After perusing the headlines - climate change, homeless people, rising rates, not enough finance for this or that, it's obvious from what myself and many others are seeing in regional/district councils and central government is none other than socialism.

With socialism comes a huge increase in rules/laws and taxes (especially with supposed man-made climate change) and progresses to ruling over people (dictatorial communism).

Capitalism on the other hand encourages people to capitalise on their own business ideas to multiply and increase their future, which leads to employing more people which builds wealth and increases a nation's/community's vibrancy and freedom.

The government needs to get behind the people of NZ wanting to build their own future, and fend off UN and mega-multinationals who unfortunately after using capitalism to become wealthy are now promoting socialism through the UN into our government to control and own our citizens/businesses.

Everyone seems to think Trump is dumb, but since throwing UN interference to one side, more US women in over 50 years are owning their own businesses, plus there are more jobs than unemployment and the country is accelerating faster than all others.

John Fairburn, Katikati