Redbaiter wrote:
> Wealth redistribution is a misnomer. What it should be called is
> poverty redistribution. Leftists like to take money from people
> who won't vote for them (eg farmers) and give it to people who
> will vote for them (eg beneficiaries).
>
> Consequently wealth producers scale back on their enterprise.
> Many of them leave for greener pastures. This increases poverty.
>
> Klark's pursuit of the beneficiary vote at the expense of the
> productive sector is slowly but surely bringing the country down.
> She will be happy when we are all as poor as the poorest Nth
> Korean.
>
I don't think Clark would be happy Red, she'd be more likely to conclude
that she hadn't gone "far enough" and would try more regulation and
control...
> Muriel Newman provides figures that show how Klark's policies are
> crippling the country, and will go on crippling the country until
> there's no country left to cripple. NZ's so called economic
> prosperity is a leftist mirage.
>
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>
> "The number of people who have been registered unemployed over
> four years has risen 61 percent - to more than 17,000. Equally
> alarming, the number of Sickness Beneficiaries has breached
> 40,000 for the first time in New Zealand history. Across the
> board, we are seeing a relentless growth in the Invalids Benefit,
> and the Domestic Purposes Benefit is beginning to trend upwards
> as well."
>
Don't worry Red, after all, we have Maharey's personal assurance that
welfare "won't be a lifestyle option" under this govt. What's that? The
figures don't support him? Oh...