Comments on: SA Elections 2009 http://jonathancarter.org/2009/04/22/sa-elections-2009/ rebel without a pause Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:20:21 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ruling party anticipates win in South Africa elections | Politics News http://jonathancarter.org/2009/04/22/sa-elections-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-228144 Ruling party anticipates win in South Africa elections | Politics News Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:07:28 +0000 http://jonathancarter.co.za/?p=775#comment-228144 [...] “Jonathan Carter” has become more enthused about voting as challengers to the ANC have gained more traction: [...] [...] “Jonathan Carter” has become more enthused about voting as challengers to the ANC have gained more traction: [...]

]]> By: jonathan http://jonathancarter.org/2009/04/22/sa-elections-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-228131 jonathan Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:43:18 +0000 http://jonathancarter.co.za/?p=775#comment-228131 Hey Graham. Thanks for that comment, I think it's the best blog comment I've ever had. About the website quality, I didn't even count it as a factor, I tried to point it out by saying "If it counted for anything", perhaps you missed that. I agree with you regarding nutrition and education, but I do still believe that a political party needs to have a wider plan than "we'll give you free food and schooling". Thanks again for your comment! Hey Graham. Thanks for that comment, I think it’s the best blog comment I’ve ever had. About the website quality, I didn’t even count it as a factor, I tried to point it out by saying “If it counted for anything”, perhaps you missed that.

I agree with you regarding nutrition and education, but I do still believe that a political party needs to have a wider plan than “we’ll give you free food and schooling”.

Thanks again for your comment!

]]> By: Graham http://jonathancarter.org/2009/04/22/sa-elections-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-228111 Graham Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:13:14 +0000 http://jonathancarter.co.za/?p=775#comment-228111 Judging parties by their website quality? Shows where our priorities lie. I expect any political party started by a computer geek is going to have a list of priorities that appeals only to other computer geeks. "the ID’s mission seems mostly to give free shit like medicine and schooling to poor people. Not bad at all, but we need a bigger plan than that for our country." As it turns out, nutrition, primary health care and education have the greatest long-term benefit-to-cost ratio. Not sure where housing fits in - each house costs a lot and only helps a few people. They are precisely where the money should go first if you are uplifting a nation. Judging parties by their website quality? Shows where our priorities lie. I expect any political party started by a computer geek is going to have a list of priorities that appeals only to other computer geeks.

“the ID’s mission seems mostly to give free shit like medicine and schooling to poor people. Not bad at all, but we need a bigger plan than that for our country.”

As it turns out, nutrition, primary health care and education have the greatest long-term benefit-to-cost ratio. Not sure where housing fits in – each house costs a lot and only helps a few people. They are precisely where the money should go first if you are uplifting a nation.

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