Thatcher thinks

Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we were largely responsible for securing liberty for a substantial share of the world's population and defending it for most of the rest. pic.twitter.com/wCZg7MiR5V

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) December 12, 2021

Thatcher thinks

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, Well, I'll have a go, too. pic.twitter.com/1MjXNkdEhu

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) December 11, 2021

Thatcher thinks

This Party of ours has been on the defensive for too long. The time has come to counter-attack. The intellectual counter-attack is as important as the counter-attack in Parliament and in the constituencies. If we can win the battle of ideas, then the war will already be half-won. pic.twitter.com/6eaKfqlBoj

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 28, 2021

Thatcher thinks

Everyone had something unique to offer in life and their responsibility was to develop those gifts – and heroes come from all backgrounds. pic.twitter.com/MIJLUD1qzj

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 27, 2021

Thatcher thinks

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim. pic.twitter.com/ifOkJr1NfI

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 25, 2021

Thatcher thinks

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. pic.twitter.com/ZCIc3jNjEd

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 22, 2021

Thatcher thinks

Our challenge is to create the kind of economic background which enables private initiative and private enterprise to flourish for the benefit of the consumer, employee, the pensioner, and society as a whole. pic.twitter.com/Vslo6lZS1h

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 22, 2021

Thatcher thinks

When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality – other than equality before the law – that government poses a threat to liberty. pic.twitter.com/dtPTGRGjov

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 21, 2021

Thatcher thinks

We want a society where people are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. This is what we mean by a moral society; not a society where the state is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the state. pic.twitter.com/1mqTKI4mZ3

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 20, 2021

Thatcher thinks

In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries – and poor people – are not poor because others are rich. Indeed, if others became less rich the poor would in all probability become still poorer. pic.twitter.com/iMiP4RbFRH

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 14, 2021

Thatcher thinks

When people are free to choose, they choose freedom. pic.twitter.com/jsdJaWuxYJ

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) November 5, 2021

Thatcher thinks

There is nothing new about the Tory commitment to protect the environment. The last thing we want is to leave environmental debts for our children… It's we Conservatives who are not merely friends of the Earth – we are its guardians and trustees for generations to come. pic.twitter.com/AYhzoDS1Lm

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 30, 2021

Thatcher thinks

Countries trade with each other because that is the way to advance their interests. We do not need to beg people to trade with us – as long as we have something that people want, of a quality they expect and at a price they are prepared to pay. pic.twitter.com/8DuzghiF3m

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 20, 2021

Thatcher thinks

…The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone. pic.twitter.com/CKaG3SgYar

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 19, 2021

Thatcher thinks

It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think that they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge. pic.twitter.com/v0D9IigLys

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 19, 2021

Inflation steals from us all

The last election took us back more than 25 years to a First Past the Post result and the government that gave us is giving us an increase in inflation from the same era:

The consumers price index rose 2.2 percent in the September 2021 quarter, the biggest quarterly movement since a 2.3 percent rise in the December 2010 quarter, Stats NZ said today.

Excluding quarters impacted by increases to GST rates, the September quarter movement was the highest since the June 1987 quarter, which saw a 3.3 percent rise.

Annual inflation was 4.9 percent in the September 2021 quarter when compared with the September 2020 quarter. This was the biggest annual movement since inflation reached 5.3 percent between the June 2010 and June 2011 quarters.

Excluding periods impacted by changes to GST rates, the September 2021 annual inflation was the highest since it reached 5.1 percent in the September 2008 year. . .

The Prime Minister who promised to address child poverty is leading a government that is fueling a sharp increase in the cost of living:

The Government needs to urgently recognise soaring inflation as the biggest medium-term threat to the New Zealand economy and halt its wasteful spending, says National’s Finance spokesperson Michael Woodhouse.

“Today, StatsNZ has confirmed what Kiwis all across New Zealand already know – the cost of living is rising fast under the Labour Government.

“In the past 12 months, the cost of living has increased by almost 5 per cent, meaning prices are now rising faster than they have at any time in the past 10 years.

“Grant Robertson has increased the size of government spending by more than 40 per cent in just four years. It is no surprise New Zealanders are now seeing costs increase all throughout the economy.

“Labour’s big spending is hurting the very people Labour claims to represent. The cost of renting a house has now increased 7.8% since just September last year, the biggest increase since records began.

“Prices of fresh fruit and vegetables have increased 9.3 per cent in the past 12 months.

“The increase in prices in just the last three months is the highest three-monthly increase since the 1980s, excluding the one-off increase in GST in 2010.

“The next big cost increase is unfortunately likely to now be mortgage costs as the Reserve Bank is forced to painfully increase interest rates as Kiwis and businesses try to recover from the current Covid outbreak.

“Grant Robertson needs to hit pause on any and all of his so-called Covid stimulus spending that is not fully committed. It makes no sense for the Government to be spraying cash at pet projects like the Green School when the biggest problems now facing the economy are inflation, labour shortages and Covid closures.

“The Covid Fund needs to be used to support businesses impacted by lockdowns and to ramp up the health response to Covid, not as Grant Robertson’s personal slush fund.”

Reminder of the Government's double standard when it comes to inflation: pic.twitter.com/XYLmhCcWfl

— New Zealand Taxpayers' Union (@TaxpayersUnion) October 18, 2021

The only winner from soaring inflation is the government that will collect more tax as pay increases push people into higher tax thresholds:

Responding to the revelation of 4.9% inflation for the last year, Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says:

“Skyrocketing prices are an indictment on the Government’s print, borrow, and spend economic strategy. In general, Government spending is more inflationary than leaving money in taxpayers’ pockets, and Grant Robertson needs to shoulder some of the blame for today’s numbers.”

“The need to adjust income tax brackets has now become desperate. Inflation pushes our wages up into higher tax brackets even when we’re no better off in real terms. Grant Robertson might be pleased to get his hands on all this inflation-driven tax revenue, but during a pandemic this tax grab is unconscionable.”

When the 30% tax rate was introduced in 2011, it kicked in for earnings above $56,000 in today's money.

Now, thanks to inflation, it whacks lower earners. $48,000 in today's money is not a high salary.

— New Zealand Taxpayers' Union (@TaxpayersUnion) October 17, 2021

 

 

It steals from us all, devaluing the real value of wages and savings by making everything more expensive.

It creates a vicious circle. When people know things will cost more in the future they are much more likely to buy more today. That feeds inflation which encourages people to buy more . . .

It will almost certainly force an increase in interest rates which will make mortgages unmanageable for the highly indebted and add to the costs of doing business which will in turn push up prices and that will feed into higher inflation and all of this will hit the poorest hardest.

Thatcher thinks

I place a profound belief – indeed a fervent faith – in the virtues of self reliance and personal independence. On these is founded the whole case for the free society. pic.twitter.com/KT40Jx1W7T

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 12, 2021

Thatcher thinks

Some Socialists seem to believe that people should just be numbers. We believe they should be individuals. We are all unalike. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. pic.twitter.com/r92trMw3l5

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 10, 2021

Thatcher thinks

I believe passionately that people have a right, by their own efforts, to benefit their families, so we have taken down taxation. It doesn't matter to me who you are or what your background is. If you want to use your own efforts to work harder – yes, I am with you all the way. pic.twitter.com/krr2xevcum

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 5, 2021

Thatcher thinks

In our over-governed country, the creative majority have too little freedom & the tiny minority of wreckers have too much licence. The government I shall form next weekend will reverse this decisively. Help me free those who create wealth & to make the wreckers run for cover. pic.twitter.com/brJQrsCatS

— Margaret Thatcher (@MrsMThatcher) October 5, 2021