"I fear that Labour, if they get into power, with a coalition, will not radically change the culture of WINZ" Is it still free to 'write to your Congressman' - Stonewall, MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington - no stamp needed? And keep nagging every last ...
I can only hope that, whether Government or Opposition we have at least ten out of the same mould as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq1q0-wWaUM
"the Greens have lost any real negotiating power." It depends what they bring to the table, doesn't it? And their political skills. They've been coasting along for years now - the little party of principles. So cute. But can they fight their corner (nicely...
Ms Beazley has been to prison and has completed her sentence. Also to the point - in the article I read she has been searching for work. She clearly wasn't coached as to the sheer amount of effort it would take to pick up an entry level job. It's silly in ...
If Mr Peters is 'lazy' then we could do with a whole bunch more like him. His party was out of parliament for three years and he worked to get it back. Out into the regions, around the traps,keeping the brand alive when most people his age would be doing ...
When we've finished our election for the day - Germany is next into the turmoil of public opinion on September 23. I'm hoping for Angela Merkel - a Trump antidote, perhaps.
"Marshmellow" - sounds very Massachusetts...:-)
Until 'the market economy' beyond the shopping trolley of low income people is dealt with it won't matter how much money you add - those people will see little to no direct benefit from it. Rates/rents will rise. That's inevitable. They've been rising like...
Belgium managed for more than 540 days and failed to descend into anarchy. Perhaps we could repeat the experiment, go for longer, and take our place in the Guinness Book of Records. Think of the money we could save!
Also in the Guardian - this piece: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/19/hurricane-maria-caribbean-oecd-aid-rules-assistance Rules need to change. And if the OECD won't - where's the Commonwealth on this? Or do we only notice the minnows ...
"At 1400 a month for premiums" - the near-entire amount of pension for the month. Wonder if they'd let the oldies camp for free in tents around the hospitals? Soup kitchens. Free funerals. Bingo halls with food as the prize of the day. Oh, grand times are ...
"spoke for anyone who has dealt with the punitive and disgusting National idea about how WINZ should operate. " Well, actually, no. Nine years - and so little done. She's no Sue Bradford.
"Hardly, how does low inflation, low interest help old age pensioners who were counting on interest to provide extras to the benefit?" And yet we still see the relentless promotion of Kiwisaver... Not to mention the eternal damnation of pension-age ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Mn6V1IzHw ;-D
" very little to stop ‘road run-off ‘ of not only tyre, clutch, brake dust," Who has the ongoing responsibility to monitor the short and long term effects of this pollution? Does it include the tainting from run off after road sealing work? What code of ...
"People are entitled to have holidays"- and too many can't afford them. There are still kids in this country who have never seen the sea because they can't cover the cost of the bus trip. And that's just the urban ones. Baches and cribs are a whole ...
" tagasaste " - also popular with kereru in spring. Could be useful in providing cover and corridors for movement and habitat of indigenous species in addition to birds.
Just before nine there was a snippet of feedback from someone offering to be that One Name. He didn't actually believe Joyce, yet he volunteered... There's still kindness in the country - even for the likes of Joyce. :-D
In all this heart-rending syrup about 'kids out of poverty' could someone please do the details on what they will be doing for the parents of said kids? "If the answer is more money, there is no problem" And the answer is NOT more distribution of money. We...
"Stop trying to find fault with the cities," Why? Industrial areas are as likely to turn on the hose and spray chemicals off the footpath, into the gutter and down the nearest drain as any cow cocky. Those happy places in cities with their too-small ...
xanthe: In the quick scan I gave the wiki link you provided there was nothing about long term soil life impacts, nor on invertebrates. Amongst all the impassioned cries about our wonderful native avians there is remarkably little interest shown in the ...
Or wintergreen: Wintergreen Oil Benefits. Research shows that wintergreen oil has the ability to act like a natural analgesic (pain reducer), antiarthritic, antiseptic and astringent. Wintergreen oil primarily contains the active ingredient methyl ...
If they stop at 'rivers' then they've barely begun. Aquifers are also at risk and it takes time for leachate to percolate. More time than a parliamentary term. Mapping and monitoring are both long term basic management work. Nor have we begun to look at ...
If Labour chooses to explore the notion of language teaching to young children there's the inevitable long lead time before materials, teachers, methodology can be developed. Before we can join much of the world in being multi-lingual - it would be useful ...
That sounds about right. The comment wasn't about Ms Ardern: it was about the fractious and factious fellowship of the parliamentary Labour Party. ABCs never die - they just go dormant. If the Labour Party wants to play 'Whack a Mole' - they need to do it ...
Unless there is 'action' on the other side of the ledger there will be no real movement out of poverty. The Key government raised some benefits by an alleged $25 a week (?) Petrol prices waver up and down without connection to any market. Rents rise ...
Had nine years to do something helpful with the whole social welfare nightmare and redress the misery from Richardson and did - very little at all. Agree, DTB. Very much so.
'Lazy Kiwis who don't want to work in agriculture' Once upon a time you could build a career or a livelihood. Work one or two jobs and build up enough equity to get onto your own farm. Now? Agri-business is starting to kill the dream. Same with the in-town...
Bring back affordable night school - anyone? And spread the opportunities for an affordable second chance education a bit wider than just teenage mums.
If we cut immigration then our happy little economy will chug to a halt. We just don't have the trained people to take up the fabulous jobs on offer. So they say. We've been listening to this for longer than I've been alive (according to the oldies). Yet ...
Just imagine HAVING to be there listening to this drivel. The guys in the military, security, the cleaners. Anyone who has to take it on the eardrums because there's no walking away. Wonders: was that why they had that round table love-in at the White ...
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