(01) Removed the TIA which was used by the minister to drag herself off a benefit but she (Paula Bennett) doesn't think you deserve the same leg up.
(02) Refusing to obey 87% of new zealanders after the Anti Smacking referendum.
(03) National standard being forced on us without a trial.
(04) Changing a long held policy against whaling against the wishes of the majority for no real benefit other than business with japan being threatened.
(05) Mining in national parks. (Nats do a reversal after public outcry)
(06) Kicking the poor with draconian measures that will not change the unemployment statistics one bit.
(07) ACC being run like a private company against its original purpose, with people being denied claims because of ageing like any normal human being.
(08) Government taking over financial control of polytec's and screwing students and private providers as well.
(09) Appointing Hide to oversee the supercity and completely ignoring public input.
(10) Placing 99% of Aucklands assets in the hands of politicly appointed stooges
(11) United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples without any public debate and without public mandate.
(12) 2010 Budget favours rich.
(13) Increasing GST so the poor get poorer.
(14) Govt ends democracy in Christchurch (ECAN)
(15) Blindly signing up to the Emissions Trading Scheme - a disaster for impoverished families
(16) Implementing harsh new rules for workers and unions, no sick-leave without medical certificate (unworkable) - July 2010
(17) The "Welfare Working Group" destroying families and setting a new poverty level which will be irreversible
(18) Massive cuts to Pre Schoolers (Kindergartens) - a very old respected NZ institution
(19) Govt bailout for the genuinely greedy, South Canterbury Finance "buying votes" now the taxpayer is footing the bill, a dangerous president.
(20) Using the poor and sick as some kind of social experiment
(21) Key publicly admitting his intention (Jan 2011) to sell of public assets
(22) Hiking the price of tobacco to an extortionate level, leaving most old smokers (who will not QUIT!) in severe poverty and unable to spend money on food!!
(23) Hiking the registrations of MOTORCYCLES to an extortionate level, motorcyclists now have their rego on hold for most of the year!.
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Below written Feb 2011 by my scholarly friend Jimmy L, regarding the selling of assets:
(A) We the taxpayers and our parents paid for these things, we've paid for them over and over, and so, like the financial wizard he is, John Key wants to sell us (the mum and dad investors he keeps talking about) something we already own! Brilliant!
(B) Approx 7 billion would be raised. Enough to make John Key look good in the short term (less than one year) then we re back to the poverty business as usual.
(C) Once the "For Sale" sign goes up cash rich Countries e.g. China, USA, W.Europe the Aussies etc, all will kill to buy into our stable little country, if you think they're going to act in our best interests you're from another planet or married to a banker!
(D)Future governments wind up having to buy them back so we can run them in our own long term interests (private companies require short term profits and are not concerned with environmental social health and cultural goals)
(E)Our children and our children's children are deprived of the income stream as profits head off over seas. AND REMEMBER IF YOU THINK THE COST OF ELECTRICITY AND SERVICES ARE ALREADY TOO HIGH, THEY WILL INCREASE 10FOLD AFTER KEY SELLS OUT,,IT`S ALL ABOUT PROFIT YOU KNOW!!!.
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The Only Way To Fix All These Problems is To "Get a New Government" ASAP!