Wednesday, September 07, 2005



"Buy your way to the Treasury benches"

Scoop has extracts from the latest batch of leaked internal memos from the national party here.

As with the previous lot, you really have to wonder who is leaking this material. Access is limited, so National clearly has someone very high up who is trying to undermine its election chances. That isn't a good look, and it doesn't exactly suggest stable government if they manage to gain power.

8 comments:

While its quite revealing about the dissent within the Nat's about ACT and the BRT setting the agenda, be thankful that it has been exposed.
What I find amazing is the complete lack of respect or value shown for 'New Zealand' in these memos.

I'ts 'slosh money around till it hurts' to buy votes.
It's 'play the race card' to buy votes.

Not once do we see anything like 'slosh what the country can afford' or 'slosh what is prudent without going overboard' or 'take care with the finances but slosh what you can'

No. It's a power grab and to hell with the consequences.

Labour:
Highest growth in oecd
Lowest unemployment oecd
Taxation in the lower third of oecd
A rising tide floats all boats.
No nukes.
No illegal wars.
Stable Government

National
National:
Borrowing to fund tax cuts
- High debt means high interest payments
- The opportunity cost of interest payments is the
public services or investment forgone
- Loans are repaid in foreign currency that has to be earned through a surplus on the current
account balance.
- Interest on 3.5b over 10 years may exceed 1b,
or many, many, health operations
Wars & Nukes: Initially, in accordance with neocon views. Lately, maybe, maybe not, perhaps, possibly. {Think flip-flop}
Most other policys: see this link.
http://www.gonebylunchtime.com/
Shambolic Government, if what we see in the lead up is any indication.

Posted by Anonymous : 9/07/2005 11:15:00 PM

Abv post was not meant to be anonymous

Posted by Anonymous : 9/07/2005 11:18:00 PM

Hmm as with Tamihere - they may be shooting their own party but I am surprised to see people like yourself being so hostile towards honesty in parliment.

The principle seems to be that politicians should withhold as much information as possible from us unless it makes their party look good - that cripples the whole principle of democracy. I want at least one Tamihere and one (whoever this person is) in parliment so I can keep an eye on everyone else.

Posted by Genius : 9/08/2005 07:22:00 AM

The "National Party" is not "Parliament."

This exposes the machinations of a group of extremely well heeled people who are trying to buy their way to power.

I am hostile to that? you are reading into my post things I have never said.

Posted by Anonymous : 9/08/2005 09:35:00 AM

AJ,
for the most part I was respondoing to hte main post and I/S
By the way I agree with your post except the war and nukes one is not very convincing - I dont see that happening.

Posted by Genius : 9/08/2005 06:47:00 PM

Politics is about winning - I just assumed all parties did this stuff. Bad luck for the Nats to be caught out at it, but surely none of us imagine Labour politicians and their advisors would be above such things?

Posted by Anonymous : 9/08/2005 10:59:00 PM

genius,
I don't think we'll see nuke weapons here under labour, and no participation in an illegal war.
Yes, I don't think the nat's could pull us in those directions either. But....think Lockwood, Min of Foreign Affairs - frightening !

Posted by Anonymous : 9/08/2005 11:41:00 PM

I'm glad the Nats have someone in their ranks with the guts to let the truth out and show how corrupt the Party has become in its hunger for power.
There's only one reason to vote Labour on the 17th - Nats out.

Posted by Anonymous : 9/09/2005 12:15:00 PM