https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/510362/productivity-commission-head-hits-out-at-cruel-and-thoughtless-way-it-has-been-axed Ganesh Nana moaning to RNZ National about something that should have been entirely predictable to him. He completely subverted ...
I have no idea what you a referring to when you mention the "‘Tenths’ instrument derived in 1940?" or why it is relevant. Perhapos you should explain the reason you think it is something I should investigate then I can answer your question on it. The ...
Question for you Micky - Do you think the Treaty of Waitangi establishes that if you are able to link to a Hapu/Iwi in NZ via whakapapa this means you currently have greater rights than a New Zealander who does not have that linkage in terms of governance ...
I think you have little evidence there is any significant funding from Atlas to the TPU who gets the vast majority of funding from NZ based sources and largely (from what I've read) from small scale donations and subscriptions. If you have any hard ...
What a ridiculous view. ACT is not an extreme right organisation seeking to eliminate surplus population. That sort of demonising rhetoric is hardly conducive to civil discourse. If you really think that then the logical next step is to call for parties ...
He's answered specific questions posed to him just recently on how he is going to remove the obvious inequities impacting sections of society. He stated he wants to focus on need not race and will target areas such as education, housing, and job creation. ...
Why would it be stupid for Atlas to fund ACT? It isn't illegal so long as it is disclosed. In fact trying to hide funding is illegal so doing it in a surreptitiousway would be more stupid because if it ever got out they open themselves up for prosecution. ...
I called his idea idiotic not Mr Waititi. Mr Waititi is actually very clever. He certainly knows what to do to rark up his base. Unfortunately that means he proposes idiotic ideas like the one he put forward on trade agreements.
Tiger Mountain was trying to downplay the significance of David Seymour's views due to the (unproven) allegation that the Atlas network funds the spreading of such viwes in any significant manner in NZ. That is just muckraking and deflection in my book but...
Did you care that many people were upset over the last Govt's decision to remove interest deductability from Residential rental properties? Any policy will have a certain section of society unhappy about it. The art of politics is ensuring you can manage ...
Noone is arguing that many Maori (and others) are not upset by the proposed bill on the Treaty principles. Go and re-read my first sentence and you will see it is focused on the accusations about the Atlas network and the personal attack on David Seymour. ...
And you would be right. Of course the ACT party will use Waititi's idiotic idea as ammunition for why the definition of what the Treaty means for NZ by people like him is unworkable in a modern democratic society and goes against the idea of one law for ...
Instead of engaging in a counter to David Seymour and ACT's position you instead choose ad hominem attacks against him and then try to imply his views aren't valid because you think they are funded by groups you disagree with despite not having a shred of ...
David Seymour is all in favour of rectifying past wrongs. He is a strong supporter of the Treaty settlement process which has as it's core goal the very thing you claim he is against. What he is against is defining the Treaty principles (not the Treaty ...
There has been in the past a lot of detailed work done around the confiscation of Maori land and compensation paid for it and what may need to still be paid. The 1928 Sims Commission did a lot of work around this subject. You can read the full report here ...
Claim: -We have had a massive increase in staffing in the Social Welfare agencies in recent times (and please clarify the time frame). The timeframe in question is from Labour's time in office (i.e. from 2017 to 2023). An increase in numbers of a third ...
I provided you a link to a Stuff article which details the increase in staffing in these agencies over the past few years (i.e. the period in time I am referring to). Please explain why this is not good enough as evidence for you? As for the 1960's claim -...
Why do I have to provide data on SW staffing levels in the 1960's? I'm not comparing staffing levels front the 1960's to today. I'm stating unemployment has fallen to levels not seen SINCE then so you SHOULD see recent trends in Social welfare staff ...
How come we have had a massive increase in staffing in the Social Welfare agencies at a time when Unemployment has fallen to lows not seen since the 1960's? Shouldn't we require less people in this area now considering we have less people to provide ...
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?
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