Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
Maybe this is one of the cases where less is more?
Yes, Labour was much happier than National to open our wallets, take our money and spend it as they see fit (Mama Helen knows better). Labour decided to spend our money to
- hire senior unemployed clowns (referring not just to all these senior policy analysts crowding government premises at the end of HC's reign ... and than, she was as well minister for the arts - wasn't she?
- to increase overall bureaucracy (another ministry - anybody?) or
- to get people addicted to receiving benefits - hardly anybody left who doesn't live off the tax payer in one form or another (oh - damn, forgot about me ...)
- ah yeah, didn't check on Wikipedia, but the greed tax was really an outstanding Labour achievement - and how fast they've been to implement it, amazing performance ...
Banksie, do you really say these are all good things?