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10:14 am, May 26th, 2014 - 31 comments
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BLip has been maintaining for quite a while, a little list of Honest John’s statements that aren’t exactly true. One iteration of this list “An Honest Man” is still one of the most popular posts here with many page views on a daily basis – more than a year after it was posted. Looks like someone has made a video of a few of the times when some of these were made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFUHAuwEe_Q
hat tip: Frankly Speaking
The most recent update on The Standard of BLip’s list on John Key was from the 15th of May this year. We fear that it may be substantially out of date. However …
Well, interesting you should mention that, I just happen to have it open . . .
- I promise to always be honest
- we are not going to sack public servants, the attrition rate will reduce costs
- there’s no way one in five New Zealanders will lose their jobs
- we are not going to cut working for families
- I firmly believe in climate change and always have
- We seek a 50% reduction in New Zealand’s carbon-equivalent net emissions, as compared to 1990 levels, by 2050. 50 by 50. We will write the target into law.
- National Ltd™ will provide a consistent incentive for both biofuel and biodiesel by exempting them from excise tax or road user charges
- I didn’t know about The Bretheren election tactics
- If they came to us now with that proposal [re trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods regime], we will sign it
- I can’t remember my position on the 1981 Springbok Tour
- Tranzrail shares
- I did not mislead the House (1)
- Lord Ashcroft
- National Ltd™ would not have sent troops into Iraq
- Standard & Poors credit downgrade
- the double-down grade doesn’t really matter and its only about private sector debt
- I did not mislead the House (2)
- I didn’t say I want wages to drop
- I can’t remember why I voted against increasing the minimum wage
- lifting the minimum wage to $15 an hour will increase unemployment
- the real rate of inflation is 3.3 percent.
- the tourism sector has not lost 7,000 jobs
- no I have never heard of Whitechapel
- I won’t raise GST
- people who are on the average wage and have a child are $48 a week better off after the rise in GST
- the purchase of farmland, by overseas buyers will be limited to ten farms per purchase
- the Pike River Mine was consented to under a Labour Government
- no promises were made to get the remains of the miners out of the Pike River mine
- I did not provide a view on the safety of the Pike River coalmine
- I did not mislead the House (3)
- capping, not cutting the public service
- raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour will cost 6000 jobs
- north of $50 a week
- privatisation won’t significantly help the economy
- wave goodbye to higher taxes, not your loved ones
- I never offered Brash a diplomatic job in London
- Tariana Turia is “totally fine” with the Tuhoe Treaty Claim deal
- Kiwisaver
- National Ltd™ is not going to radically reorganise the structure of the public sector
- tax cuts won’t require additional borrowing
- New Zealand does not have a debt problem
- New Zealand troops in Afghanistan will only be involved in training, not fighting
- the wage gap between New Zealand and Australia has closed under my National Ltd™ government
- It took 9 years for Labour to make a complete and utter mess of the economy
- National Ltd™ has changed the Overseas Investment Act to include 19 different criteria
- the price of goods and services has risen by 6 percent since the last election, while the after-tax average wage has actually gone up by 16 percent
- no, although its a week ago and here I am being interviewed on television about them, I havn’t seen Gerry Brownlee’s comments regarding demolitions in Christchurch and which caused such outrage, but I can talk all about them
- our SAS soldiers were not involved in the Kabul Hotel gunfight
- the use of the Vela brother’s helicopter was required so I could attend meetings relating to national/international security concerns
- the DPS makes the decision about accompanying the Prime Minister or not, I had no choice but to take them on holiday to Hawaii
- I did not mislead the House (4)
- oh, maybe our SAS soldiers were in the Kabul hotel gun fight but they weren’t wounded by friendly fire
- New Zealand has lost $12 billion from GDP due to the Christchurch earthquake . . . oh, it might actually be around $15 billion from GDP due to the Christchurch earthquake . . . Blinglish said what?
