One comment, why do you even care? When a Climate Change article comes out, it seems it gets supported. But when someone isn't even objecting to the base premise, but wants a key element (reduced meat consumption) even discussed - many jump up and down ...
Beautifully put Iprent - was thinking about the stupidity of the previous post and your post put things well into perspective - thanks for the laugh - now back to work!
Can't believe how gutted I am about this. Let's just carry on the injustice ... but I have also to accept this is how MMP works and hadn't really considered that those prats in NZF would screw this up. Hopefully next election Labour will have the numbers ...
The CGT won't stop rental investment but it will stop rental speculation. Nobody thinks that a CGT will 'cure' homelessness, it is about fairness. Why should a land banker not pay tax when all other forms of income are taxed ... a FTT along with a CGT ...
That is as stupid as a tenant saying that all tenants should trash the properties they rent if National win the next election - beyond dumb, but at the level expected by someone who thinks it is unfair to impose a fairness tax - oh, I mean, capital gains ...
I don't know that the press in the country (only 2 players) who are both privately owned are putting forth 'information' that leans to the right should be unexpected. If anyone uncritically reads then accepts this 'information' to be unbiased is naive in ...
If the Gnats want to chase those not meeting their obligation to society why not all their mates who find all sorts of ways of avoiding paying tax - e.g. land banking due to nil CGT. Their attacks on the most vulnerable are nothing to do with obligation to...
To understand the difference between synthetic cannabis and the natural type the metaphor I often use links with alcohol. For example, consider the potency of natural cannabis as a glass of wine and compare this with the potency of synthetic cannabis as a ...
New Zealanders have been getting a bum deal from the Aussies for a long time now. New Zealand should impose the exact same conditions on Australians here as they do on Kiwi's over there - end of story. As for the comment about intercepting the boats from ...
Given Hosking's clear psychological instability this is not surprising. I didn't agree much of what he said prior to the departure of his beloved JK and, well, why would that change?
Barry Soper - Mike Hosking - Mark Richardson - Cameron Slater - David Farrar ... all cheerleaders for the liberal right (an ironic term given the lack of liberty it provides to those in society who simply can't afford it) - anything you hear from these ...
Yeah I also think NZ is a really racist country. The level of racism varies but is omnipresent here. I think racism (much of it covert and 'swept under the carpet') has been a major instrument of attempting to maintain Pakeha hegemony and marginalising any...
Doesn't help any chance Greens have of getting my vote - Maori party in a similar vein due to their apparent support for National. Helping National is NOT a way to improve democracy
It is her first speech in the house. What were you expecting? Detailed policy and analysis?
Some of the lawyers comments are beyond belief in their stupidity and ignorance of the people aspect of these cases ... e.g. buying shares okay but not buying neccessities and the killer - but she might win lotta then could pay the loan back - WTF? All I ...
It willl be more a feeling of relief ... but due to the damage this government has done over the last 9 years, it will take a lot of work to get things back in some sort of order. The health, education and welfare systems need massive input to redress the ...
Really - how about the recent US election where the polls had Clinton MILES AHEAD but come election day - oh no!
A predictable response from a government so badly out of touch with what is happening for most New Zealanders that they simply do not have the capacity to make good decisions for anyone but themselves and their supporters
That is just how this government "rolls". Managerialism is to the fore and is extended to the maximum in terms of bullying and intimidation. Minister Tolley's response is pathetic but pedictable - yes it is an operations issue, but the buck stops with her!
Ayn Rand's version of freedom relates to freedom of choice (for those who can afford it) rather than freedom in general terms. Neoliberal freedom is always bound by being able to fund it and includes other key tennets, such as individual responsibility, ...
Fancy thinking that removing teachers from the loop will actually improve student outcomes - not to mention the chartered schools debarcle which, at best, shows mixed results overseas. But oh no - push on with internet learning etc - what a load of old ...
Even more concerning than the fact the Nats have already had unaffordable Tax cuts and we cannot afford any more is the fact that it is a hell of a lot harder to increase taxes in future - thanks again you greedy scumbags
Each country got it's own criteria of giving the residency it is not like come and here is a passport. Saudi got more than 20 million citizens already. It will be very hard to add extra million or any number, there are new born every day and more. The work...
Dear One Anonymous Bloke, The six months visitor visa is granted for them in order to allow them to find jobs and adapt in life, instead of pushing them to find a job on the spot, they have time to find proper one.
Mr Longbottom, I was just replying to what was written that Saudi Arabia does not care about refugees, I tried to clear that they care about them. The link was attached by Mr. save NZ was about a holy spot in Makka region. that place is for Hajj which is ...
... to stop Syria's President Bashaar Al Assad, his army been dropping...
Johnboy would be so proud
If you are having trouble figuring out what Trade Unions do I can only conclude you have led a very sheltered little neoliberal daydream life - maybe do some research.
I find this distressing - especially given all the shit this government is doing (or lack thereof) to ruin the fabric of NZ society. Sadly neoliberalism has resulted in a culture of individualism and greed which is what this National government are all ...
CV YOU really need to keep up with the play. Suggest you google "Greek for a Week" which was a UK TV4 doco on what it meant to be a Greek worker. Made in 2012 (i.e. 2 years after your quoted Pension cuts, increase to retirement age, and public sector ...
You could also google "Greek for a week" - a UK TV4 doco (about 45 mins) shot in 2012, highlighting the differences between working in UK (and rest of Europe) and working in Greece. No wonder the EU powers want Greece to restructure their modus operandi.
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