Do you think that if everyone had the right to a warm home, free transport, good nutrition, free healthcare and education that poverty would be eliminated? The Labour threw billions at the problem I don't think more money would fix things. Prisoners get ...
Poverty is the hardest problem. Jacinda Ardern said the reason she got into politics was “to achieve her goal of eradicating child poverty in NZ for good.” Her new government immediately allocated billions of dollars to begin the task with the promise of ...
Tax cuts for the rich are more important than public services.
Orange Sky are in Wgton, Porirua, Christchurch and Auckland at present.
Thanks Traveller for outlining the difference between Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy. I am enjoying -for the first time in my life- having time to read and learn and think about politics and the importance of the choices each of us make for NZ. ...
There is a great charity called Orange Sky that offer free hot showers and free laundry to anyone. They operate in the major towns and are keen to expand. You can donate online or join them and give some time to talk and maybe help those who are doing it ...
Philip you can forget Labour. If you want what higher taxes to support the poor then the Greens and TPM are your options. In NZ there's barely daylight between Labour and National as they both need to lavish goodies on the voting centre that swing ...
This is exactly what the Green Party and TPM are proposing isn't it?
If not neoliberal capitalism then what? We need capitalism to generate wealth and socialism to distribute wealth. If we want to eliminate poverty our goal should be to create as much wealth as possible for as many as possible.
Politicians must actually listen to voters. I haven't seen any evidence of that happening. There was a time when political parties provided a channel of communication but, apart from the Greens, it doesn't happen any more.
Any future government must be capable of getting things done and convincing voters that it can. Labour failed badly at this and, AFAICS, it hasn't even started to overhaul its processes.
Wishful thinking on your part. But the racist Right are sure to retaliate against the Tribunal.
Agree.
You're right: it is neoliberalism - in particular its practice of letting people in control of energy companies cream off dividends, profits and executive pay, instead of investing in infrastructure - that results in systemic shortages of supply. But you ...
BG the IFI tax in France has been in place for years. Don't have time to research it now but was in France for much of last year and only property tax change I remember is the government allowing councils to increase property taxes on second homes
Wealth taxes were tried extensively in Europe and have mostly been abandoned. They were wildly popular in France when first introduced but never raised much revenue. "France's wealth tax contributed to the exodus of an estimated 42,000 millionaires between...
... we're getting now. I remember Michael Cullen saying that we can't...
They're entitled.
That's why Jacinda appointed him chair of her Business Advisory Council https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/prime-minister-announces-business-advisory-council
Hardly surprising really. Like some drug lord somewhere once said, "competition is bad for business." (Unless you're trying to remove a 'competitor' from a market altogether by offering much cheaper prices for long enough that they go out of business) ...
"But at the moment there is no issue that opposition can focus on .." They (for me that means Labour) should be focusing on figuring out why their support disintegrated and what they need to do to at least make it a decent contest in 3 years time. Focusing...
"...NZ drifting into a dictatorship..." Really....A dictatorship...? You know we have free elections every 3 years right? Sorry but the left in my opinion needs to stop using these sorts of terms to describe democratically elected governments. Many voters ...
One of the best ways to understand (understand includes a number of different things such as motivations, goals, etc) a political opponent is to listen to them (listen could include reading, watching, etc) You stand a much better chance of defeating them ...
"Home ownership doesn't necessarily equate to increased financial security." FFS of course it does. Especially if you own the property freehold. Paying no rent means increased financial security compared with paying half your income in rent every week. Add...
Of course younger people think differently. However most of them as they get older will change their views and will absolutely see home ownership as security. The stress (and associated inflammation) that would dissolve from renters if they were able to ...
"a calculated attempt to make them look good in the public eye, that they care." Yep. A large number (Maybe even a majority) of Nat / ACT voters will be pet owners, so this will come across as positive for them. Smart politics by again. Make sure you are ...
They don't mention mass migration as a key driver so I guess they just lump that in under 'supply and demand'. I'm assuming it is a key driver. NZ had approx 240,000 migrants arriving last year, that's almost 5% of our total population arriving in one year...
" Labour tried..." (sigh)
Again, I bet anything you like that your bad experience isn't the norm. Noise - A tiny minority of dogs are nuisance barkers. Many dogs will bark if someone knocks on the door, etc, but that's a good thing. Scratching - ?? You mean cats? Digging - Apart ...
"...the misinformation so often peddled about landlords..." Says the person peddling misinformation about dogs. Again, where is the data on all of this extra damage caused by pets. (And I mean the majority of pets, not the exceptions)
Young children, cats (claw's on carpets, wallpaper, etc) and drunk adults are far more damaging and destructive to rentals than the vast majority of dogs. In saying that, I'm pretty sure there are landlords out there who won't rent their properties out to ...
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