As truth is always the first casualty of war, so is education the first casualty of socialism. NZ kids started to fail at maths 40 years ago, and now these kids have joined National or Labour, NZ’s two main socialist political parties, and in the worst of two not very pleasant outcomes for the country,…
Its a mystery how the left, once they gain power in any country or state, frequently manage to retain that power for a surprisingly long duration. Even when their policies cause deprivation and destruction, people inexplicably still keep voting for them. What is the answer to this mystery? Take California for example. Extreme leftist Gerry…
At the end of 2014, Greeks owed their government about $US86 billion (or $NZ154 billion) in unpaid taxes accrued over decades. The government says only less than 10% of that can be recovered, with the rest lost to insolvency. Billions more in taxes are owed on never-reported revenue from Greece’s vast underground economy, which was…
Many on the left condemn opposition to mass immigration as “racist”. This is an absurd allegation for many reasons and I’ll explain why below. Libertarians often join the left in this condemnation although for different reasons. They say restrictions on immigration will stunt economic growth. The NZ National Party kind of supports the Libertarian view,…
The Greeks recently elected an extreme left govt (Syriza) as a kind of protest vote against the austerity measures of the previous govt. What the thinking was behind this move one can only guess at, but I think its a similar kind of mood to that which made Queenslanders recently elect the Labor party to…
Alan West is on my list of preferred presidential candidates, along with Ted Cruz and Scott Walker. Shame he isn’t running (AFAIK) because in this article he demonstrates that he has an exceptionally clear view on what is causing so many of the problems in western society. This paragraph is particularly accurate- …the demand that…
I think the commies on the extreme left (Labour Greens, Maori) will be elected to power in NZ, and the far left commies (National) will sit on the opposition benches. Meanwhile in Australia, Kevin Rudd announced the election date at the weekend (Sept 7th). A key issue in Australia is economic management. The Rudd govt.…
Detroit has collapsed fiscally, but money is not the real problem. The real reason Detroit is in a spiral of destruction is cultural. For 60 years the majority of Detroit citizens have voted Democrat. They’ve elected incompetents, malcontents, racists, thieves and criminals. As a result they’ve had completely destructive governance. Only three percent of fourth…
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