A wealth tax might be useful - although the devil is in the details. Avoidance would soon become a growth industry. A Financial Transactions Tax, while a bitch to implement, is less easily dodged.
Hells Bells. If your prophecies come to pass - to any degree - lasting damage will be done to this country, and most of its population. I'd like to vote for a socialist party. Effectively that means TPM: Labour remind me of the UK slogan: a tory wearing a ...
The research, critique and wider thinking functions of the universities are no longer valued, as they have become glorified vocational training establishments. The expectation of a lucrative job immediately on graduation has been fostered by the ...
But it wasn't the Christians that Rome sacked, it was the Jewish nation of the time. The nascent Christian church was also antagonistic to the Jewish church then, which was about the time the Gospels were written.
Watched Mallard's valedictory this afternoon, well worth catching. I was saddened to see that nearly ALL the Nats were absent, how petty was that. I have watched many valedictories, including from the gallery, and this is the most blatent snub I can recall...
If there is any intellectual fissure, its the Left gone full on tyrannical. It always had this lurking beneath its belief in the state always knows best and recent Woke identity politics which has been steadily expanding our notion of 'harm' and what ...
No. I don't. Why? Because our presumption is liberty, innocent till proven guilty, and democracy. If you give that up for a disease that is - while serious - has a very small proportion of fatalities then where next? We got 90% vaxxed like we were told and...
There has been 1 death from Omicron from thousands of cases overseas. Evidence so far indicating much lower illness and death rate, and may not invade the deep lungs, maybe even more like a bad cold. Yet one whiff of Omicron and "lockdowns can't be ...
"A new variant could emerge that is more deadly"? What do you call a hypothetical based on nothing but imagination at the worst possible situation? I'd call that fear not facts. In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, that type of thinking is taught to be ...
Welcome to the rationality club, Bill. There's not many of us right now in NZ on Covid. I'm probably a bit less concerned over social credit and a firm sceptic of conspiracy, but I do believe this is a precedent for techno-social control and an utterly low...
Another day, another thing banned by the Government. What's next? Ban democracy because it's dangerous? Except that's kinda already happening. Rule by experts and elite, a technocratic vision for what's good for us if we weren't just such bad little boys ...
Good luck there RedLogix. Many in this country are Labouring (pun intended) under the delusion that just another booster or extra % vaxxed will "fix" it..and therefore anything to achieve this is justified. They're still living Zero Covid fantasies and ...
Thank you Weka for engaging thoughtfully with my ideas, rather than the kneejerk emotionalism of others. You are correct about making assumptions, but I don't believe I'm too far off how a fair segment of Labour supporters viewed Labour under Key and ...
You conceited little ass. Riding high as a horse on the most narrow minded thinking I've ever seen. Why don't you give a flying shit the 5300 who died from smoking, flu, and car accidents in that? You are a monster! Why would you accept this? Why is an ...
Forgive my prolix, but how about a Sunday thought experiment? It’s 2014, Obama is still in power, NZ is a reasonably prosperous and united – but not perfect – democracy. Social cohesion scores high and gun crime is relatively rare. Key is PM and many on ...
True and fortunately no loss of life this time -but the basic rule should be if there's smoke there there is a high probability of a fire so get the hell out of it asap until the situation is clarified. And I think we have all seen the ads etc showing just...
Somewhat ironic that the movie/drama on the Ballantynes fire appeared just on a month ago illustrating exactly the same issue as at the heart of this piece.
I seem to recall if you are a co-op the accounting standards (developed of course by the big accounting firms that like private business and not co-ops) have a number of rules designed to make life difficult for co-ops. Perhaps an accountant might comment.
Wonderful turnout, wonderful reception from the poplace. Go for it, you guys!!
He says the centre-right tag is "not detrimental", and he's totally right - it won't. However his values and his actions demonstrate he is a progressive Labour candidate.
Another example of arrogance from someone that should know better but commensurate with the sayings of a defunct lawyer and defunct money trader. Not exactly the top of their professions.
Free,hand of the market guided by a defunct lawyer and money trader.Bill of rights etc. Roll on magna Carta.
What are you all complaining about. The majority of voters support the national party so they are getting what they want. After all the employers are a minority the rest of us are workers so we get what the working voter voted for. I don't understand them...
Once again a government has declared that its employees cannot provide a service equal to the private sector. Perhaps the government should simply try setting performance standard and auditing them regularly as they will be required to do for the private ...
john key or should this be donkey as he is sly thanks Helen keep up the fight for our 29 boys
Not least in NACT motivation in matters Education is their wish to attack the teacher Unions - among the strongest in the country (by numbers and by percentage coverage). Their continued existence and strength really gets up the noses of conservatives!
BREAKING NEWS from The NYTimes... Obama caves in debt talks, 100% spending cuts! - http://t.co/GRt90DY - #debtcrisis
You cannot drink and smoke weed all day on a benefit, and you'll be lucky to eat anything that won't kill you by 50... ... but don't let that kill ur hate TightyRighty, keep up the gross generalisations. Maybe the 'bludgers' will 'pull their heads in' and ...
Written By: Tammy Gordon - Date published: 3:00 pm, July 6th, 2011 - 59 comments
Categories: economy, Economy
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A conservative council in the UK sacked it's entire workforce and offered them their jobs again the next day if they accepted a 5.4% pay cut. This is direct fallout from the Global Financial Crisis of course – that monumental greed-made disaster caused by …
Fair point Tom, I don't mean to blame the public, same as I don't blame them for voting National in 2008 when we were promised all the stuff that Labour did that people liked (Working for Families, interest free student loans and KiwiSaver), a tax cut ...
Written By: Tammy Gordon - Date published: 12:02 pm, May 31st, 2011 - 55 comments
Categories: debt / deficit, Economy, economy, national, uncategorized
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This government's got a real talent for manufacturing crisis to suit them. The debt disaster is a classic – in order to get out of debt we have to cut public spending to the tune of almost $1billion and sell assets. Far from being in the same government …
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