What a roasting Bill English has faced over his accommodation
allowance.
The media feeding frenzy explains why the polls all agree
that politicians belong to the most loathed and despised
profession in New Zealand
Talkback radio and letters to the editor accuse our political
leaders of nest feathering as they greedily shove their
snouts in the public trough.
While that sanctimonious ‘cardigan on legs' Peter Dunne looks
smugly on because he has no accommodation allowance, Bill was
put to the sword.
I don't often agree with our Deputy Prime Minister in
political terms, but I believe Bill English is an honest,
hard working, committed, political leader.
If he had put his life's work into being a successful sheep
farmer, he could have purchased a freehold house in
Wellington by now.
I find it just as repugnant to attack solo mums and publicly
accuse them of being selfish opportunists and worse. Single
parents are some of the bravest and most compassionate people
I have met.
I also have no intention of criticising businessmen who get
into financial strife because of the recession.
Ross Wensley and his wife, Raewyn, are two of the warmest,
generous and most decent human beings I've had the pleasure
of meeting.
An essential element of life in our capitalist society is the
courage of the entrepreneur.
They take huge risks but without them our society would be
static, sterile, downright boring.
When times get tough, instead of attacking each other we
should extend support to those who are struggling.
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