It's true I have been feeling grumpy and gloomy since Brash was dumped. While there was a glimmer of hope he would make PM there was something to feel slightly optimistic about. So maybe I am being supersensitive but it seems every which way I turn, the damn government is sticking it's nose in. Switching on Parliament to catch Brash's speech yesterday I got the whining NZ First MP Barbara Stewart telling those protesting about regulation of the natural health products and dietary supplements industry "no regulation is not an option". This morning I see the anti-scalping bill, Major Events Management Bill, will outlaw the sale of tickets to a major event for more than the original sale price.
And of course these odious acts are accompanied by the justification that, the rest of the world does it. NZ was once a radical country. Historically, it has often led the world, sometimes, I admit, in ways I may not have agreed with. As an excuse for meddling and squashing entrepreneurship, it doesn't wash.
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You said "NZ was once a radical country". With all due respect Lindsay, you must be kidding or it must have happenned many, many years ago!
In my almost 19 years in New Zealand, I've witnessed the continuous erosion of individual liberty and personal freedom.
The State is omnipresent these days. Even more so in the form of the current unabashed socialist government.
There is no way in hell we're going to let them win, Mitchell. No way. Especially not with you around.
I am with you on that. Brash offered something not evident in the present government and to some extent missing from the new national spokes people.
The ability to speak his mind with honesty and integrity. It is a real pity he lacked the `political nous' to carry his objextives through.
Hopefully some of his ideas will stay with the party and New Zealand will be a better place for his contribution to politics.
Just let the bureaucrats try to separate a willing buyer from a willing seller, with respect to on-selling tickets to a major sporting event. Kiwis will have none of that. The market will decide as it always does despite the threat of REGULATIONS. Furthermore if there is a demand for seats at a high premium then obviously the official prices were too low. As someone said recently [it may have been PC] Socialists' knowledge of the market is precisely nil.
But the "scalpers" don't always win. I recall with the Rolling Stones concert there were lots of desperate people on TradeMe trying to get rid of tickets prior to the concerts. I am sure they were not all peeople who had changed their minds. Again market forces at play.
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