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Seen on Facebook (attributed to John Wesley but I suspect that is not
true . . .) :

Reduce the gap between rich people and poor people
Help everyone to have a job
Help the poorest, including introducing a living wage
Offer the best possible education
Help everyone to feel that they can make a difference
Promote tolerance
Promote equal treatment for women
Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism
End all forms of slavery
Avoid getting into wars
Share the love of God with everyone
Care for the environment

I would only change one of them - the second to last could be "Share
love with everyone" - a majority of New Zealanders claimed in the last
census to have no religion.

How many of those excellent aims or principles are being met by the
current government - do they actually believe any of them?
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From Newsgroup: nz.general

Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:

Seen on Facebook (attributed to John Wesley but I suspect that is not
true . . .) :

Reduce the gap between rich people and poor people
Help everyone to have a job
Help the poorest, including introducing a living wage
Offer the best possible education
Help everyone to feel that they can make a difference
Promote tolerance
Promote equal treatment for women
Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism
End all forms of slavery
Avoid getting into wars
Share the love of God with everyone
Care for the environment

I would only change one of them - the second to last could be "Share
love with everyone" - a majority of New Zealanders claimed in the last
census to have no religion.

How many of those excellent aims or principles are being met by the
current government - do they actually believe any of them?

Not enough but siginificantly more than the last government.
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From Newsgroup: nz.general

On Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:18:43 +1200, Rich80105 <Rich80105@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Seen on Facebook (attributed to John Wesley but I suspect that is not
true . . .) :

Reduce the gap between rich people and poor people

How?

Help everyone to have a job

We do that. If not abolish WINZ.

Help the poorest, including introducing a living wage

Done already, but voluntarily.

Offer the best possible education

An impossible proposition. We nominally provide the best education
that taxpayers can afford.

Help everyone to feel that they can make a difference

Not possible - political rhetoric.

Promote tolerance

Political rhetoric.

Promote equal treatment for women

Agreed.

Create a society based on values and not on profits and consumerism

Political rhetoric.

End all forms of slavery
Avoid getting into wars
Share the love of God with everyone

Political rhetoric. Name any political party in NZ that campaigns on
the necessity of slavery, wars and God.

Care for the environment

NZ does by and large, but northern hemisphere countries do not.

I would only change one of them - the second to last could be "Share
love with everyone" - a majority of New Zealanders claimed in the last
census to have no religion.

How many of those excellent aims or principles are being met by the
current government - do they actually believe any of them?

How many of them have been met by any Government of any colour? Your
statement belies the fact that your stance is political rhetoric, as
always.
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