I recently spent some days in hospital and I have nothing but praise for the quality professional care I received.
And if all that was not enough, Accident Compensation sent me a long letter listing all the costs of my stay, including wages, while I am absent from work! (I am in my 92nd year).
What a wonderful country we live in — let us be thankful.
Yours sincerely and honestly,
David C Bruce
Timaru
We cannot agree more with Rangitata MP James Meager that the nation needs to take a long term view of developing and maintaining infrastructure (The Courier, July 9). As Mr Meager states, maintenance and development is too often deferred, or even totally abandoned.
Sounds rich, doesn’t it? In the case of "Three Waters", the disproportionate influence of the farming lobby saw to its end. Three years down the track of "Local Water Done Well" and we are no further ahead. Three Waters would be well under way by now. Then there’s the interisland ferry deal that cost us a lot for nothing. Now, we are told that "Roads of National Significance" will be limited. We still have potholes and crumbling road margins. It is obvious that we cannot look after what we already have.
Not one bit of this government’s legislation has improved the lot of ordinary working people on whom we depend so much. We would be more impressed by the previous government’s start on reducing child poverty, the provision of affordable housing, adequate wages and an accessible health system. All thrown on "the bonfire". Our coalition has instead, feathered the nests of the wealthy at our expense.
