National wins its second term in parliament (tax, estimated)
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Isn't this national party conservtive/right-wing? I thought New Zealand was a more left-wing/progressive country?
Not as much anymore.
I know a lot of New Zealanders and over the years a lot of people are coming around to the fact that mindless regulation, political correctness, a huge lazy welfare class, social engineering, "green" energy wasn't doing the country a lot of good and in fact sending it on the path to destruction down the road. Anyone with a brain or talent along with their wealth started fleeing this "progressive green paradise", so much so that population was going to head for a decline and it was estimated that within a few short years what money people had would be overseas and it would cease any chance of being a prosperous productive society. The "brain drain" is well documented.
The path to prosperity isn't found through tax payer funded welfare paying a large chunk of society to be unproductive, uneducated, talentless, skill deprived and with nothing to look forward to in life. A lot of New Zealanders finally started to figure that out, hence the turn towards conservative politics.
I know a lot of New Zealanders and over the years a lot of people are coming around to the fact that mindless regulation, political correctness, a huge lazy welfare class, social engineering, "green" energy wasn't doing the country a lot of good and in fact sending it on the path to destruction down the road. Anyone with a brain or talent along with their wealth started fleeing this "progressive green paradise", so much so that population was going to head for a decline and it was estimated that within a few short years what money people had would be overseas and it would cease any chance of being a prosperous productive society. The "brain drain" is well documented.
The path to prosperity isn't found through tax payer funded welfare paying a large chunk of society to be unproductive, uneducated, talentless, skill deprived and with nothing to look forward to in life. A lot of New Zealanders finally started to figure that out, hence the turn towards conservative politics.
Yes NZ needs to dig up billions of tons of rocks and send it to China, needs that knowledge economy that Australia has lol
Last edited by Vichel; 11-28-2011 at 10:31 AM..
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I don't think it is as complicated as that. Both major parties get a fair amount of time in power. I was surprised at the amount of people I knew, who decided to vote on how the government handled the earthquake, or how personable they think John key is. For sure, some people vote on policy/ideology, but I think a lot of people vote on a more superficial level (as is their right). Left leaning parties still got nearly half the vote.
Isn't this national party conservtive/right-wing? I thought New Zealand was a more left-wing/progressive country?
hhhmmmm
Wondering why left wing must mean 'progressive'
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