Don't let National Sell Your House!
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labellementeuseAnother quick word about National policy:
National are promising, very quietly, to return state housing rentals to market equity. The last time they did this, child poverty tripled, state houses were overcrowded, diseases spread much more quickly (including the meningitis B epidemic, which originated about that time & was aggravated by these kind of living conditions). Russell Brown has a transcript of a Linda Clark interview with Don Brash on this subject here; I advise you to go and read it now. It's the kind if idea that makes you furious.
Clark: Well, do you know what the social impact of [the policy of market rent equity for state houses] was in the '90s? Pretty straightforward question.
Brash: I don't have a comprehensive study there, but I know that it got many people into affordable housing.
Clark: The Child Poverty Action Group, which was formed essentially on the back of that policy, says that when market rents came in last time under a National government, the level of child poverty in this country was tripled.
(snip)
Clark: Have you studied the policy in the '90s?
Brash: Not in detail, no.
Clark: Do you not think it would have been a good idea to study the policy before you went back to it?
Also, the last time National was in power during the 90s, they sold 13,000 state houses, taking their rent out of control of the government.
Don't let National sell your house- or anyone else's. Vote Green, vote Labour, vote anywhere else (...except ACT who'd probably do the same thing...) DO NOT ELECT THIS MAN. He wants to return National's policy to one that's widely criticised and that he admits he hasn't studied the consequences of. JUST SAY NO to him.
Also: The Make-Your-Own-National-Billboard site is fantastic. That's a link to the rankings (vote for your favourite!) and I must say I am amused by the fact that they seem to be split between the generally mocking (What's your petrol Tax..., Is There A Surplus Or Not) the pro-Helen or Anti-Brash (How to Make Your Opponent Look Bad, Women Voters) the blatantly pro-Labour-including lots about foreign policy- (Rogernomics, Nukes, Ideologies) and the geeky (or geeky and all of the above, like All Your Base. *AMUSED* and stuff I don't get)
And Hypoxia is good. Oh, they're all hilarious, you should have a look.
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National are promising, very quietly, to return state housing rentals to market equity. The last time they did this, child poverty tripled, state houses were overcrowded, diseases spread much more quickly (including the meningitis B epidemic, which originated about that time & was aggravated by these kind of living conditions). Russell Brown has a transcript of a Linda Clark interview with Don Brash on this subject here; I advise you to go and read it now. It's the kind if idea that makes you furious.
Clark: Well, do you know what the social impact of [the policy of market rent equity for state houses] was in the '90s? Pretty straightforward question.
Brash: I don't have a comprehensive study there, but I know that it got many people into affordable housing.
Clark: The Child Poverty Action Group, which was formed essentially on the back of that policy, says that when market rents came in last time under a National government, the level of child poverty in this country was tripled.
(snip)
Clark: Have you studied the policy in the '90s?
Brash: Not in detail, no.
Clark: Do you not think it would have been a good idea to study the policy before you went back to it?
Also, the last time National was in power during the 90s, they sold 13,000 state houses, taking their rent out of control of the government.
Don't let National sell your house- or anyone else's. Vote Green, vote Labour, vote anywhere else (...except ACT who'd probably do the same thing...) DO NOT ELECT THIS MAN. He wants to return National's policy to one that's widely criticised and that he admits he hasn't studied the consequences of. JUST SAY NO to him.
Also: The Make-Your-Own-National-Billboard site is fantastic. That's a link to the rankings (vote for your favourite!) and I must say I am amused by the fact that they seem to be split between the generally mocking (What's your petrol Tax..., Is There A Surplus Or Not) the pro-Helen or Anti-Brash (How to Make Your Opponent Look Bad, Women Voters) the blatantly pro-Labour-including lots about foreign policy- (Rogernomics, Nukes, Ideologies) and the geeky (or geeky and all of the above, like All Your Base. *AMUSED* and stuff I don't get)
And Hypoxia is good. Oh, they're all hilarious, you should have a look.
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Date: 2005-09-07 11:38 pm (UTC)And omg that site is gold. The women voters thing literally has brought tears to my eyes, I'm laughing so hard.
Have you seen the smeer campaign leaflet? I laughed so hard at Don Brash's total "ah fuck" look to the questions the media got him with.
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Date: 2005-09-08 12:01 am (UTC)XD Russel Brown called it "The people's art." I'd have to agree.
The Exclusive Brethren one? I haven't, actually, but there was a minor comments altercation in one of my posts recently (the icon one. Someone started bitching about the Greens and someone else was like "Uh, no" and then the first person said "Well I got it out of this leaflet!1!OMG!" and then the second person said "AHAH PWND THE BRETHREN HANDED THAT OUT" and then the first person said s/he hadn't heard of the Brethren. Which, well, what? :P Anyway, consequently I have an increased opinion of the value of leafletting and, you know, a lowering of my opinion of the intelligence of the average National voter but it was pretty low already; so not much difference, really. ;)
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Date: 2005-09-08 02:10 am (UTC)Well...his policies anyway. Who doesn't study consequences? Or at least pretend they have?
Saying that will probably just parade my general ignorance, but it's happened more than once. He didn't even know his own policies.
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Date: 2005-09-08 02:11 am (UTC)It's so hypocritical. They don't even vote.
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Date: 2005-09-08 07:15 am (UTC)Not just his policies. Who the hell sets policy that they haven't fucking read up on? I used to think he was misguided, but relatively intelligent... but that's just STUPID, not to mention asshole-like and kind of immoral.
Also re: Brethren: Hey. What does this say about National's policy, people?
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Date: 2005-09-08 10:31 pm (UTC)It's like, dude, YOUR OPPOSITION knew your poicy better than you did. You LIE.
Which is pretty much what Linda said. :P