The ACT party's "3 strikes" law has

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just cost taxpayers a large amount of money.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1300281...l-sentence

And yet, they still want to return to this foolishness...another good reason not to let them anywhere near power.

ÔÇ£Vote ACT!!! We will GET TOUGH┬á on Crime!!!ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Hey...your MPÔÇÖs and Donors historical record is patchy at best...ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£ Um, VOTE ACT!! We will GET TOUGH on Other PeopleÔÇÖs Crime!!ÔÇØ

Very well put!

I think almost all of our political parties, if one was to apply close scrutiny over the past few decades, might have things which would give them pause.


But the 'getting tough' is apparently the go to stance for those on the right whenever there's an election within cooee, & the favourite targets are invariably criminals & beneficiaries. Which really tells most of us all we need to know about those parties.