Thursday, June 19, 2008

Vision

The wise one who wrote the proverb knew it well "Without a vision the people perish" (Proverbs 29:18) With all the challenges of the current age we need leaders with vision. We need leaders with a clear view of current reality and understanding of what will happen if we don't act now who can see a positive way ahead for the whole global community.
The Greens have always maintained a clear vision based on their four broad policy areas A Cleaner Environment A Fairer Society Safe, Sustainable Energy Healthy Food, Healthy People. It wasn't that long ago that many people thought the greens were a bit out of focus away with the fairies but they have been proved right and their vision while not perfect is a good one and is capturing the heart of a good number of people Go the Greens!

Labour has a clear vision based on its four campaign platforms "Building National Identity", "Families young and Old", "Transforming the economy", and "Sustainable New Zealand"

Go Labour I can live with your vision.

The National party is a bit more esoteric "The National Party seeks a safe, prosperous and successful New Zealand that creates opportunities for all New Zealanders to reach their personal goals and dreams" In typical Right Wing style they emphasise the individual and aim for prosperity. That sounds nice but I can't envisage it. I don't know of any nation that has aimed exclusively at prosperity and has managed to achieve it for all or even most of its citizens. A prosperity driven vision always leads to have and havenots. And it is no surprise that it is the haves who support such a selfish vision, for they imagine they will benefit most from it. The haves are prepared to pay to protect their interests and so increase the gap between the haves and have nots.

Some more wisdom from the same chapter in the book of proverbs of the Hebrew Bible

"The king gives stability to the land by justice,But a man who takes bribes overthrows it." Pr 29:4

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