Sir Bob Jones was on Good Morning TV yesterday talking about tax, the Douglas era and how Roger's reforms were 'radical' in comparison to what was happening in the rest of the world. The Muldoon era of daylight robbery is discussed (actually 'discussed' isn't right - Bob thankfully does all the talking), the Laffer Curve effect, what's happening in Slovakia with their flat 10 percent tax, and why we should be following suit. It starts at 1:45.
(If you enjoyed Bob stay tuned for an announcement about my campaign launch where he will be guest speaker)
Then stick with the Good Morning (it soon won't be) and watch Beth Wood (Save the Children) and Ian Hassell (ex Children's Commissioner) argue with Bob McCoskrie (Family First) about the anti-smacking legislation. Quite teeth gritting stuff with the presenter clearly biased towards the proponents. This starts at 2:05.
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Roger's reforms were 'radical' in comparison to what was happening in the rest of the world.
Be nice if it were true but it wasn't. Roger didn't even fucking start until 1985: Thatcher had already wiped out the unions by then, not the mention Reagan. And the US has been far ahead of NZ in terms of true liberty ever since Cook arrived in NZ.
And second, Roger didn't make that much different. The most substantial changes were made in just one budget by Ruth Richardson. It's not 1984; it's 1990:
we need a Ruth Richardson style budget - we need to finish the job, just stop the dole, the dpb, and all the rest, so it can never ever come back
The Gini index is internationally recognised as measuring how much countries reward success. In the US it's around 50; in Australia 35; in NZ it's 20-something. Fixing this is the single most important thing NZ can do.
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