Posted 27th July 2014 to the Southland Times Invercargill NZ
Seeing as there is an Election on the Horizon it would be good if your paper could hold some politicians feet to the fire on honesty.
It would be hand to ask our would be leaders this fundamentally pivotal question: Do they believe our future is Luck Based or Logic Based, I say this because on the surface all voters look for a Government that insulates them from bad luck.
But Logical observation sees People who are already lucky feel they are always going to be lucky and need no help.
The Point is If we vote for a Political Party which side are they on, Good Luck or Good management.
Do we look to the US where unlucky people who have the wrong kind of parents or bad health are tormented and or incarcerated?
Or do we look to Scandinavia where EVERYONE is helping each other. To any Logical mind only one way is sustainable.
Yes the pursuit of luck is fun but it has a dark side. Bill Maher just came out with figures saying it cost a US Family of Four $110 thousand a year to live a comfortable consumer lifestyle but the average income for a family of four is about $80 k short of that ideal. So far I have not seen New Zealand Figures but that not surprising as the immortal Fred Dag once said “We just don’t know how lucky we are”.
It would be hand to ask our would be leaders this fundamentally pivotal question: Do they believe our future is Luck Based or Logic Based, I say this because on the surface all voters look for a Government that insulates them from bad luck.
But Logical observation sees People who are already lucky feel they are always going to be lucky and need no help.
The Point is If we vote for a Political Party which side are they on, Good Luck or Good management.
Do we look to the US where unlucky people who have the wrong kind of parents or bad health are tormented and or incarcerated?
Or do we look to Scandinavia where EVERYONE is helping each other. To any Logical mind only one way is sustainable.
Yes the pursuit of luck is fun but it has a dark side. Bill Maher just came out with figures saying it cost a US Family of Four $110 thousand a year to live a comfortable consumer lifestyle but the average income for a family of four is about $80 k short of that ideal. So far I have not seen New Zealand Figures but that not surprising as the immortal Fred Dag once said “We just don’t know how lucky we are”.
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