Anywho. (Google Chrome just prompted me to have that auto-corrected to 'any who' but I told GC where to go and added it to dictionary. Yeah, am I boss or what?). So, ANYWHO, I've been wanting to share my reasons for who my vote is leaning toward, but its way too long for a Facebook status, so I ran back to my blog. For the first time in an age. (I tend to do that.)
The two strongest political parties in New Zealand are National and Labour. No, I have not done thorough research in to the background and origins of either of these parties, so this post is purely based on my experience as a human being for the past 18 years. (Oh snap, I forgot, I'm 19.)
Labour is promising an increase in the minimum wage, more jobs for unemployed youth, and lowering the prices of fruit & veg. Well, these are the only things I've seen written on their posters anyway.
National is wanting to introduce measures that will not give young people more money, but that will teach young people accountability, responsibility and initiative. Instead of giving young people money to potentially waste, they're going to teach them to be good stewards of money they're privileged to be given, by giving it to them in the form of bus cards, food vouchers and whatnot.
Sure, the stuff Labour wants to give us looks nice. Who doesn't wanna vote for the people that are saying they'll give us more money for what we already do for an already average amount? Well, when I consider the bigger picture, I'd rather not vote for them. All I've heard of them vowing is instant gratification. I understand that our nation is keen to bounce back from the Recession, but imagine with how much more energy we will be able to bounce back if we take these next few years to develop our national financial/socio-economic mindset...
Although I'd love to be paid at a higher rate, I'd love more to see a significant (in a downward direction) shift in the number of young people leaving school to go straight on the dole - where a high majority of them stay for the remainder of their existence. (I know there are people that genuinely require this assistance, I'm referring to the people who use the money as a cruisy surf through the pockets of hard working New Zealanders). So yeah.
Positive change in this nations' financial and even emotional mindset starts in each person. Change is inevitable and individual. So I'm going to vote for the people that are wanting to positively affect the way we think about ourselves, our money, the nation and the nations' money.
Blah, blah, blah, Politics.
