ImperatorFish: A statement from the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union

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1. One Anonymous Bloke 1

   9 December 2014 at 3:28 pm

   😆

   Skewered.
2. Hone 2

   9 December 2014 at 3:38 pm

   Great we want too know, can we tax payers have a live cam feed to Browns toilet.
   • Manuka AOR 2.1

     9 December 2014 at 3:46 pm

     So that’s what the 24 hour warrantless surveillance bill was for!
   • One Anonymous Bloke 2.2

     9 December 2014 at 3:55 pm

     We’ve already got a live Cameron’s take on Slater’s toilet. Isn’t one stream of effluent enough?
     • Manuka AOR 2.2.1

       9 December 2014 at 4:09 pm

       “A camera in every loo!” – SIS campaign, with backing from GCSB & strong support from NSA. No warrants required.
       • Chooky 2.2.1.1

         9 December 2014 at 11:15 pm

         …are they going to get into the photography of …peoples’ bums….pornography and blackmailing business then?

         …will people be breeding and buying BIG dogs to protect themselves and their privacy?

         …what do you do if you find a snoop snooping? ( after-all farmers dont like snoops snooping around on their properties)…what if you find one in your wardrobe or under your bed?….will he have an ID?…how do you distinguish a snoop from a burglar or a sexual predator?…….can you take photographs of the snoops?…what if the snoop does more than just snoop?

         Warranted surveillance ( as opposed to UNwarranted) protects both the snoop and the New Zealander being surveilled…this is a fantastically poorly thought out BILL!…or is it just designed to be intimidation?
         • minarch 2.2.1.1.1

           10 December 2014 at 5:15 pm

           “will people be breeding and buying BIG dogs to protect themselves and their privacy?”

           This used to work very well for the IRA, dogs would constantly disrupt OBS on members
3. phillip ure 3

   9 December 2014 at 3:53 pm

   news-flash:..mayor gets ensuite-toilet..

   ..taxpayers’ union asks:..’why can’t he just use a plastic-bucket..?

   ..and a bunch of leaves..?’

   ..and:..’can we have video-surveillance in there..

   ..to make sure he doesn’t toss one off on the ratepayers’ dime/time..?’
4. John Shears 4

   9 December 2014 at 10:17 pm

   what a lot of crap
   • Weepus beard 4.1

     9 December 2014 at 10:21 pm

     Thanks for your input. Would you like to elaborate?
     • Manuka AOR 4.1.1

       9 December 2014 at 10:24 pm

       think about it…

       (or not)
       • Weepus beard 4.1.1.1

         9 December 2014 at 10:36 pm

         Oh. But he forgot to capitalise at the start and didn’t punctuate at the end.

         I thought it was a low-brow tory.
5. Hone 5

   9 December 2014 at 10:52 pm

   It just seems unbelievable that any real news org would reprint a word the Taxpayers Union says, its like living in a parallel universe.
   Is it 1984 yet, can the spooks watch me using the TV?
   • Manuka AOR 5.1

     9 December 2014 at 11:11 pm

     “can the spooks watch me using the TV?”

     I believe that bill passed this evening: http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/counter-terrorist-bill-passed-by-parliament-2014120922

     Officially, “That surveillance will be restricted to activity relating to foreign fighters”, but a ‘foreign fighter connection’ can easily be patched in.
     • Chooky 5.1.1

       9 December 2014 at 11:23 pm

       re “a ‘foreign fighter connection’ can easily be patched in”

       ‘Thought Police’…must NOT think impure thoughts or invite any Muslims home to play… or dinner…must NOT think or talk about the Middle East…steer clear of anyone with a veil at the vege market…..pathetic
     • Tracey 5.1.2

       10 December 2014 at 1:55 pm

       We only have their word for it cos, well, it depends on what you mean by “foreign” and “fighter”
6. Weepus beard 6

   9 December 2014 at 11:01 pm

   The term “Taxpayers’ Union” screams conflict and unresolved issues in this day and age where the government and taxpayers bash unions and workers as a matter of course.
7. Tracey 7

   10 December 2014 at 1:59 pm

   How is the Taxpayers Union going achieving its objectives?

   “… We are ambitious for the Taxpayers’ Union. Our aim is to become the largest union in New Zealand, achieving over 50,000 members and supporters. We can only achieve this with your help. Please go to our website, like our facebook page, follow us on Twitter. You can subscribe to our newsletter, join as a member and perhaps most importantly donate to us. We are reliant 100% on membership fees and donations from supporters. We do not get any Government funding, and never will.

   Some of our initial projects will include:

   Promote an ‘Armchair Auditors Act’, modelled on legislation enacted in some U.S. states, where all transactions over a de minimis amount are searchable on an online database;
   Identify and expose the most flagrant examples of government waste;
   A campaign against taxpayer funded corporate and union welfare;
   Expose and halt the significant public funding that lobby groups receive to campaign and lobby government for pet policy and law changes;
   Promote legislation requiring local referenda for any increase in real per capita rates
   Promote legislation strengthening the Official Information Act. …” Kiwiblog owner David Farrar 2013

   So far they seem a bit fixated on Len Brown.
   • ropata:rorschach 7.1

     10 December 2014 at 5:12 pm

     The ironic thing is,
     a) the Teabaggers Tax-wasters ‘Union’ is not a union, it’s DPF and some other nutjob
     b) DPF, Whale, and their handlers are ultimately funded by … TAX dollars, if they went away we would all be better off
     c) if they actually cared about saving $$$ they’d promote buses; but they are silent on superhighways
     d) one of the NACToids first acts as Government was to rush through the super city way ahead of schedule, making the mergers a lot more painful and expensive
     e) the new, single Council office building is a huge cost saving over their previous 5 scattered locations … and further skewering linked here
     • Tracey 7.1.1

       10 December 2014 at 7:17 pm

       and were aiming for 50000 members. that may have been a lie of course
8. A Voter 8

   10 December 2014 at 11:29 pm

   How do these lying bastard snotgobblers ever get to justify their right to taxpayer dollars We should just do to them like drug dealers get in Asia

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