"I’d also like some evidence that using recreational drugs outside of working hours impairs the abilities of workers on the job any more than alcohol does." The ubiquitous Nigel Latta should look into this – it would make a lot more sense than blowing ...
"In other words the do nothing option means choosing to give away NZ’s fair go, back the underdog, egalitarian society" Which was never what National and its ilk wanted in the first place, and neoliberalism has enabled it to achieve exactly what it's ...
If no difference had been intended, there would have been no need to change the law. The fact that it was changed indicates that the government fully intended it to make a difference, specifically, to give employers more power, and employees less. QED.
Well said!
YES!!!
@ acrophobic – "a real increase in benefits" All this increase does is put benefits back to where they were before Ruth Richardson took an axe to them in her 'mother of all budgets'. In the meantime, the cost of living has increased exponentially, so ...
@ lost sheep, telling us you're not making value judgements does not mean you aren't, even if you sincerely believe your own words.
"Spending what, in some cases, will be the last dollar on drugs, booze and cigarettes surely ain’t helping reducing poverty." Except, ICD, there's absolutely NO evidence that this is what's happening. Key is simply using his usual tactic of deflecting ...
HNZ has never provided carpet in state houses. When the first ones were built, they were considered to be the tenants' home for life, and that, just like anyone moving into a newly built house, it was assumed that they would supply carpets and other ...
So have the good new ones been built, or even started yet? And was HNZ going to find the tenants somewhere decent to live while these new homes were being built? I suspect not.
In mediaeval Europe, they would have been much warmer – the house would quite likely have been better insulated because of having thick walls and a thatched roof, and there would have been a fire going pretty much all day, as it would have been used for ...
Irrespective of what the mythical 'middle NZ' might think, rugby definitely is contributing to rape culture by glorifying violence. Indeed, more than one rugby player, and at least one commentator (Tony Veitch) have committed violence against women, ...
Tigger, I'd love to see the evidence that Key is against gay marriage, not because I don't believe you, but just out of interest.
Based on experience so far, they'd be flat out making excuses for JK.
Well said, ankerawshark. Thank you!
I wouldn't call paying within six weeks of receiving a bill not paying on time, and neither would any other business person unless, like Cohen, apparently, they had an axe to grind. Maybe Cohen deliberately sent the bill late so he could make Little look ...
Labour should never have been required to answer Gower's nasty smear attempt at all. It had nothing to answer for.
FFS, THE BILL HAS BEEN PAID!!! And, given it wasn't even presented until December, and given the long summer holiday, the delay was only six weeks, not the four months alleged by Cohen and Gower. No business anywhere expects a bill to be paid the moment ...
I don't know how many times it needs to be repeated – the bill *was* paid, and reasonably promptly if you take into account that it wasn't presented until December, and then the holidays happened. As can be seen from a comment above, the delay was actually...
Key was not even a merchant banker - he was a money trader, i.e. a professional gambler - with other people's money.
It's sounding more and more as though Bevan Chuang was some kind of 'honey trap' deployed by the right to discredit Len Brown.
How can people make up their minds on political issues without hearing from people of different viewpoints? Though I would like to hear from someone from the genuine left for a change.
Blue, you're absolutely right. And I dare say quite a few of those living in poverty with 'too many' children weren't in poverty when they had them, and had no reason to believe they ever would be. People's circumstances may change for reasons quite beyond...
The only reason sole-parent families (and other beneficiaries) live in poverty is that the benefits are far too low to allow anything else. Benefits need to be raised to a level that allows a decent life for recipients and their families. And, for those ...
Yes, but judging from comments that get made on the Stuff website, most Fairfax readers are tories who want to tell everyone else how ro live their lives, so that wouldn't be surprising. However, they're a self-selecting sample, and not necessarily typical...
Paula Bennett got married recently - presumably not to someone who's in prison. However, this doesn't make her any fitter to tell others how to live their lives.
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