- 10,000 houses will have to be demolished in Christchurch due to the earthquake
- 14,000 new apprentices will start training over the next five years, over and above the number previously forecast
- our amendments to the ETS ensure we will continue to do our fair share internationally
- we are committed to honouring our Kyoto Protocol obligations
- any changes to the ETS will be fiscally neutral
- New Zealand has grown for eight of the last nine quarters”
- National Ltd™ will tender out the government banking contract
- we will be back in surplus by 2014-15
- Nicky Hager’s book “Other People’s Wars” is a work of fiction
- unemployment is starting to fall
- we have created 60,000 jobs
- we have created 45,000 jobs
- the 2011 Budget will create in the order of 170,000 jobs
- I don’t know if I own a vineyard
- no, I did not mislead the House (5)
- the Isreali spy killed in the Christchurch quake had “only one” passport
- the Police will not need to make savings by losing jobs
- I voted to keep the drinking age at 20
- New Zealand is 100% Pure
- I’ve been prime minister for four years, and it’s really 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year
- baseball in New Zealand is attracting more government support
- the decision to buy brand new BMWs was made by the Department of Internal Affairs without reference either to their minister or to me
- I didn’t have a clue that Ministerial Services, which I am in charge of, was going to buy brand new BMWs
- even though four of my ministers knew all about it, I didn’t have a clue that brand new BMWs were being bought.
- even though my Chief of Staff met with officials to discuss purchase of the the brand new BMWs, I didn’t have a clue
- even though I personally signed papers discussing the matter, I still didn’t have a clue
- Labour forced us into buying the brand new BMWs, its their fault
- ummm, look, sorry about that BMW thing , it was because I was so upset
- I did not describe David Beckam as thick as batshit
- I did not mislead the House (6)
- the public demanded that we change the labour laws for The Hobbit
- “The Hobbit” created 3000 new jobs
- we have delivered 800 extra doctors in the public service
- I did not mislead the House (7)
- I wasn’t working at Elders when the sham foreign exchange deals took place
- I was starting School Certificate exams in 1978
- I don’t know who arrived on the CIA jet to visit the spies I am responsible for
- reducing barriers to property developers will increase the availability of affordable housing
- Labour left the economy in poor shape
- forecasts show unemployment will fall
- we have closed the wage gap with Australia by $27
- Ngati Porou and Whanau Apanui are not opposed to mining
- I have not had any meetings with Media Works
- our [NZ’s] terms of trade remain high
- the TPPA is an example of democracy
- the TPPA will still have to be ratified by Parliament
- National Ltd™ will use the proceeds of state asset sales to invest in other public assets, like schools and hospitals
- New Zealand troops will be out of Afghanistan by April 2013
- overseas investment in New Zealand adds to what New Zealanders can invest on their own
- overseas investment in New Zealand creates jobs, boosts incomes, and helps the economy grow
- National Ltd™ will build 2000 houses over the next two years
- there are only 4 New Zealand SAS soldiers in Bamiyan and all working in the area of logistics and planning only
- selling state assets will give cash equity to those companies
- the Sky City deal will provide 1000 construction jobs and 800 casino jobs
- all five bidders for the convention centre were treated equally
- my office has had no correspondence, no discussions, no involvement with the Sky City deal
- I did not mislead the House (8)
- I can’t remember what was discussed at my meeting with the SkyCity Chief Executive on 14 May 2009
- I have no record of the 12 November 2009 email from Treasury advising that the SkyCity deal was dodgy and needed to be referred to the Auditor General
- there was nothing improper about the Sky City deal
- SkyCity will only get “a few more” pokie machines at the margins
- any changes to gambling regulations will be subject to a full public submission process
- Sky City has approached TVNZ about the purchase/use of government-owned land
- I did not mislead the House (9)
- this government has been very transparent about all its dealings with SkyCity
- I did not mislead the House (10)
- the Auditor General has fully vindicated National over the Sky City deal
- I did not mislead the House (11)
- the Deputy Auditor General supports the view that there was nothing inappropriate about the Sky City deal
- I did not mislead the House (12)
- I did not breach the confidentiality of the Auditor General’s Report into the Sky City deal
- the Labour Government did exactly the same sort of deal back in 2001
- Labour has promised to not revoke the Sky City legislation
- there’s a 50/50 chance the Hobbit is going off shore unless we do something
- David Shearer has signed up for the purchase of shares in Mighty River
- Solid Energy asked the government for a $1 billion capital investment
- fracking has been going safely on in Taranaki for the past 30 years without any issues
- no frontline positions will be lost at DOC
- Iain Rennie came to me and recommended Fletcher for the GCSB job
- I told Cabinet that I knew Ian Fletcher
- I forgot that after I scrapped the shortlist for GCSB job I phoned a life-long friend to tell him to apply for the position
- I told Iain Rennie I would contact Fletcher
- I haven’t seen Ian Fletcher in a long time.
