A Labour MP from Palmerston North is outraged that Bill English has told the truth.
English said that there are Kiwi men who are supposed to be available for work but don't turn up; that can't read and write and are virtually unemployable. That's why NZ imports immigrant farm workers.
The Labour MP says this is the government's fault after 8 years at the helm.
Really? If the individual and the individual's family do not value education, if they prefer to make money illicitly or from benefits, if they get their kicks from a variety of law-breaking activities and spend much of their time cycling in and out of prison, is it really Bill English' fault?
The underclass, which we don't seem to talk about as much anymore, was just as bad after Labour's last 9 year innings.
This type of petty, cheap-shot politics grinds my gears. What would the Labour MP do in English' shoes? Sweep illiteracy and unemployability under the carpet and only ever present a rose-tinted picture of a certain slice of society?
Because when that happens, problems never get solved. English has probably been the most innovative and daring Finance Minister when it comes to social policy. That willingness to try new approaches is born out of his recognition and acknowledgement of just how hopeless certain people have become.
And when Bill English said that prisons are a "moral and fiscal failure" did any Labour MPs jump up and down then?
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
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