[shaggy eel]

,,, in using the term public good, Jeff Grant is quietly slipping the knife into New Zealand's socialist government. He's suggesting that the government foots the bill for this initiative as it's the saboteur wanting to implement it for everyone else's [perceived] advantage except the farmers and the NZ economy. Watch this space, we're about to become the Albania of the south Pacific.

[DannyTN]

"Jeff Grant is quietly slipping the knife into New Zealand's socialist government"

Either that or he could just pull their finger and then tax them for it.

[this_ol_patriot]

My point was that no matter who's the direct taxee, in the end it all comes from the same place, a citizen's wallet. Throwing the program cost onto another entity does not solve the problem which is too many government tendrils into every aspect of our lives.

This was in response to thoughts I've heard expressed in this country (USA) that somehow government "creates" money to fund all these whims and as long as Uncle Sam is not actually back there pickpocketing us, the fruits of our labor are safe.