And then there's this in Aotearoa: The country's third biggest bank reported a net profit for the year ended June of $1.56 billion, up 6 percent on the year before, as it increased its lending and margins. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/495428/asb-...
Are you confusing investment management company BlackRock with private military contractor Academi (formerly Blackwater)? Blackstone is also another similarly-named investment management company, capitalism breeds innovation! /s
The treasury report on housing makes it clear that private rents rise to match income increases. Landlords are able to institute increases that outpace inflation because of the dearth of public alternatives: The supply of dwellings relative to demand is a ...
That Hipkins quote is in my post. I am intrigued by how you experience the passage of time though, 2020 was only 18 months ago you say?
Labour has announced legislation to protect parts of the Hauraki gulf but will not be able to pass it before the election. Once again the lack of urgency around protecting our environment is worrying but it is good to see action being taken now none-the-...
There is no rule, but as outlined by Chico Mendes to separate the environment from people renders the environmentalism hollow and ineffective. The costs of climate inaction are already more heavily felt by those side-lined by our current economic system ...
Environmentalism without class struggle is gardening - Chico Mendes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes
Subsidising the economy is not the same as subsidising people. One supports individuals, the other, business entities. Income support was administered through employer claims and this led to potential fraud which could have been obviated by directly ...
Intervention isn't, in and of itself, a good thing, it needs to be targeted well and it needs to have a goal to support everyone, and on this measure this government would get a C. For all the talk when given the option of correcting the adherence to 'free...
That would also mean we accept the increased inequity and poorer public services because of our reticence to expect those who have financially benefited from society to pay their share. Seems that Labour has made their decision. It is about political will ...
Worryingly they include the faux solution of hydrogen: Evidence clearly indicates that the marketing hype surrounding blue hydrogen as a clean energy source is based on false and misleading claims – also known as greenwashing – partially based on unproven ...
Labour has announced a partnership with world's biggest asset management company BlackRock: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins made the announcement in Auckland this morning, saying the government is partnering with Blackrock to launch the fund with the goal of ...
Stopping climate breakdown is likely going to require constraints on energy use. Will the constraints be imposed on working classes and the poor (the default under capitalism), or on the rich and corporations (ecosocialism)? This question will define ...
Or this could be framed another way: is Hipkins prepared to allow a NACT government if Labour doesn't have an outright majority and needs the Greens and TPM? Is he using the threat of a NACT government to discipline the electorate into maintaining low ...
pretending that your aspirational goals are concrete political reality Who is doing this? It's a policy proposal to take to post-election negotiations. You are insisting that because the policy is not perfectly setup from it's proposed beginning it is ...
What you call bribes are election promises, just like every other party. They are seeking the votes of people who want action on these issues. That you think they are cynical about it indicates your cynicism towards the Greens seems to be boundless. I ...
And Belladonna isn't also being persistent in their 'reasonable' assertions? The 'flaws' they point out are already acknowledged and planned for in the Greens policy, which is all I have been reiterating. I have not expressed an opinion on it other than ...
What are the Greens plans for combatting inflation, breaking up the supermarket duopoly, breaking down the energy costs for households ie pushing back the Bradford reforms, Bank profits, …….rail/coastal shipping The answers exist if you actually look for ...
From the existing pool of dentists initially and from the increased training numbers eventually, as well as by immigration and upskilling. As has been pointed out to you repeatedly. You don't think this will work, you advocate for another dental school, ...
Personal attack? Lol. Can't see it, but I guess you did say I'm a 'blinded leftie'. You have ignored any post pointing out the Greens are aware of the shortage and have a plan to increase dentist numbers. You have declared it won't work and is unserious. ...
Oh I see, current dentist cease to exist once free dental care is promised. What you are pointing out is that you think there are insufficient dentists now and that means, according to you, the policy is completely unworkable. Clearly we need to run ...
Your criticism is that there isn't sufficient staffing so therefore this policy is not possible to institute? That is 100% accepting the status quo. If we want to improve outcomes for everyone increased funding for services is one of the only ways to ...
That's your reasoning for the status quo? From the policy document: To deliver a public dentistry workforce, the Green Party will: Increase domestic placements for dentistry Despite the clear need for more dentists, successive governments have capped the ...
The plan would include free annual check-ups; mobile dental vans and funding for community clinics, including on marae; specialist care for people needing oral surgery and "complex treatment"; Māori-run community and whānau oral health services; and "a ...
There is no way you can banish petrol driven vehicles overnight so there is no way you can do without sufficient roads to accommodate them until such a time when they can be written off as an extinct inorganic species. The trick is to build the extra ...
Greens will fund free dental care: “Dental care for adults in Aotearoa is now among the most expensive in the world. Unbelievably, we have a higher rate of unmet dental care in Aotearoa because of cost than even the United States. “Seventeen years ago, the...
“It has been said that the best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago, the second best time is today. The same is true for conservation. The best time to conserve the habitat necessary for our wildlife would have been 50 or 100 years ago. The second best ...
Some policies that may align with your desired methods: Ensure that tax policy contributes to the overall quality of life of New Zealanders and the sustainable development of Aotearoa New Zealand (…) (3.2) Ensure that public investment effectively furthers...
Yesterday was World Overshoot day. New Zealand's country specific Overshoot date was in April. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. ...
National just aren't making sensible policies that accept reality: Given the observable realities of the climate crisis, many have questioned the logic of leaning into road expansion as a policy, especially at the expense of efficient public transport. ......
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