- I did not mislead the House (13)
- I have no reason to doubt at this stage that Peter Dunne did not leak the GCSB report
- I called directory service to get Ian Fletcher’s number
- the new legislation narrows the scope of the GCSB
- the GCSB has been prevented from carrying out its functions because of the law governing its functions
- because the opposition is opposed the GCSB law ammendments, parliamentary urgency is required
- the increasing number of cyber intrusions which I can’t detail or discuss prove that the GCSB laws need to be extended to protect prive enterprise
- it was always the intent of the GCSB Act to be able to spy on New Zealanders on behalf of the SIS and police
- National Ltd™ is not explanding the activities of the GCSB with this new law
- cyber terrorists have attempted to gain access to information about weapons of mass destructionheld on New Zealand computers
- the law which says the GCSB cannot spy on New Zealanders is not clear
- it totally incorrect that the Government effectively through GCSB will be able to wholesale spy on New Zealanders
- we self identified that there was a problem with the GCSB spying on Kim Dotcom
- the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was an isolated incident
- The advice I have had in 4 years as a Minister is that in no way ever has there been an indication of unlawful spying
- the Ministerial Warrant signed by Bill English did not cover anything up
- first I heard I heard about Kim Dotcom was on 19 January 2012
- first I heard about the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was in 17 September
- I did not mislead the House (14)
- I won’t be discussing Kim Dotcom during my Hollywood visit.
- The Human Rights Commission couldn’t get its submission on the GCSB legislation in on time.
- it would cost too much to for the police and SIS to carry out the spying on New Zealanders that this new legislation will permit
- critics of the GCSB legislation, including the Law Society, the Human Rights Commission, and the Privacy Commission, are all uninformed
- no, I did not mislead the House (15)
- I do not know how Mr Henry is conducting the Enquiry
- no, I did not mislead the House (16)
- the Henry Enquiry had permission to view Ministers’ emails
- no, I did not mislead the House (??)
- we do not spy on journalists
- the passing of phone records to the Henry Enquiry was an error on the part of a contractor
- I wasn’t aware that my own Chief of Staff was instructing Parliamentary Services to hand over information concerning journalist Andrea Vance
- National Ltd™ has never tried to impinge on the role of the media
- I had nothing to do with information on a journalist being handed over to the inquiry into the leaking of the GCSB report
- the terms of the enquiry made it clear to everyone that it was only the phone records of parliamentary staff and ministers that were to be provided
- I have the utmost respect for the media and the role it plays in New Zealand’s democracy
- the Henry Enquiry did not access a journalist’s building-access records
- the Henry Enquiry did not ask for phone and email records
- no, I did not mislead the House (17)
- the Greens are opposed to the GCSB and the SIS even existing
- the GCSB needs to spy on New Zealanders because there are al-Qaeda terrorists in New Zealand
- John Minto is in the Green Party
- the GCSB needs to spy on New Zealanders because of the terrorist threat, even though official reports released over my signature say there is no risk and the SIS has the matter in hand
- the GCSB Bill does not give the GCSB the power to look at the content of communications as part of its cyber-security functions
- no, I did not mislead the House (18)
- there will be no mining on Conservation land in the Corromendel
- no, I did not say we would follow the US and Australia into a war against North Korea
- New Zealand has an arrangement to have asylum seekers processed in Australian detention camps
- I did not mislead the house (19)
- I paid for that lunch and I’ve got the credit card bill to prove it
- I am honest and upfront
- the only way net new jobs can be created is by private investors putting their money into businesses in New Zealand
- you can’t hide if yuu’re Prime Minister
- an increase in the number of people looking for work indicates that confidence is returning to the economy
- the 10 percent of taxpayers in New Zealand who are the top earners pay 76 percent of all net personal tax.
