Over 1000 roles across two ministries tasked with caring for and educating NZ's children are getting slashed as part of the Government's public sector purge....
It’s also another example of putting ideology over practicality. Even before they got in, we already had a drag on our healthcare system because of the lifelong effects of our unusually high rate of child respiratory infections and rheumatic fever.
The downstream effects of these new policies are not going to be pretty.
This government (and more frequently all rightwing parties) seem anti-science and anti-common-sense. Anything to feed the machine (neo-liberal capitalism).
It’s quite baffling to me. After a certain point, wealth hoarding is no more beneficial than hoarding old newspapers. And they’re ruining lives and destroying the planet for that?
Sorry, I wasn’t very clear then. I think it’s flu vaccinations for under 12s not the essentials. So far.
Damn, didn’t see that. They really want kids sick eh?
Yeah. It’s so weird.
It’s also another example of putting ideology over practicality. Even before they got in, we already had a drag on our healthcare system because of the lifelong effects of our unusually high rate of child respiratory infections and rheumatic fever.
The downstream effects of these new policies are not going to be pretty.
This government (and more frequently all rightwing parties) seem anti-science and anti-common-sense. Anything to feed the machine (neo-liberal capitalism).
I think you’re right.
It’s quite baffling to me. After a certain point, wealth hoarding is no more beneficial than hoarding old newspapers. And they’re ruining lives and destroying the planet for that?