So blackcap, have you ever had a wet dream , dont thinks so as imo you would have a tiny weenie !
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Don’t ever expect the leftist parasites to ever do anything except breed beneficiaries and losers by stealing ideas and wealth from the hard working and smart NZers.
Remember Labour‘s motto : ‘Study hard, work hard and save hard so we can take from you to give to those who don’t.’
The repeal of the Labour governments world leading Smokefree 2025 Action Plan announced by previous Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall in December 2021, is extraordinary & a massive step backwards.
The National Party campaigned on "better Health outcomes" & said they would "focus relentlessly on results" yet this would be a major loss for Public Health & a huge win for the tobacco industry !
The move to repeal, even more astounding considering Dr Shane Reti's previous stated support of the goals of the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan.
How on earth will our next government's new Minister of Health Shane Reti justify, rationalise repealing this legislation ??
Apart from the numbers of Kiwi's dying each week from entirely preventable smoking related causes, the cost in lost productivity & to the Public Health system is in the $billions.
Of course the govt gains back $billions in excise tax from the sale of tobacco.
https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/u...et-back-health
They want the tax revenue to fund their tax cuts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSDxETyLiBk
Panda you continue to make stuff up. Nowhere in the 2 coalition agreements does it say funding of cycleways will be "removed". It says the costs will be reduced which is way overdue as costs had ballooned out of all proportions under Labour. This simply means that contractors have been put on notice not to rip us taxpayers off.
FYI, Tesla's coming into NZ are made in Shanghai, which is not in America.
Agree. This is one policy I don't understand. Read the 2 coalition agreements but they don't shed much light on this issue. Is it possible that they are doing this to allow dairies to continue selling tobacco, many of which would not survive without those sales ? I just can't quite figure out the reasoning behind this but seems to have been pushed by ACT