- I did not mislead the House (20)
- the substantial wage growth under Labour was eroded by inflation
- National Ltd™’s 2010 tax changes were fiscally neutral
- I did not mislead the House (21)
- the bulk of New Zealanders earn between $45,000 and $75,000 a year
- Pike River Coal did not put profits and its production ahead of the safety and lives of those 29 workers.
- Radio Live had sought advice from the Electoral Commission about my show just before the election
- it is because of National Ltd™’s policies that the price of fresh fruit and vegetables has dropped.
- the length-of-the-country cycleway will create 4000 jobs.
- police training for next year has not been cancelled
- National Ltd™ has only cut back-office jobs in the health service
- The Crown’s dividend stream from the Meridians, the Mighty Rivers of the world is large and there is no motivation to sell assets; actually we’re about creating assets not selling assets.”
- National believes employment law should treat all parties fairly. It should . . . Protect employees and employers.
- I am not trying to tackle such issues in a “fearful” way ahead of the next election
- Wellington City is dying.
- National Ltd™ has been working on a number of things with New Zealand First on a number of things one of which has a financial component but I can’t talk about it
- the best way to get growth in the economy is to reduce public debt
- New Zealand mum and dad investors will be our number one priority in the allocation of Mighty River shares
- we won’t let “cowboy” oil exploration companies operate here in New Zealand
- the Green Party is racist by not allowing Chinese residents in New Zealand to buy a house
- the Labour Party is promising a four-bedroom house in Auckland for $300,000
- the food in schools programme is in the 2013 budget
- the meat exports are being held up in China because of issues in relation to the Chinese looking to trace counterfeit meat
- its notoriously difficult to win three elections in a row
- I am deeply concerned about every child in New Zealand who is in poverty
- there is no manufacturing crisis in New Zealand
- the government’s exposure to MediaWorks’ going into receivership is reasonably limited
- the money from the sale of state assets will not be used to prop up Solid Energy
- I don’t see a place for a Winston Peters-led New Zealand First in a government that I lead. It’s not a matter of political convenience, it’s a matter of political principle.
- The vast majority of the buildings in Christchurch came through the earthquakes in good shape
- the commemoration of New Zealand’s involvement in the Korean War will not be used to bolster trade talks
- third generation Chinese New Zealanders will be required to present their passport before buying a house under the Labour government
- the Labour housing policy is an attempt by David Shearer to save his leadership
- the Labour housing policy is in breach of free trade agreements
- only 2% of the proceeds of the sale of Mighty River will be spent on the sales process
- David Cunliffe is lying to you
- Labour wants to nationalise the super market industry
- The government will engage in no further negotiations with Rio Tinto
- Without a government subsidy of hundreds of millions of dollars Chorus will go broke
- No, I did not mislead the House (??)
- the justice system is already adequate for handling situations involving new evidence
- my Minister Nick Smith was not aware of the content of the leaked draft submission on the Ruataniwha situation until 17 September
- New Zealand First will nationalise a host of industries and businesses
- I have no responsibility for the statements I make
- Mark Mitchell was just gossiping at a cocktail party when he tipped Webster off about Len Brown’s affair
- it was a lack of external analysis and accountability which put Solid Energy into its debt crisis
- the Commerce Commission misinterpreted the law when deciding the price for access to the Chorus copper infrastructure
- no analyist predicted that the cost of access to the copper infrastructure would go down
- there has been only one problem with oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
- If it was my vote, it would be no pay increases for Mps
- Greenpeace are just scare mongering about any oil leaks off the New Zealand coast
- For every election for the last five elections , we have had royal visitors to New Zealand.
- No decision has been made on the timing of the sale of Air New Zealand shares
- its not true that in New Zealand the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer
- This summer is the most active season ever for oil and gas exploration, with the industry spending up to $750 million. At the same time, the Government is strengthening the regulationsthat govern drilling, particularly in deep water.
- Labour is trying to mislead people about eligibility for Best Start because they don’t get the payment while they also get paid parental leave.
- A mountain of evidence shows that the quality of teaching – inside the classroom – is the biggest influence on kids’ achievement
- Governor General Jerry Mateparae has been jostled while walking onto Te Tii Marae at Waitangi .
