I've finally worked it out. I was always pretty good at maths but it seems putting two and two together on this occassion has challenged me.
I couldn't work out why if Nick Smith is so hell bent on taking ACC apart at the seams he would install his own man at the top. Why not just run the NACT campaign of lies about the financial state of ACC and blame it on incompetent management. The New Zealand public, always ready to blame bureaucrats for the ills of the world, would have applauded from the sidelines as Smith unpicked ACC and sold off the bits even as this cornerstone of our civil society was hocked off to the highest bidders.
But now I get it. Smith has installed his man as a dummy runner. Instead of going for a patsy to blame for the failure of ACC the NACT party have set up ACC as the TARGET. As ACC start to limit access to entitlements and raise levies the public is going to start throwing their bricks at the organisation while Smith and his cronies stand back, wring there hands and softly sigh "Well, there's nothing to be done about. If you hate ACC so much we'll offer you an alternative. It seems to be what you want". The New Zealand public, also ready to believe a headline or a sound bite rather than looking for actual information, will meekly walk into the offices of multi-national corporations and part with their hard earned pennies for an inferior service - a service with no investment in the people of New Zealand.
In other words NACT are going to get the victims to do their work for them.
I came to this conclusion after watching this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Znsx_wEi4c&feature=player_embedded
As much as I support their campaign, I believe the people who made this vid have got the wrong target. While they ride their Harleys(ies?), Suzukis and Trumpies to the local ACC office the real culprit for this situation slapping his Tory mates on the back and sniggering "It's working! They've taken the bait!"
I don't know if that SmileySmurf John Key's teeth have blinded voters or whether New Zealanders are just gullible but it seems there is a resistance to seeing what is actually going on here. This government will get keep getting away with this blue murder so long as we keep shooting at the decoys.
I couldn't work out why if Nick Smith is so hell bent on taking ACC apart at the seams he would install his own man at the top. Why not just run the NACT campaign of lies about the financial state of ACC and blame it on incompetent management. The New Zealand public, always ready to blame bureaucrats for the ills of the world, would have applauded from the sidelines as Smith unpicked ACC and sold off the bits even as this cornerstone of our civil society was hocked off to the highest bidders.
But now I get it. Smith has installed his man as a dummy runner. Instead of going for a patsy to blame for the failure of ACC the NACT party have set up ACC as the TARGET. As ACC start to limit access to entitlements and raise levies the public is going to start throwing their bricks at the organisation while Smith and his cronies stand back, wring there hands and softly sigh "Well, there's nothing to be done about. If you hate ACC so much we'll offer you an alternative. It seems to be what you want". The New Zealand public, also ready to believe a headline or a sound bite rather than looking for actual information, will meekly walk into the offices of multi-national corporations and part with their hard earned pennies for an inferior service - a service with no investment in the people of New Zealand.
In other words NACT are going to get the victims to do their work for them.
I came to this conclusion after watching this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Znsx_wEi4c&feature=player_embedded
As much as I support their campaign, I believe the people who made this vid have got the wrong target. While they ride their Harleys(ies?), Suzukis and Trumpies to the local ACC office the real culprit for this situation slapping his Tory mates on the back and sniggering "It's working! They've taken the bait!"
I don't know if that SmileySmurf John Key's teeth have blinded voters or whether New Zealanders are just gullible but it seems there is a resistance to seeing what is actually going on here. This government will get keep getting away with this blue murder so long as we keep shooting at the decoys.
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