Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 29, 2019 5:54:53 GMT 12
NZ Herald 29/7/19
ENORMOUS INTELLIGENCE
Perhaps our Prime Minister is wiser than Fran O’Sullivan realises, having got rid of a CGT (rendered truly scary by Sir Michael Cullen), and attributed its demise to Winston — who is happy to take the credit. She could see the strong resistance to such a tax by all sectors of business, as became clear in the weeks before the decision. And a CGT would be used relentlessly as an election weapon by the Opposition, when already the ordinary public was losing its appetite for one because of the bright line test extension and foreign buyers’ ban.
So, pragmatic decision making at the very least, hardly an embarrassing failure.
Government, on behalf of society, has to choose its battles. By far the biggest one we face is climate change, and Maori rights (land, whanau ora) are looking to be recontested.
These issues will require a large expenditure of political capital to address effectively, which no doubt Ardern is marshalling her resources for.
Her style is not so much compromise as leadership through consensus. She knows that the most workable decisions result from listening to the full range of left, right, Maori, rural and urban thinking — our MMP Government.
This is a woman with enormous social and political intelligence who listens, understands, and finds the right path, all things considered.
B DARRAGH, Auckland Central.
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ENORMOUS INTELLIGENCE
Perhaps our Prime Minister is wiser than Fran O’Sullivan realises, having got rid of a CGT (rendered truly scary by Sir Michael Cullen), and attributed its demise to Winston — who is happy to take the credit. She could see the strong resistance to such a tax by all sectors of business, as became clear in the weeks before the decision. And a CGT would be used relentlessly as an election weapon by the Opposition, when already the ordinary public was losing its appetite for one because of the bright line test extension and foreign buyers’ ban.
So, pragmatic decision making at the very least, hardly an embarrassing failure.
Government, on behalf of society, has to choose its battles. By far the biggest one we face is climate change, and Maori rights (land, whanau ora) are looking to be recontested.
These issues will require a large expenditure of political capital to address effectively, which no doubt Ardern is marshalling her resources for.
Her style is not so much compromise as leadership through consensus. She knows that the most workable decisions result from listening to the full range of left, right, Maori, rural and urban thinking — our MMP Government.
This is a woman with enormous social and political intelligence who listens, understands, and finds the right path, all things considered.
B DARRAGH, Auckland Central.
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers