Free Press: ACT’s regular bulletin
Free Press
ACT’s regular
bulletin
Own Your
Future
David Seymour’s second book, ‘Own
Your Future’ is out. You can order it here. From the back
cover:
We politicians are the second least trusted profession, just barely ahead of the journalists who report on us. Even the used car salesmen and lawyers are being rehabilitated compared with us. No wonder John Key achieved political superstardom by effectively saying ‘I’ll keep those other muppets out and then I won’t change anything.’
But what if politicians could solve real problems, and were prepared to set out their solutions in a book? This is an ACT Party tradition, ever since Sir Roger Douglas wrote Unfinished Business and Richard Prebble published I’ve been thinking.
This book is filled with fresh new ideas. Inside you’ll find out how we could, with the political will, teach prisoners to read while saving taxpayer money, make councils want to process resource consents quickly, stop the disaster that is one-in-five children born onto a benefit, genuinely rebuild the self-esteem of school drop outs, and bring back the birdsong that Captain Cook heard to every suburb of New Zealand.
None of this requires higher taxes or more rules and regulations, in fact, the opposite. It shows how those of us who believe in Freedom, Choice, and Personal Responsibility have the answers for creating a richer and more inclusive society.
Foreword by Stephen Jennings
Kiwi
entrepreneur and billionaire Stephen Jennings has written a
strong endorsement of the book in his Foreword: In this
era it is absolutely critical for New Zealand to be on top
of our policy game. As David Seymour persuasively shows,
this is far from being the case today, but with strong
political and policy leadership could readily be so.
$5,000+ in Presales
Over $5,000 in
presales were made before the book’s launch, many people
are buying two. Perhaps it is because it’s the first ACT
book in 11 years, or perhaps it’s because it’s the first
book by a Party Leader in 11 years, we don’t know, but
demand is strong!
Actually, Jacinda Ardern
is Dangerous
For nine years under Helen Clark,
New Zealand marked time. Government spending increased to
the point that mortgage rates hit 11 per cent and we led the
world into recession. Employment Law changes drove business
mad and sapped productivity. New election bribe entitlements
such as Working for Families and interest free student loans
would prove too hard for John Key to reverse.
Five Days of Ardern
Ardern’s
promise of relentless positivity lasted five days until
Kelvin Davis’s cringe-worthy, over-rehearsed attacks on
Government Ministers. He called Jonathan Coleman, who is
admittedly a bit of a dork, Dr Death. Meanwhile Ardern has
promised to raise taxes on Auckland motorists. As if the
problem with congestion is that we don’t pay enough
tax!
What ACT would Do
Central
government introduced GST in 1986 at 10 per cent. Then it
was 12.5 per cent, then National raised it to 15%. When
someone builds a house, 15% of the cost is GST, but the
Council gets nothing for infrastructure. When central
government does hand over money, it is preceded by political
wrangling between central and local government. This is why
ACT would give half the GST on construction to the council
that issued the consent.
Totally
Crooked
Metiria Turei has shown she has no
regard for the law. We know she claimed the DPB for several
years while, according to the electoral roll, living with
her mother and partner over several years. When confronted,
she claimed she’d committed electoral fraud by claiming
the wrong address. Who believes these are the only things
she’s done? Free Press predicts that Turei has left
loose ends untied all through her life and there will be
more to come.
How We Win
ACT’s
internal poll is encouraging. The support is the same as all
other polls show, but the number who’ll shift their vote
to ACT when prompted with ACT policies is large. We are
looking forward to seven weeks of delivering those messages.
There is no reason why ACT will not elect five MPs and hold
the balance of power.
ends