I've somehow fluked out renting privately, I've now spent 25 years in the same place. And the perfect position to observe 'the market' in action. The first 16 years, 'market' rent when I moved in (less than the core Invalid's benefit), and the rent not ...
There are but three certainties in life - death, taxes, and every excuse under the sun for rents to increase.
The only thing I have to look forward to currently is watching with great pleasure, the wailing and whining of said lumps when they find themselves personally affected by nasty policies that should only be hurting poor people (not them!), and when the ...
"From my personal experience, zealots are sociopaths." That's a good point, Anne. I follow -out of curiosity- the Evangelical movement in the US and came to the conclusion a long time ago that for the followers at least, it's on a par with psychotic ...
Of course he would. I just don't understand it, there must be a degree of underlying sociopathy involved as well, to be able to behave in such a way without any conscience or remorse for their actions. And simultaneously beat up on people at the bottom of ...
A very good insight into the mindset of Christopher and co. https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-03-2024/the-rich-stay-rich-by-pretending-to-be-poor
Not fascinating at all Alwyn, not in this scenario. Please explain to us mere mortals why, in the age of allegedly necessary austerity, a multi-millionaire freeholder homeowner who is paid by the taxpayer doesn't deserve to be means tested for an allowance...
Politicians are payed for by taxpayer and they should 100% be subject to means testing like the rest of us plebs. https://www.moneyhub.co.nz/accommodation-supplement.html#:~:text=Someone%20not%20receiving%20a%20main,union%20or%20de%20facto%20couple
Accommodation Supplement means testing for thee (Superannuitants and beneficiaries) but of course not for me... The ultimate definition of wealthy privilege.
It's been happening for a long time. Back in the late 80s/early 90s when the USSR was falling apart there was an awful lot we weren't hearing about here either, on TV or in other media with no other way to find out. Particularly these events in the Baltic ...
Yes I remember a lot of those. I particularly liked 'Foreign Correspondent', I seem to recall it being on quite late at night (10pm?) but it was extremely intelligent, and in those pre-internet days and excellent source of international news. I vaguely ...
It's almost hilarious watching the mental gymnastics going on in their constant efforts to justify pure cruelty. Do you think they genuinely believe what they're saying, or is it a show for the base and the media? I've been around long enough to remember ...
Be afraid. Be very afraid. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-mayoral-race-paula-bennett-confirms-she-is-eyeing-mayoralty-desley-simpson-in-mix-of-possible-challengers-to-wayne-brown/EG4I6UXLFFDDXI2V5F72AWLA5I/
Weka, adding the link to this very specific plan would extremely narrow down my location, which I don't feel very easy about, despite using a pseudonym here. I'm aware of the providing a link rule, I hope that's not a problem. I can give the link to all ...
Wellington City Council proposal to remove 2 disabled parking spots from the centre of a suburban shopping area to replace with EV charging spots so "EV owners can do their shopping while charging up." Disabled/mobility impaired booted to the end of the ...
SPC. I currently get SLP, and am maxxed out on disability, accommodation supplement and TAS. My rent currently stands at 65% of all of those combined. Without TAS I would literally be homeless- as would be most beneficiaries in private rentals-and I'm just...
And with that you continue to perpetuate the myth that all kiwis are workshy. Well done. Of course there are always a few, and it's those very few who are giving the Nats their 'justification ' to punish everyone. There's also way more than a few shy about...
But...but...apparently poor Louise had a terrible time being on the DPB with 2 children. So she's the perfect person for the job, all that empathy /s
Alwyn, I'm going to assume you've never experienced the joys of being on the recieving end of the welfare system. My apologies (and sympathies) if you have, otherwise, you really cannot comprehend what it's like to be constantly under attack by the ...
The case-managers are another concern of mine. Those of us around at the time haven't forgotten Paula's instructions for them to treat us as the lowest form of life, and criminals by default. Regrettably, we discovered there's a lot of sadists working for ...
I do hope these NAFs who voted against their own interests because all they could see was 'more money in their back pocket', use said money to purchase all the insurance they can for all eventualities (employment, health, etc)- IF their tax cut will even ...
But those tax dodgers and white collar criminals vote (predominantly RW) and we can't go upsetting the base and the donors. There's quite possibly some politicians who wouldn't be too keen on an IRD audit either. Being able to convince all beneficiaries/...
The other name for people who deliberately inflict harm on others and sleep well at night is "sociopath", and RW governments seem to be disproportionately infected with them.
Conveniently being overlooked/wilfully ignored in the discussion is how our economic system relies on a minimum amount of unemployment in order to keep inflation down. Of course, the government knows this, but it's SO much easier to blame and punish the ...
I come from a very biased viewpoint saying this, but the other big problem is how pretty much everyone treats driving- and having a licence- as a God-given right, and not a privilage. This of us who have lost our licences (or never been able to get one) ...
Agree Anne. I can suffer from medical complications in high heat/humidity ('high' being 24-25+) so I really appreciated that heat warning trial- as well as my own daily weather checks- and being able to adjust my life accordingly around the heat of the day...
Gosh Alwyn, a whole 50 cyclists a day? At least you're getting your money's worth over your side of town /s A really good day on my flash new cycleway that's creating a tonne of grief (completely unwarranted because there's another perfectly good one going...
The variable here is, this proposal come right on top of several of these suburban areas losing what limited parking spaces there were anyway to cycleways (a lot of businesses included). Due to the now severe antagonism between a lot of the population of ...
Thank you 😊
SPC thanks for adding the archive link. Showing my ignorance here, but for future reference, how do I find those?
Andrea Vance getting really stuck into National's economic 'policy' (or lack thereof). And the 3rd prominent media story I've seen in the last 2 days that very openly criticises the government's attack on beneficiaries. That's a major turnaround for the ...
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