A relationship counsellor has an article published 12 July 2011 in one of our local Matamata newspapers. The article is great and is certainly worth a read, but his words apply to a wider sphere than just relationships. What he said was:
• Just because you have been told something lots of times does not make it true.
• Just because you believe something doesn’t necessarily make it true.
• Just because you have believed something for a long time also does not make it true.
• If you learn something based on information at the time you can unlearn it by getting more information and understanding.
• Remember that whatever you believe, you will find evidence to support it, whether it is true or not.
We should take heed of these words when we read and watch the media in the lead up to “Election 2011”.
For instance:
• Just because you hear New Zealand Superannuation is unsustainable and the age of eligibility must be raised to 67, doesn’t make it true.
• Just because they say New Zealanders do not save enough so we have to borrow overseas, doesn’t make it true.
• Just because they say “Banks don’t create money” doesn’t make it true.
• Just because they say “The Reserve Bank can’t create money” doesn’t make it true.
Look for the truth and vote for that this election.
Show Me the “Monetary Reform” David Cunliffe! Following Phil Goff’s release of Labour’s Finance Manifesto today, David Cunliffe has said in a New Zealand Labour Party press release : “Labour is backing the drive for more high value exports with monetary reform ...” I challenge David Cunliffe, Labour’s Finance Spokesperson, to front up and explain what he means by the term ‘monetary reform’. If he means replacing toxic debt-based commercial bank credit with social credit, as the sole means of money coming into existence and continuing to exist – issued in the public interest, to serve the common good - then I would endorse his definition. And if he accepts that it’s crazy for our government to borrow from foreign lenders, with interest, when we could use the publicly-owned Reserve Bank of New Zealand as an independent statutory monetary authority with the sole power to create, issue, and cancel New Zealand’s money, then I applaud his endeavours. But if Mr. Cunliffe thinks ‘mo
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