Nationalising the banks would be my sentiment too.

F*&k bailing out the banks and let’s make sure nobody has to loose their home to these bloodsuckers.

And now Alan Greenspan tells us he is shocked at the banksters greed and may have been just a teensy-weensy bit wrong about having the most greedy people let loose with the unregulated credit default swaps.

To have this man who time time and again opened the money tap for yet another bubble tell us that he honestly believed that the banksters would not abuse this opportunity is just beyond the pale.

Hell, If you believe that you’ll believe anything and I’ve got a rainforest in the Sahara desert that just so you.

Bugger no luck, all I can find is 2007/08 from the Stats dept

With no incentive to get off the minimum wage”

Pfft, nothing like ya know, more money?!

Gee clap clap, hmmm and if other overheads increase then the burger must remain the same cost?

What they want to protect the Waikato Koi Carp ?

Hell why not allow them to output it at much higher levels, and pump that direct to the Hunua treatment plant instead ? Could be self treating Water, vs the Tuakau (built for emergency use only, ok sorry we got that wrong, it has to run all the time because plant is not designed to be stopped & started) filtration plant.

Simple solution to both issues, but alas, nothing is ever thought out.

Some info is here.

Your case in point, Huntly, is a good example. 25+ degree water is getting beyond the survivable range for most aquatic life, apart from algae and weeds. There’s a reason behind that regulation – do you think it’s been put in for fun?

NeillR, no one has their fingers in their ears. If it’s anyone it’s you, because you’re talking about pressuring and impoverishing (if that’s a word) people in order to escape inflation. I know which is worse – even if you can ignore the consequences of what you’re suggesting.

Yet only National proposes to do anything about this…

And increase emigration because people would otherwise be starving to death on wages that don’t cover the minimum cost of supplying labour.

bit quiet today, maybe I will have a look

“This is BollardSpeak for “Labour’s spending plans are totally out of control and i’ll have to raise rates again if they get back in’.
Let’s look at them:
Labour costs Raised the minimum wage rate without a consequent increase in productivity, therefore inflation goes up.
Electricity prices Three of the four generators are SOE’s and have had to increase their returns to that Cullen could pay for his trainset.
Construction costs Labour has refused to accept that the RMA adds significantly to the cost of construction, but has allowed councils to use it as a blocking tool to massively increase prices for residential development. I’ve heard stories of fees going from $15k to around $100k in the last 3-4 years.

Yet only National proposes to do anything about this – Labour (and Cullen) are quite happy to let inflation run rampant, because t(he)y know that the fiscal drag effect allows them to pay for their ruinous schemes. He is no different to Muldoon, and there will be no different outcome – the country is going broke.”

Bullshit or as Key would say “market forces”

Where do the Greens expect this power to come from for the Electrification of the Auckland Rail Iines ?

We have the generation assets in place today (that are State owned) with the capacity to meet this increase in demand, however the RMA (and other bollocks legislation) don’t permit or encourage them to run either at peak efficiency or full capacity.

Case in point, Huntly. It can draw water off of the Waikato River for Cooling, but can not put it back in to the river at over 25 degrees C. Now how does one generate power in Summer @ Huntly when the temperatures at the River inlet system exceed that (25 degrees C) before they actually try and use it to cool the plant ? A) They don’t, Huntly effectively shuts in Summer, ergo 1300+mw of generation goes awol (17% of NZ’s generation capacity)

And let’s not talk about what they use to power Huntly either, Gas or Coal, or them Greenies will come looking for ways to completely close that plant down.

And as for nationalising the generation assets again, it would never happen – however why can’t the 3 existing State SOE’s (Genesis, Mighty River, Meridian) all join together as one (reduce the top heavy management structure, merge resources, etc) and save some money / compete against the likes of Contact, Trust Power, etc.

Yet only National proposes to do anything about this – Labour (and Cullen) are quite happy to let inflation run rampant, because t(he)y know that the fiscal drag effect allows them to pay for their ruinous schemes. He is no different to Muldoon, and there will be no different outcome – the country is going broke.