Garth’s 8 reasons to dump Clark
Garth George gives his eight recent reasons to dump Helen Clark:
- Ramming through the Emissions Trading Bill in the dying days of this Administration.
- The allocation of stalls at the public trough to a whole bunch of Labour lackeys, contrary to the long-standing convention that such appointments should not be made within three months of an election.
- News that at least 400 New Zealanders die every year because of a shortage of hospital beds; that heart operation numbers in Auckland have taken a tumble, that cancer sufferers cannot get radiation treatment
- Figures showing that parents last year had to cough up well over half a billion dollars in fees and donations to keep our schools running, a whopping $56 million more than the previous year
- A Defence Ministry report revealing that our armed services can’t fly, can’t sail and can’t fight.
- The incomprehensible decision to deprive policemen of the right to stand for local authorities; and the gutless decision of the Commissioner of Police to refer to politicians the decision to arm some officers with Tasers.
- Labour’s moves to acquire state funding for political parties
- The Government’s continued insistence that it, and its Green component in particular, knows best what is good for us and how we should live our lives – everything from the food we eat to the cars we drive to the light bulbs we can use, to how we discipline our children, to whether we can sell privately-owned land for housing.
I don’t think one can describe Garth as a swinging voter!