Food, housing, education and transport costs have increased. Easy access to affordable and timely health care remains a difficulty. Why is it, on the one hand, Business, Local Bodies and Government can increase their cost structures and our budget burdens with ease, while on the other hand, they struggle to increase our incomes? Any increase in income or reduction in our rates or taxes are merely token gestures - they never catch-up and the gap between increasing prices and our purchasing power gets ever wider. It is about time a political party discovered the answer! No - it is about time a political party with the answer, was supported by New Zealanders to become the government! Check out: http://www.democrats.org.nz/ and http://www.johnpemberton.co.nz/
New Economics: here for good. I stand for social, economic and environmental justice. At the heart of my vision for New Zealand is a fundamental reform of the monetary system - where policies to strengthen communities, reward enterprise & safeguard the environment become possible.