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Zero carbon bill’s Trojan horse

Initiative Matters: Does government have enforcement mechanisms in mind it prefers not to disclose in the bill?

Bryce Wilkinson
Sun, 27 Oct 2019

Taken at face value, the government’s zero-carbon bill is a toothless façade. On closer examination, it looks more like a Trojan Horse for dictatorial government by decree. 

New Zealand experienced dictatorial government by decree between 1982 and 1984. It took the form of a blanket wage,

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Bryce Wilkinson
Sun, 27 Oct 2019
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