I am not a criminal. Too old to risk it. I don’t want to commit a crime, but I do believe the coalition which talks about safety and cutting crime and boosting the economy needs to think about the future of NZ, not just the future of their own egos and arses.
If I steal from a retail store this may happen to me … a maximum prison sentence of one year for thefts valued around $2000 or less, and up to seven years if the stolen goods exceed $2000 in value.
Including police, courts and prison costs it is already approaching $200,000 a year to keep me, the retail thief, behind bars. In 7 years, if I go keep stealing in shops, I may cost you… a taxpayer seven times $200,000. I don’t want to do the maths. !!!!!!
After that time I am supposed to come back into society and be a good boy. Fat chance. What about rehabilitation, training, housing, health care, jobs or fair money to live on? I am possibly going back to prison soon and again and again. !!!!!!!!!!!!!
The present answer must be, the coalition does not care . Looking after people is more than ignorance and being self-serving. I feel depressed about the wisdom of our leaders. For around eighteen months I have watched PM Luzon turn his face away from social problems. Members of the coalition ignore past history and proven research.
But they all have that Papua New Guinea ability to talk “mauswara” when interviewed on the media.
For evidence watch Q and A on TV+ with Paul Goldsmith for today. Full of mouth water.
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