1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. NZ.GENERAL

  • Guidance for Government

    From Rich80105@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 5 17:18:43 2025
    Seen on Facebook (attributed to John Wesley but I suspect that is not
    true . . .) :

    Reduce the gap between rich people and poor people
    Help everyone to have a job
    Help the poorest, including introducing a living wage
    Offer the best possible education
    Help everyone to feel that they can make a difference
    Promote tolerance
    Promote equal treatment for women
    Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism
    End all forms of slavery
    Avoid getting into wars
    Share the love of God with everyone
    Care for the environment

    I would only change one of them - the second to last could be "Share
    love with everyone" - a majority of New Zealanders claimed in the last
    census to have no religion.

    How many of those excellent aims or principles are being met by the
    current government - do they actually believe any of them?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Rich80105@hotmail.com on Sat Jul 5 06:12:47 2025
    Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Seen on Facebook (attributed to John Wesley but I suspect that is not
    true . . .) :

    Reduce the gap between rich people and poor people
    Help everyone to have a job
    Help the poorest, including introducing a living wage
    Offer the best possible education
    Help everyone to feel that they can make a difference
    Promote tolerance
    Promote equal treatment for women
    Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism
    End all forms of slavery
    Avoid getting into wars
    Share the love of God with everyone
    Care for the environment

    I would only change one of them - the second to last could be "Share
    love with everyone" - a majority of New Zealanders claimed in the last
    census to have no religion.

    How many of those excellent aims or principles are being met by the
    current government - do they actually believe any of them?
    Not enough but siginificantly more than the last government.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Crash@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 6 18:25:21 2025
    On Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:18:43 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    Seen on Facebook (attributed to John Wesley but I suspect that is not
    true . . .) :

    Reduce the gap between rich people and poor people

    How?

    Help everyone to have a job

    We do that. If not abolish WINZ.

    Help the poorest, including introducing a living wage

    Done already, but voluntarily.

    Offer the best possible education

    An impossible proposition. We nominally provide the best education
    that taxpayers can afford.

    Help everyone to feel that they can make a difference

    Not possible - political rhetoric.

    Promote tolerance

    Political rhetoric.

    Promote equal treatment for women

    Agreed.

    Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism

    Political rhetoric.

    End all forms of slavery
    Avoid getting into wars
    Share the love of God with everyone

    Political rhetoric. Name any political party in NZ that campaigns on
    the necessity of slavery, wars and God.

    Care for the environment

    NZ does by and large, but northern hemisphere countries do not.

    I would only change one of them - the second to last could be "Share
    love with everyone" - a majority of New Zealanders claimed in the last
    census to have no religion.

    How many of those excellent aims or principles are being met by the
    current government - do they actually believe any of them?

    How many of them have been met by any Government of any colour? Your
    statement belies the fact that your stance is political rhetoric, as
    always.


    --
    Crash McBash

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)