“..In 1984 the founders of the Act Party, who were then embedded in the David Lange Government, carried out an economic coup ..
.. resulting in the sovereignty of our economy being handed to our corporate elites.
I would have thought, after the mess created by them, the likes of Roger Douglas and Ruth Richardson would be apologising from prison cells rather than having another go.
These villains are up to their old tricks again .. and now want three-quarters of our city assets given to a bunch of their corporate allies appointed by Act leader Rodney Hide and first-term list MP Stephen Joyce.
The new mayor and council will play with the remaining titbit.
Interestingly, Hide is using the same tactics employed by the founder of Act, Douglas, when he was Lange’s brain: ..
.. Whip up a sense of crisis, create self-imposed unrealistic timelines .. and then blame the other politicians for the confusion.
Then claim “there is no alternative” but to take the decision-making out of the hands of elected politicians ..
.. and appoint your corporate mates to take over everything.
Be under no illusion; a coup is underway that will put the power in Auckland in the hands of a faceless corporate bureaucracy ..
.. before we even get to vote in elections..”
go to source/story>>Matt McCarten: Auckland’s riches to be handed to corporate cronies – Opinion – NZ Herald News
