@AdventureAwait5@Kiwi__Patriot@Coltheman1 Let me guess, you ranked all the ‘cultures’ and yours came out of top. And your culture is what? English? White European? Christian?
Brilliant writing. Just wish more of NZs media was as brave and honest about our selfish, hypocritical ‘silent majority.’ thespinoff.co.nz/atea/14-02-202…
Mahurangi Regional Park north of Auckland has gained almost 100 hectares of land, more than doubling the existing size of the park, after a new council purchase.
rnz.co.nz/news/national/…
So mum was at a community meeting with the local council and a man wanted to begin by differentiating people by saying renters aren't residents, residents are property owners.
My mum was incensed.
And another man.
And another woman all tried to explain to her why renters weren't
The challenge for any government is to find even one example of a boomer subsidy that's small enough to cut without it becoming a national shitfight, just to prove it's possible, in theory
RNZ Concert may seem like a wild thing for Boomers to go so crazy about, but the reality is that generation gets just as toxic when any single subsidy for their recreation/leisure is threatened - see Waiheke ferry rides, raising ACC levies for dentists' Harley Davidsons etc