Judging by Vernon Small's coverage of National's conference, policy appears to be moderating and pulling to the centre but Don Brash still has more radical ideas. Small writes, "Yet even as the party prepares a softer policy suite, Dr Brash is musing about radical tax reform. Lately he has been examining negaitve (or reverse) taxation, which would deliver a payment up to $9,000 at zero income."
Perhaps he has been reading Charles Marray's latest book, In Our Hands.
As for the rest, Simon Power talking about "reducing crime, not locking up younger and younger people for longer", Judith Collins "strong on intervention", Nick Smith "showing how thinking has moved on from the privatisation and corporatisation agendas" - sounds like National of old. Managers.
And when you think about it, if all we really want is the problems managed instead of sorted, Labour aren't that bad at it.
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Yep! If the Don goes expect watered down pathetic old "us too1" National to cringe and skulk and bumble about for a few years before being kicked out again for the same reasons as they were last time....
Brash is their best hope of setting a fire under Kiwis to make a change...but Im not holding my breath.
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