something a "small" number of our representatives "manage" at the moment...

[Brian d marge]

The sheep are only safe when the wolves aren't hungry.

Screwed is the word that sprung to mind

Stephen

[Brian d marge]

No need to rush a plan... there are already departments and departmental heads with policy guidelines in place to ensure that the basics are covered... tis just a small matter of holding enough power to influence the policy and direction of moving forwards... something a "small" number of our representatives "manage" at the moment...

I know a fella by the name of Thomas .....



Stephen

[rainman]

Hate to thread-dredge but building on my earlier comments about the state of our economy, this is worth the (lengthy) read.

http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/06/the-ca...porate-reform/

And the referenced article:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-t...protein-bridge

[mashman]

Hate to thread-dredge but building on my earlier comments about the state of our economy, this is worth the (lengthy) read.

http://werewolf.co.nz/2011/06/the-ca...porate-reform/

corporate reform, easier than welfare reform... someone's been at the herbals ... Interesting ideas though... and it could work if the corporate world doesn't up and bugga off because we're asking them to pay more than they already are... shame it's just another stop gap.