A scary socialist bedtime story

Hans Andersen (Letters, Oct 21) regrets the arrival off what he describes as a socialist government, claiming we will all suffer courtesy of nationalistic and socialistic policies pointing to the 1.5-2 per cent drop in the value of the kiwi dollar, as an indicator of what ‘‘the big finance houses of the big world think about our new socialistic brooms’’.

Would these be the big finance houses that gave us the 2008 crash? Those who espouse the pursuit of profit no matter the cost to society, the environment . . .?

Andersen would frighten us with scary socialist bedtime stories. Little Red Riding Jacinda entered the parliamentary forest with trepidation carrying a basket of promises. To benefit all, she skipped down the path to Every-Grannies house . . . The Big Finance Wolf, however, had eaten Every-Granny and disguised itself in a night gown of old values and forgotten truths . . .

‘‘My Grandma, what big ears you have!’’ Said Jacinda.

‘‘All the better to hear the suffering of those who must rely on a strained healthcare system and trickle-down economics’’ said the Wolf.

‘‘My Grandma, what big eyes you have!’’

‘‘All the better to see the environmental damage caused by the untrammelled pursuit of wealth.’’

‘‘My Grandma what big teeth you have!’’

‘‘All the better to rend the working conditions of others and grow fat on the profit!’’

Little Red Riding Jacinda decided upon reflection that the forest denizens could be better served by a wolf-skin rug than a wolf in sheep’s clothing and perhaps could have their gingerbread house and eat it to.

And everyone lived happily ever after.

Darren A Saunders

Waltham