Short sighted govt

[Lilith7]

Another blow to the health of New Zealanders...with smoking and now exercise being part of their plans, they will need more money put into the health sector. Funny, but it was John Key who started on the cycleways as part of the GFC recovery.  I got back on a bike this time last year, and am really enjoying finding cycleways to ride on...and there are heaps of people using them.

Cycling is more dangerous isn't it? Will be interesting to see if there is a trend between cycling accidents and the uptake of cycle ways.
They will easily get congested leading to more accidents too if their use increases.

As our health system gradually moves towards being a privately owned one unhealthy people can be seen as a business opportunity

Your right on the mark, and we are seeing a ton of unhealthy people after the covid jab, people are thick if they think that will save them.
I know several people that have had massive health issues as a result of the vaccine.
And I know a few who are young healthy people who are catching covid heaps and getting real sick with it and have  "only" had six boosters.
Meanwhile I've only caught covid the once, unvaxxed and have natural immunity, ive been in close contact with covid several times and have not caught it again to my surprise.

And now with all that leaked data that the good whistle-blower released to the public, we can see the extent of how corrupt the whole thing is.

IF any of our politicians had a healthy social conscience, was capable of looking further ahead than their term in govt & genuinely had the well being of all those they allegedly serve foremost, then we would have a properly funded & organised health service. The sort where everyone is able to access medical treatment when needed, rather than it only being available to those whop are well off enough to afford private medical care.

But we haven't so far managed that, & this particular govt appears more interested in the well being of their well off donors than anything else. 

Money can be made from sick people (never mind the quality of treatment) & from education (never mind the quality of learning) & from all sorts of other things - which is clearly all that matters to this lot.