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Originally Posted by Tropo-Bob
Ben, I had a curiosity in how modern NZ started. We hear so much of Australia Day, I just wondered if there was a NZ equivalent. Fortunately, I was given information that allowed me to satisfy my curiosity.
On the issue of Government funds though; good governments care that every citizen has a chance to have a have a reasonable life. By improving their citizens' life-chances, we have a better nation, a more prosperous nation and a less crime ridden nation. There are some serious issues in society and racial issues is only but one of many. If no effort is made to improve upon these, those issues will still be here for an awful long time.
Still, I think we will have to agree to disagree, because I strongly suspect that we have very different views on what are the serious issues and how they should be approached.
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Me too. I find it very interesting that NZ could have been federated, and WA may not have been. How easily history could have been very different.
On your second paragraph, I think we actually agree. There's no issue with helping out people who clearly need it. We are pretty good at this compared to many other countries.
It is when who their ancestor was is the driving factor for who gets the help, as opposed to individual circumstances, that you cross a moral threshold (in my opinion).