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The Right’s Dependence on Welfare
A recent comment by Don Brash [about 7mins45secs into the video] gave me the clue as to why the right are so dependent on the ‘welfare’ argument. They are, to put it bluntly, dependent on ‘welfare’ as the explanation for all … Continue reading
Posted in Free Market, Human Nature, Human Wellbeing, Labour, New Zealand Politics
Tagged economic history, human nature, ideology, urbanisation, welfare, wellbeing
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