I wish it would hurt them in the polls too Beemer. Problem is motorcyclists tend to be, as a whole, a group of clever people. Most Kiwis seriously don't give a fuck and just vote the way Mum & Dad did and never bother to take an interest in what Politicians are spending our money on. That's why MMP hasn't worked that well. It required some thought and understanding to be a workable system.
It's the little things that worry me. Like legislating to put folate in bread because the "health" system isn't up to educating potential Mothers about the importance of a balanced diet. There's 20-30 kids born with neural tube defects born in NZ every year. So instead of education, we'll add a compulsory dietary supplement to a food staple because the Health system isn;t funded well enough to either educate women about Folic acid or deal with the repurcussions of a disabled child.
It's Michael Cullen trying to hide our horrendous balance of payments behind an 11.5 Billion dollar surplus - "Balance of Payments is the worst it's been in NZ since 1945. But look over there! A big pile of cash! Aren't I clever?"
It's Social Services like SES justifying their own existence by labelling kids as disturbed in some fundamental way, and attaching that label permanently so other social services get to justify their existence as the "learning impaired" little darling grows up. Fuck we used to sort that stuff out for ourselves. You got beaten up , robbed, teased, and humiliated until you figured out how it worked. There were always one or two, like "Fat Kid", or "Gingernut", that never got it, but that sounds like a more normal stat for weirdos in a social group to me. 1 or 2 %. Not whole fucking classrooms.
Winja's right. If this was an Eastern European country we would already have taken to the streets.
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