Category: National Elections

National elections

Where’s the Big Stuff – The important issues?

 NEITHER OUR MEDIA NOR OUR POLITICAL PARTIES SEEM TO BE CONCERNED TO DEAL WITH THE REAL ISSUES. FOR EXAMPLE:

  1. CONSTITUTION – ENCOMPASSING CITIZENS’ RIGHTS – COMPULSORY REFERENDA TO APPROVE AND TO ALTER. *
  1. RETURN TO DEMOCRACY, INCL. ELIMINATING GRAFT AND CORRUPT TENDENCIES
  1. POPULATION POLICY – INCLUDING PURCHASE OF NZ LAND BY FOREIGNERS *
  1. TAXATION: RESTORATION OF FAIRNESS, INCLUDING ‘PROPER’ TAXATION OF THOSE INVOLVED IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES-AS PER NORWAY ETC – WHETHER ON OR SEA, AND WHETHER FOREIGN OR NZ-OWNED – AND PARTIALLY TO ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL REPAIRS. *
  1. REDUCING POVERTY (AND THEREFORE CRIME AND HEALTH COSTS) AND REDUCTION OF THE WEALTH GAP – PARTLY THROUGH THE REVISED TAXATION SYSTEM.
  1. LOCAL BODIES AND DEMOCRATIC NEEDS/ORGANISATION. *
  1. FOREIGN POLICY
  1. ENVIRONMENT & ECONOMY.
  1. DEFENCE FORCE/EMERGENCY FORCE/CITIZEN TRAINING
  1. EDUCATION SYSTEM. EQUALITY/FUNDING/ LOCAL EMPHASIS AND NZ SYSTEMS – NOT FOREIGN OR TWISTED FOR FINANCIAL OR FOREIGN(ERS) REASONS.
  1. TRADE AND THE ECONOMY/ASSET SALES!! PEOPLE’S ASSETS AND PEOPLE’S CONTROL (REFERENDA) WATER O/SHIP TO BE PERMANENTLY PROTECTED. *

April 2013

Posted on by Tony Holman

Election Funding

8.7.14

 

The Editor, North Shore Times.

Dear Editor,

The whole messy business of donations and fundraising for political parties needs total reform.

The basics need to be set on democratic principles, certainty, fairness, openness and devoid of the current nonsense and implications of buying favours by secret or public donations.

Each party should be entitled to a certain sum of money based on criteria established and administered by the independent Electoral Commission, or similar. The fund from which each party would receive money for its election expenses would be from us the taxpayers as part of the cost of the election.

Such systems exist in some other countries and ought to be adopted here, among other reasons to remove suggestions of corruption and buying influence which are growing in number and will certainly undermine the basis of our democracy if allowed to continue.

Let’s have this researched along with a public debate, and perhaps political parties should listen to the debate rather than making any attempt to influence it.

Posted on by Tony Holman