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Letter to the Editor – fiscal irresponsibility by National
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from: Frank Macskasy <fmacskasy@gmail.com>
to: “The Wellingtonian” <editor@thewellingtonian.co.nz>
date: Wed, Aug 27, 2014
subject: Letter to the editor.
The Editor“The Wellingtonian”
At a time when the Capital Coast DHB is so strapped for cash that it is cutting back on services for the mentally unwell (see: Fears for mentally ill forced to streets), our esteemed Prime Minister – or the “Prime Minister’s office – there is evidently a distinction – is once again attempting to bribe New Zealanders with tax cuts.Never mind that, collectively, as a nation, we have a $69 billion dollar debt that accrues millions in interest payment, and must be paid back.Never mind that we have 250,000-plus children living in poverty as the jobless and working poor cannot afford the high cost of living.Never mind that people in Christchurch face a housing shortage and massive rent hikes. Evidently, according to earthquake-minister Gerry Brownlee, the free market will sort that out.It beggars belief that we have a major political party so irresponsible with finances that it is willing to spray money around to win votes, rather than address our multi-billion dollar debt and critical social problems confronting our nation.They do not deserve to be re-elected government.-Frank Macskasy
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References
Fairfax media: Fears for mentally ill forced to streets
Fairfax media: Christchurch rent crisis ‘best left to market’
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Above image acknowledgment: Francis Owen/Lurch Left Memes
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