Goof and Labour

My wife is not a political animal but last night's performance by Goof and the new Labour spend up policy on Child welfare had her spitting tacks.  "I saw some woman on TV with 6 kids complaining beneficiaries need more money.  Why should I pay for her inability to keep her legs closed?  We didn't have kids until we could afford them and we limited out family size for the same reason."

She starts yelling "Show us the money."  Well done John Key, you have defined the 2011 election for most of us.  We read daily of Europe in danger of collapsing due to excessive government spending caused largely by bloated social welfare and Goof wants us to follow that example.  My canny wife says "No one believes Labour have a plan to pay for all this."  She works with a large group of immigrants and none of them are voting Labour this time around.

I think Labour know they will be toast in November so are trying to retain the 25% or so of the electorate who represent their core, regardless of how nonsensical their policies as a result.

Labour Shit on a New Government Again

Is this deja vu or what? I remember well the pile of shit Labour left the incoming National government in 1999 with the BNZ. Here we go again, ACC seriously under funded by $6 billion, Housing Corp maintenance $2 billion and various rorts with funding for previous electoral promises. Cullen's reputation as a fiscal manager is quickly unravelling as the new Government get their hands on the books. Makes you wonder how the Treasury and public servants could keep quiet but of course we know why. The evil bastards crucified public servants for any political advantage or to transfer the blame so whistle blowers knew it would be open season on them.