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Congrats to the new CEO of NZ. What benefits will National bring to NZ over the next 3 years? (self.politics)
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Let's look on the bright side. The people voted this way (quite significantly) so they must be seeing something positive there. I already know all the downsides so let's discuss the upsides.

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[–] Rangelus 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're saying National will punish violent offenders more than they are, but keep the current incarceration levels, then I'd agree with that sentiment.

Of course there is the problem of completely understaffed prisons at the moment, but that is a problem regardless of the colour of the tie of the PM.

[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Our incarceration rate will no doubt go up, but I, and most NZers I suspect, accept that.

[–] Rangelus 8 points 1 year ago

I agree most will. My only problem is it doesn't solve the underlying problems, it just puts more burden on the taxpayer.

Ultimately, I agree violent and sexual crimes are being sentenced too lightly, but outside of this I would prefer to address the problems that cause crime (poverty, education, etc etc). We don't need to be locking up kids, because it does more harm than good. I'm happy to lock up rapists though, for example.