The Public service spends huge amounts of taxpayers money on IT projects. The point of which should be to improve the efficiency of the Public service (i.e. better service with the same or less resources). However instead of requiring less people we have ...
Stuff has done a fascinating analysis of the core Public service in NZ and it's massive growth over the past 6 years under the last Labour led government. I challenge any left leaning person to explain why we still have a need for over 9,400 "Information ...
The country is on the verge of a massive default in debt with inflation rate over 200%. I think to get out of that self-inflicted mess requires some short term pain. Remember it is the policies of previous governments of Argentina that caused the mess they...
Good to see Argentina taking the first steps to rectify the damaging effects of Big Government interventionist economic policies (implemented from both the left and right wing of Argentinian politics). Argentina is just another example of how these sorts ...
A Politician has an obligation to engage with the public. That does not mean they need to engage with every Tom, Dick, or Hone that is holding a public meeting or get together. These people are entitled to attend an event or arrange a meeting with him is ...
Where did you get the idea the free speech means you have to listen to others? Free speech means people are not shut down. There is no requirement for people to listen or even care.
When they mentioned they would tackle the cost of living crisis. Do you not agree that keeping duty on cigarettes stable rather than increasing them impacts the household budget of many low income families?
Ahhhh! So aging and people living longer are actually causing greater stresses on the health system such as GP's. Given the reduction in smoking rates will have been a factor in people living longer the supposed savings in the health system from a smoking ...
He sees no point in turning up to be told some Maori are unhappy. He is well aware some Maori are unhappy. He also has never attended the Ratana meet up as he thinks it is a waste of time give Ratana's political leanings.
Are there more resources available for other diseases? Where is the evidence of a shift in funding over the past 10 to 20 years as smoking rates have plummeted?
Did I state that? This seems to be your rather perverse take on my position. If people are looking at increasing thei chances of living and staying healthy longer should not smoke. That much is clear. That is a personal choice. Those people will still die ...
Are GP visits being freed up significantly since smoking rates have more than halved since 2011/12? That study you published states we should be seeing less presure in this area. Is that the case?
Indeed but what SHOULD be visible is a decreased demand for the health services associated with smoking related illnesses over time compared to total health spending. This is the sort of study that should be produced rather than that one that was published...
Where is the evidence that our health care system is managing to reprioritise this freed up money from cancer treatment?
But that is the issue - Noone has really done a proper study on this yet there are claims being made that higher smoking rates mean higher demand on the health system and therefore necessitates increased health spending. The more likely situation in my ...
This idea that increased smoking leads to increased pressure on the health system seems very bogus to me and I believe doesn't stand up to real world scrutiny. It would be easy enough to produce actual hard evidence for or against though. The rate of ...
Not cut. The proposal (and it is just a proposal at this stage) is to not increase the duty. A pack of cigarettes is not going to get cheaper as a result. There is obviously a desire to switch the focus from blunt instruments of constantly increasing ...
In terms of land loss and disruption to cultural connections and support. Both those regions of NZ have among the highest rate of land still under Maori control (either through the Maori land court or in local hands). They also have among the highest rates...
My point is if the effects of colonialism was what causes the social problems facing many Maori today you would reasonably expect the areas of the country where these effects were the greatest should have the worst problems and the areas where the impact ...
Do you know what parts of NZ have the highest deprivation rates for Maori Weka?
I didn't state anybody has stated that. I am contrasting what ACT is saying with the opposite view which would be the racist one. I am doing so to show how the view expressed is not racist. All your other views which can be combined under the tag of "...
The Monkey wrenching the Treaty. It is not happening. You can rest easy.
How is anything you mentioned racist exactly? Stating ALL people in NZ have equal rights and duties is not favouring or putting down any ethnic group. On the contrary it would be racist to state one group based on ethnicity should have more rights than ...
Except that is not what is happening. It might be what SOME people think is happening. But those people are wrong and National doesn't need to apologise for their miscomprehension.
Why do you fear this? What you should fear is negative outcomes. I've yet to see someone articulate what these are exactly beyond vague accusations that Maori will be screwed over. How they are going to be is not mentioned just that is of course what will ...
[SARC] Yeah but these people know what REALLY is going on. They see behind the facade and know that people are trying to do over everyone [/SARC].
If you say so. You seem to have this insidious plan to eliminate the Treaty of Waitangi from NZ all figured out. Of course lot's of people think the same sort of thing about topics like Fluoride in the public water supply or Vaccines. No real hard evidence...
It seems your argument has lost steam there Robert.
Oooerrrr!!! Formenting discord. How awful! Next he might actually spill some milk which will cause people to breakdown in tears.
No. The people who attended the Hui on the weekend which did not include the majority of Maori nor did it only include Maori. I think John Campbell was there for example. I doubt National is going to lose sleep over not making John Campbell happy.
Eh???
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