- Cameron Slater, who I speak to regularly and who told me about Winston meeting Kim Dot Com, has got absolutely nothing to do with the National Party.
- Cameron Slater rang me
- What I do know is that when this Government came in, there were predictions that unemployment would rise to over 10 percent.
- The Cabinet Office had cleared Judith Collins of a conflict of interest
- The golf tournament in which I played the chairman of Oravida was for charity.
- The Cabinet Office has cleared Collins of a conflict of interest after it translated comments on Oravida’s website which stated that she had praised its products
- My Justice Minister, Judith Collins, didn’t lie to Parliament, she just didn’t understand the question.
- The [MFAT] paperwork shows right through this that not only did the Minister have a very busy programme, all on judicial and justice issues, but, secondly, all the way through it talks about a private dinner.
- No, I did not mislead parliament. (??)
- No, I did not mislead the House(??)
- The Unions decide the leadership of the Labour Party and picked David Cunliffe
- Unions give the Labour Party millions of dollars a year
- The economic mess inherited by the Abbott government in Australia can be likened to the economic mess inherited by National Ltd™ when it came into office in 2008.
- National Ltd™ inherited an economic mess from Labour
- National Ltd™ inherited an economic mess from Labour in 2008
- No, I did not mislead the House(??)
. . . don’t like to clutter up threads with the whole thing in case I interrupt the flow . . . but since you asked.
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It’s a little unfortunate that the first item on the video turned out to have some truth to it when it was revealed a kiwi got taken out by drone in Yemen.
But the rest is just an awesome reason to have the creep “govern alone”/sarc
Wikipedia should have a page for Blip the Chronicler. Perhaps we need to photocopy A4 portions of the lists. And start letter boxing just one page at a time within a grid pattern for the area being covered. I need to walk, to lose weight, and I think I might just do this for beneficial effects all round, or less round as will likely happen.
And another thought – at the top it could say that the full list and other important political discussion can be seen on -line at The Standard.
So getting two points over even if there is just a quick glance.
A heading of – Why John Key is bad for New Zealand and is driving NZ into the ground and confusing people about the truth.
I would very much like to read what heading other people would put on each page to explain them in a short way, but also compelling so that people will read them at least briefly. So if you could put your heads to it I would be grateful.
the links are what makes offline dispersion more difficult.
Each statement with a date needs a second statement with a date…
Would still contribute to a poster campaign… A new tui type billboard campaign… A lie a day exposed to the election.
Yep Tracy, I would donate also. That was being talked about.
But the A4 letterbox delivery would still work out. Just put at the top that to access the links for any of Key’s lies, go to The Standard Archives and look for Blip – will take a minute of your time.
The actual answer isn’t the only advantage from them reading that, even if they never searched for it, the thought that there is a lie has penetrated to their brain.
Alternatively there could be a few items fully printed – the statement and the truth and just those few on a sheet distributed and they would act as a teaser with the instruction that there are more of these to be seen —as above.
And what heading did you suggest for the sheet? None. Just a critique and another suggestion. Which is a great way of stepping on ideas, and just one of the carbon footprints of NZs that we have to guard against if we are going to go forward as a nation. Can we change, or have we been Pavlova’ed?
Thats the way grey. I didnt do what you want so you tossed your toys out of thecot. Boo fucking hoo.
Very adult intelligent approach Tracey. You let yourself down. What about helping me out as I asked. And what do you think of what I suggested.
when did you become my father?
i told you what i thought and you went all passive aggressive.
You work on what interests you and so will i. Sometimes they might be the same sometimes not.
Here is video evidence of key lying for BLip’s archives. It’s the one place I remember him being caught out (as key is using cricket analogies in the Herald today) and recorded on film
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics-videos/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503464&gal_cid=1503464&gallery_id=131968
Feel sorry for BM et al seeing their ‘popular’ hero, the ‘Most Honourable’ john key in action. Who on earth in their right mind would want a liar as leader of their party let alone their country? And as for the ‘Honourable’ Minister of Justice…… Back to the drawing board National…….too many obfuscaters in your ranks. Rank ranks National, clean your house.
they dont care. Winning is more important to them, than whether they are being lied to.
