Comments on: Key’s statement to Parliament

By: BLiP

BLiP — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:24:23 +0000

Ooops.

By: pollywog

pollywog — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:57:23 +0000

…and still the elephant in the room is the maori party voters who didnt vote their party in to share power with a nat gov’t that will raise GST.

if there is gonna be a serious backlash that’ll force Turia and co back to their electorates for a mandate to continue, this budget and the lead up to it will be it.

By: BLiP

BLiP — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:51:07 +0000

I found that site you were looking for.

By: ParkDrive

ParkDrive — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:17:45 +0000

Fail BLiP.

By: Draco T Bastard

Draco T Bastard — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:49:37 +0000

Ah, the delusional ramblings of the RWNJ.

By: felix

felix — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:27:53 +0000

Sorry to be a pedant but I don’t think you’ll find his speech “achieves some tax reform” or achieves anything else for that matter.

By: kiwiteen123

kiwiteen123 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:02:27 +0000

classy…

By: BLiP

BLiP — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:01:10 +0000

Hi gitmofo.

By: gingercrush

gingercrush — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:06:43 +0000

Well I don’t see it as mediocre. But then I’m partisan as fuck. Where I believe it has its good points is that it doesn’t piss off everyone but does annoy the political left and the far-right. It still achieves some tax reform in regards to consumption but doesn’t do it to the extent it’ll hurt average tax-payers.

Its very middle-of-the-road and very National. Much like the 1990s after Ruth Richardson. Standard conservative National government. The same National government we’ve had since the days of Holyoake.

By: Rex Widerstrom

Rex Widerstrom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:06:03 +0000

mickey:

He didn’t ascribe unemployment to any cause other than beneficiaries “lack[ing] the will or desire to work”?!

Much of the reason for rising unemployment is simply beyond the control of the government of a nation as small as NZ, so I’m not implying he should have accepted all of the blame, either.

But if he’s swallowed the Paula Bennett / Christina Rankin view of beneficiaries hook, line and sinker I suspect the report from his “group of experts” will meet the same fate as that of the Royal Commission on Social Policy.

By: TVHE » Key’s tax speech

TVHE » Key’s tax speech — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:59:21 +0000

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By: SHG

SHG — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:56 +0000

Speaking as a resident of Australia, where fierce lobbying from various special interest groups DID result in various GST exemptions, I can say that it’s fucking retarded. An across-the-board GST is the best aspect of NZ’s implementation.

By: Clarke

Clarke — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:50:06 +0000

An “A”? But “mediocre” doesn’t begin with the letter A ….

By: Clarke

Clarke — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:47:06 +0000

Based on the evidence to date, managing the economy isn’t one of his skills either.

By: mickysavage

mickysavage — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:52 +0000

Good comment by David Cunliffe.

“Is that it?”