The creeping face of Socialism

Almost every week the Government pushes new measures that interfere with voluntary transactions, and build up an all powerful state.

The latest is the socialist proposal that housing developers be forced to build a proportion of cheap houses in large new Auckland estates. What nonsense. The state should not be forcing private property developers to build a certain type of house. They have Housing NZ to do that if they think there is a need.

Why not go all the way and have the state fix the price for every house built? Worked so well in the USSR didn’t it?

Sadly the Government looks set to ignore the more useful proposals such as financially punishing councils for resource consent delays and abolishing the artificial city limit boundary for Auckland. Land supply is a big issue.