Steal-and-Bribe Means More Failure
"Mr Cullen's increase in funding to the education sector comes as no surprise, as he is only continuing along the same
lines as countless previous budgets," says Peter Osborne, Libertarianz Spokesman to Deregulate Education. "This budget
simply reapplies the policy of Steal and Bribe - you would think by now that people might have awakened to the fact they
are being bribed with their own money."
"Without exception, every budget within my lifetime has seen an increase awarded to the education sector, and every year
educational standards decline further. This trend has been most prominent in the last decade where the amount of tax
money thrown into the State's factory schools has become staggering, as have the levels of illiteracy and innumeracy."
Osborne notes that it seems that with the increase in funding, successive governments have made it their business to
tighten their grip on education, removing the ability for individual schools to make decisions, and also removing the
choice of parents and pupils to seek the best education possible.
Mr Osborne says, "This continuing interference by the State has been a complete disaster and is set to get even worse.
The removal of individual freedom and responsibility will always end in disaster for everyone. This is plainly
demonstrated by the many problems afflicting youth today; truancy levels, violent crime among youths, youth suicide, and
drug use amongst teenagers have all reached critical levels." Mr Osborne asks, "How can anyone expect our children to
take control of their lives when basic freedoms are removed and decision making has been usurped by the State? It is no
wonder that so many young New Zealanders have such an entrenched inability to control their own destinies. We then
wonder why these kids react so negatively."
In frustration, Mr Osborne continues, "While Mr Cullen and his predecessors have been so generous with other people's
money, we still hear cries from the public demanding more tax spending on education."
Osborne concludes, "Libertarianz are the only political party to recognise the importance of individual freedom. We
recognise that true education has nothing to do with the PC-ridden clap-trap that the State forces us to pay for. People
must be free to make their own mistakes and they must be granted the freedom to take control of their own lives. This
will only be possible when the education sector is released from the dictates of government. Never again will the public
be robbed to pay for the Government's mind-control factories. Parents and pupils will then be empowered to make their
own educational choices. Educational standards will soar, as schools will have to compete for entrants. The removal of
all forms of State compulsion will leave everyone with the ability to take control of their own lives and the desire for
youth to escape reality by taking drugs or lashing out at the
A final word from Mr Osborne, "To all those who have seen the utter failure of State compulsion and still wish the
Government to run their lives, I give you one word: 'Baaaaaaaaaa!'"