8% ACT Party Creates One Ring To Rule Them All
A Quick Read
In August, I wrote an article about David Seymour1 with a video of his testimony, to warn that there were grave dangers to his Ministry of Regulation:
David Seymour's Ministry of Slush Hides Far Greater Risks
Why Seymour's exorbitant waste of taxpayers' money could be the least of concern
The money for Seymour (~$230mn) is a rub, but there’s something more jarring hidden in the Ministry of Regulation remit
Seymour —
“In some ways, this (Ministry) is a giant exercise in allowing voters to identify bad regulation so we can stop making it, so we can delete it, so we can get rid of it, so people can spend more time doing transformational activity.”
I wasn’t far off with the warnings.
Melanie Nelson recently wrote an excellent summation about the rather boringly named “Regulatory Standards Bill” (RSB)2 - a piece of legislation invoked by Seymour as the partner to the Treaty Principles Bill.
She warns that while the pre-law bill has largely flown under the radar, its implications - and risks - are pr…