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Strypey | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Towards the end of the Auckland Central electorate debate, I heard the National candidate, Mahesh Muralidhar, say something neoliberals normally don't admit in public;

"... over the last 6 years... there's been a strategic shift of power... [from] businesses into government... What... our future government is going to do, is we're going to make a strategic shift of power back from government, back to... businesses..."
 https://theworkinggroup.podbean.com/e/nz-taxpayers-union-and-working-group-election-debate-auckland-central/

#podcast #TheWorkingGroup #neoliberalism
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Strypey | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Mahesh Muralidhar tried to hedge this statement by tacking on "consumers and" before each reference to "businesses", and tacking on a handwave at "communities" on the end. But when you prune out that meaningless decoration, what he said is pretty clear. National will strip decision-making power from democratic institutions accountable to citizens, and give it to profit-motivated ones accountable only to owners. Our only role in their "democracy" is deciding where to shop. One dollar, one vote.
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Strypey | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oscar Sims, the Auckland Central Labour candidate, dropped this clanger;

"We're not doing a wealth tax... it's not the right time for it, there isn't the public support for it.  That's why the Green Party are polling at 11%."

https://theworkinggroup.podbean.com/e/nz-taxpayers-union-and-working-group-election-debate-auckland-central/

Wrong, wrong, and wrong.

First, both Greens and TPM leaders said during the Powerbrokers debate that it's a bottom line. So if Labour want to remain  in government, they *are* doing a wealth tax.

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