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This is the part of the plan I don't like. Forcing a company to sell assets just so you can compete against them is kinda rotten.
I do like the idea of a state owned supermarket though.
I’m a long-time Green voter but I don’t like that this policy compels the selling of supermarkets. Private business should remain private business and I don’t think the current situation quite deserves a 90s-Microsoft level intervention.
I do like the idea of a nationalised supermarket. Kiwibank works well as an NZ alternative to the big Aussie banks. A state-owned supermarket with a mandate to keep margins to a certain level would be good, I think. Set up a few supermarkets in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Whangarei to start and see how it goes.
If you're a Green voter historically, you should be looking closely at Opportunity. They're basically the competent Green party anyway.
I like some of what I hear from them, I admit, and I vaguely favour the idea of greens and TOP in coalition with labour. I’d like to know their stance on unionism and labour rights.