Perhaps if we keep poking the borax one of them might refute, say, a quater of blips list?
they stink of lying rats
liar john key
I spoke to a well-educated Kiwi who told me what he likes about Key is that he was so open and honest!
Can video this be used as a campaign advert?
reflected in north and south article too.
coughsprays tea over monitor & keyboardcough
“a well-educated Kiwi”
problem is that we have way too many people who are well versed and fully certified in what to think but who have absolutely no idea how to think.
This list definitely needs more publicity. Too many people think like the person AmaKiwi spoke with.
he still has not explained where he got $80,000,000 from either.
What 80 million are you meaning?
Oh look a troll has found a handle to grab, care to address blips list gossaman?
Address a politically laden list which is mostly politically biased opinion you mean. I think I may have done that previously.
post the link to your refutation. Its not like you to not want to repeat yourself.
Watch this clip Gosman, it is not a “politically laden list”, it is John Key in action.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics-videos/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503464&gal_cid=1503464&gallery_id=131968
The video states that New Zealanders are training with terrorists in Yemen. Hey presto -turns out he was telling the truth.
1 to the pm. over 200 to blip
thanks fizzi
And your evidence that he was training with terrorists is ? Nothing apart from being a liar like Key? As far as I can see there is no crime in being Muslim or Christian or even a Moonie. Nor is being in Yemen. In fact there is absolutely nothing that indicates any reason for his murder by a drone operator of the US.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/raw-data-kiwi-killed-drone-strike-%E2%80%94-patrick-gower-interviews-jeremy-scahill-ck-156330
Based on previous experience, it is most likely he happened to be in the wrong place when one of the murder targets of the US was around. What is the average collateral murder rate of the US drone strikes? 20 innocents to 1 target? Since no real data has been released on how or what or even when this strike took place, we just have to rely on the word of prime minister who has a list of bullshit and lies like the one above. Hardly a credible source.
Of course the US and probably the stupid like yourself who try to justify this illegal and immoral wholesale slaughter with them being in a “war”. Of course there is that slight issue that congress hasn’t declared that they are in a war. That it isn’t a “war” by any measure of international law. Basically it is just a gutless bully killing bystanders and afterwards labelling them as enemies because of who they were around.
Sounds like you have a very mushy moral centre – probably more than a little bit atrophied and shrivelled. Kind of person who gets off on watching children being killed as well.
Well said lprent.
We’re back to the good old days of guilt by association. With summary executions and no benefit of a trial. All in the name of “democracy and freedom”.
Watch this video clip fisiani. Hey presto – turns out he/key was telling a…..lie.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics-videos/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503464&gal_cid=1503464&gallery_id=131968
I foolishly clicked on one at random
249
Cam Slater is not and never has been a member of the National Party.
but acts as a conduit for national party… remember those photos from a press party… and theres his meetings with pm…
and yea u chose it randomly… took u to number 240 to find one you thought you could refute without looking foolish… but wait
thats a very fishy statement arnie.
1.”I promise to always be honest” Terrible link! It cuts out what he was actually asked to promise too, then has him promising “I’ll do my best”, that’s not promising to always be honest, in fact it is almost impossible to go through life being 100% honest without living with constant black eyes from every time your wife asks if she ‘looks good in this’.
3.”there’s no way one in five New Zealanders will lose their jobs” How is this a lie?
4.”we are not going to cut working for families” He didn’t, all he did was make changes to the marginal tax rate and he said he was going to do that in the same article you linked to!
“I have long held concerns, in addition, about high effective marginal tax rates acting as a disincentive to people under WFF, but we are confident that this issue will be addressed by our tax package.”
5.”I firmly believe in climate change and always have” why is this a lie? Even in your link all he says is “and I am somewhat suspicious of it”, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t firmly believe in it. I firmly believe that Fluoride is good for your teeth, but I am somewhat suspicious of it.
So that is 4 of the first 5 that I can put into my BLip is a liar list? I hope you didn’t spend too much time putting this list together because it certainly feels that way.
I should add, point 2 was a lie, but this is based on the fact no-one could have predicted the depth of the GFC at the time he said this, so even though it is a lie it is a justifiable one.