tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post2796532132048547530..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Karl du Fresne on Big GovernmentLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-41018698259142636902014-05-31T17:07:37.052+12:002014-05-31T17:07:37.052+12:00As a self-supporting freelancer, I am all for enco...As a self-supporting freelancer, I am all for encouraging people to become more self-reliant and independent. <br /><br />Unfortunately, what I do, they just can't do. Karl is right: "it's just too scary." <br /><br />Like hang gliding, which is my passion, I realize that although I can be self-reliant and independent, most people depend on others extensively, and will fight tooth and nail to continue that dependency.<br /><br />It's the way of the world. Odakyu-senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462958097068123502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-50530110906514807192014-05-31T15:28:14.045+12:002014-05-31T15:28:14.045+12:00Big Government is stupid, anti-freedom, expensive ...Big Government is stupid, anti-freedom, expensive and just plain ridiculous. <br /><br />The smaller we can make government (and the more self-reliant and independent people can become), the better-off people and the country will be. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-61567256161088284152014-05-30T17:50:09.586+12:002014-05-30T17:50:09.586+12:00Whyte, of course, believes the state should get ou...<i> Whyte, of course, believes the state should get out of our lives, save for a few essential functions. <br /> </i><br /><br />well of course it is because less than 10% of Kiwis pay for almost everything for every one else - and basically that's the only "nonessential" function of the state.<br /><br />So for 90% of Kiwis, dropping nonessential functions means that they will be worse off. No question. Look back at '91, or Thatcher in the 80s; entire generations thrown on the scrapheap - and the economy only started recovering when they had died off. <br /><br /><br /><i>It's an idea worth exploring, but you get the impression that for a lot of people, it's just too scary</i><br /><br />It's too scary for Whyte - which is why his party's policy <b>leaves all redistribution and welfare untouched</b> - not to mention double counts cuts and relies on dynamic scoring. SO even if there is a National+ACT govt, ACT won't have a mandate for much.<br /><br />Whereas a "1% cut in top marginal tax rate for ever 1% of the party vote" is absolutely clear and would lead to such a cut straight after the election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com