Ideas@The Centre 3
Vol. 1 No. 3 (January, 2011)Freedom Quote of the Week
'Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.'
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Paying for the floods
| 28 Jan 2011Despite its beguiling label, the levy is a tax increase like any other tax increase. The government knows there is a political imperative to act now, while a plausible link can be made from the floods to a tax increase.
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No one cares about human rights in China these days... except the Chinese people
| 28 Jan 2011
Chinese leaders remain defensive and fearful when it comes to the issue of human rights.
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How long for the Maori Party?
| 28 Jan 2011
Predicting what will happen to the Maori Party in the next decade is uncertain, what is certain is this: a Maori race based political party will have a difficult future – helping Maori might be a key commitment of any given party, but other guiding principles will have to come first.
