Ok so a party that I didn't vote for gets the benefits of my taxes to preach a message I don't want to hear or support.
The marketing of a party is paid for by voters.
Government introduce the Electoral Finance Act so we cannot support our leaders and share our opinions by way of free speech in a public forum and they then take millions from us to advertise themselves - but not proportionately based on the action of the people who support them currently, but on the number of seats they occupied last election.
So parties get in, run their own agenda against their voters (labour, united future), but still receive the support they were given last election before we saw how they backtracked on their promises. Go democracy.
The marketing of a party is paid for by voters.
Government introduce the Electoral Finance Act so we cannot support our leaders and share our opinions by way of free speech in a public forum and they then take millions from us to advertise themselves - but not proportionately based on the action of the people who support them currently, but on the number of seats they occupied last election.
So parties get in, run their own agenda against their voters (labour, united future), but still receive the support they were given last election before we saw how they backtracked on their promises. Go democracy.
Taxpayer funding for parties finalised
10/10/2008 11:24:24
The Electoral Commission has finalised the amount of taxpayer money allocated to the political parties for the election campaign.
Labour and National will both get $1 million. The Green Party, New Zealand First and the Maori Party each get $246,000. ACT, United Future and the Progressives will each receive $102,000.
Seven parties, which are not in Parliament, have been allocated just over $10,000 each.
The traditional party political broadcasts get their first airing tonight, with Labour and National outlining their campaign messages.
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