Thursday, 13 May 2010
re: tax cuts
I think the argument goes that once in power 'things change' and it would be irresponsible for a government to cut taxes if the economy wasn't in a suitable condition. This is why I don't think campaigning on 'guaranteed tax cuts' is the right way to attract voters. Voters need to vote based on the broader policy directions of a party, rather than a single conditional policy. Voters can blame themselves.
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Ben I disagree here, unfortunately the nature of society especially in the age we are living in now, people either can not be bothered reading extensive party manifestos or doing some other form of research on their own. I do not think that you can blame a political party for 'dumbing down' if you will their electoral campaign. It is rather idealistic to expect the 'lay person' to do political research. It is necessary to remember who they are aiming their campaigning at, the general public. It is far easier given the people they are trying to attract to come up with meaningful phrases or slogans that will impact a person. It is also necessary to remember that people on the whole are self interested, although the not have an extensive knowledge on the dynamics of politics they have an extensive knowledge of issues that affect them. The key from a campagining perspective is to appeal to this.
ReplyDeleteTo look at this from another angle, the campagining party especially if they are the opposition does not have the access to the information that the government of the day has. This may result in not the same deliverance of electoral promises. With reference to tax cuts, it is likely that the National Givernment in the budget delivered tomorrow will provide a tax cut of realistic proportions given the reallocation of resources to help us move out of a large deficit.