tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post7419698873581483873..comments2024-03-28T21:25:08.138+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: The Journey: A Political Memoir - Posting No. 5Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-63478043829160788352012-05-19T10:43:58.225+12:002012-05-19T10:43:58.225+12:00Chris, I'm enjoying your 'Journey' pos...Chris, I'm enjoying your 'Journey' posts as well.<br /><br />I'm also on the other side of the political spectrum. However I hated Muldoon and think he did enormous damage to the country. Only 12 at the time of the Springbok Tour, I was too young to march but would have if older.<br /><br />So as someone else said, often we all agree on what we want, but disagree on how to go about it.<br /><br />How do we have full employment without the state running all sorts of industries, and very inefficiently? Or conversely everyone having a McJob that pays them very little and gives no security?<br /><br />How do we prosper economically without stuffing our environment?<br /><br />How do we build wealth over time without taking a short term view and just making as much money as possible right now - buggering everything up as we go?<br /><br />How do we get out of the "Capitalism for the Masses, Socialism for the Few" trap we've found ourselves in?<br /><br />It's these kinds of questions I'm interested in.davo36http://www.duganotherhole.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-53689332380128734732012-05-19T09:00:05.381+12:002012-05-19T09:00:05.381+12:00"On the other hand, there are a those of us w..."On the other hand, there are a those of us who recognize that there are some things that the State does very badly. Enforcing equity is one of them."<br /><br />Actually it does it rather well. Much better than the market.Righties ALWAYS crap on about this as if it ewere a law of physics. Ain't so.guerilla surgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-55291755575072738352012-05-18T02:06:28.061+12:002012-05-18T02:06:28.061+12:00Yep, dear old Clive Matthewson, darling of the Dun...Yep, dear old Clive Matthewson, darling of the Dunedin Left, ends up joining various Tories and pseudo-Tories in the precursor to Peter Dunne's United. The vast majority of Labour's 84-90 caucus have a good deal to answer for - very much Roger's fellow travellers. Can't just blame the 'fish and chip'cabal itself.markusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-7973535870595964402012-05-17T19:38:07.250+12:002012-05-17T19:38:07.250+12:00Chris
That is a beautiful narrative, even if we ...Chris <br /><br />That is a beautiful narrative, even if we find ourselves on opposite sides of the political spectrum, I feel your optimism, and I love and identify with your hope for a better future.<br /><br />And that is the reality for those of us who engage politically. We all want the same things in the end. Freedom, opportunity, equity, justice, and a safety net for the poor who through no fault of their own are on the wrong side of employment and prosperity.<br /><br />The Left looks to the State to provide the legislative environment where 'all of the above' is enforced.<br /><br />On the other hand, there are a those of us who recognize that there are some things that the State does very badly. Enforcing equity is one of them.<br /><br />Far better to confine the State to the enforcement of a common law for all, defense of the realm, open markets, an open banking system, an inclusive economy, and the the enforcement of a criminal justice system that protects private property, intellectual property, and honest endeavor.<br /><br />Rather than the State becoming the surrogate parent of us all, how much better to re-enforce the family and the place of marriage in a healthy society.<br /><br />Making the family the primary source of welfare and the State as a poor and reluctant backstop.<br /><br />Only then can we lift New Zealand out of the backwaters of socialist entitlement, anger and resentment, and realize that ultimately it is up to us, our families and our community to create a better New Zealand. One that we are all proud to call our own.<br /><br />A light to the world, a 'city set on a hill'.<br /><br />But then perhaps it's me being utopian?<br /><br />BrendanBrendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-25002349327581596792012-05-16T18:17:35.437+12:002012-05-16T18:17:35.437+12:00Please keep posting these, it is incredibly import...Please keep posting these, it is incredibly important that we remember our history.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756577987173700191noreply@blogger.com