What exactly is democracy? The origin is the Greek words demos and kratos, meaning government of the people. The reality, however, is totally different.
Realistically, it is the right to vote for a bunch of politicians who ignore the will of the people and do exactly as they wish. Labour were given a mandate to govern on their own, yet when the Greens or the Maori Party say ‘jump', Jacinda asks ‘how high?'.
Locally, the council has foisted on ratepayers bins, which the majority of us neither want nor need, simply adding the cost to our rates. Auckland Council and its offshoots are simply a law unto themselves.
No wonder so many of us are thinking ‘why bother?' at election time.
Ray Gilbert, Papamoa Beach.
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Why bother voting?
Posted on 05-06-2021 15:17 | By crazyhorse
After what we have seen with local and central gov't for the last couple of terms you have ask the question, why bother voting. Very few of the politicians who ended up in charge campaigned on the agendas they pushed once they were elected, local council's giving unelected Maori seats on council and now giving away our natural resources and land deemed spare, it's not theirs to give it's ratepayers! At Central govt level it is a free for all for Labour bringing in socialist changes to anything and everything not a week goes by without a new " separatist" policy announced , but, no extra money for our nurses, police or other Frontline carers and staff, democracy Ardern & Nania style.
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