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Comment:Women wearing clothes
Date published: 2:24 pm, September 3rd, 2016East or West, North or South, religion is such a useful tool of oppression.
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Comment:Women wearing clothes
Date published: 2:19 pm, September 3rd, 2016I wondered how long it would be before someone decided that it's all just relative in the end anyway.
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Comment:Women wearing clothes
Date published: 2:13 pm, September 3rd, 2016I wrote "As long as people of conscience can maintain binocular vision, then that’s all just jim-fine dandy. . ." is that better?
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Comment:Close the camps Australia
Date published: 2:07 pm, September 3rd, 2016... probably wouldn't be interested. Cheers, Henry.
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Comment:Close the camps Australia
Date published: 1:58 pm, September 3rd, 2016Who owns Wilson? Are they in your Kiwisaver fund? How much profit do they ship offshore and how much tax do they pay? Resist the revisionist paper tiger capitalist running-dog hyena imperialist aggressors on all fronts!
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Comment:Women wearing clothes
Date published: 4:18 am, September 3rd, 2016As long as people of conscience can maintain binocular vision, then that's all just jim-fine dandy. . .
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Comment:Women wearing clothes
Date published: 3:29 pm, September 2nd, 2016I'm inclined to think that the French people have a right to define what constitutes their national culture. As do the people of Iran.
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Comment:Roy Morgan August; Nat's Down 7%
Date published: 4:11 am, August 30th, 2016There is a reasonable chance that the next government will be the current government. Do not let your desires blind you to the stones beneath your feet.
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Comment:Roy Morgan August; Nat's Down 7%
Date published: 4:06 am, August 30th, 2016Perhaps not, Stuart. Perhaps, though, charisma is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps in 1999 Labour were beneficiaries of (a) Three strikes, you're out! And (b) having decent policy. I'm inclined to think that Labours success rests on a tripod of ...
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Comment:Roy Morgan August; Nat's Down 7%
Date published: 2:39 am, August 30th, 2016Historically, Labour win when "it's time for a change", AND they have a charismatic leader able to tap the groundswell of popular discontent. Policy seems to be the third thing in the list of things that get Labour elected.
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Comment:Roy Morgan August; Nat's Down 7%
Date published: 2:35 am, August 30th, 2016I suspect that that's what's called "preparing the ground". . .
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Comment:Roy Morgan August; Nat's Down 7%
Date published: 2:32 am, August 30th, 2016It's politics sure, but it's also cyclical. As a rule, three in a row, time to go ( for National at least - Labour is a little more problematic) 1960 National - 4 terms 1972 Labour - 1 term 1975 National - 3 terms 1984 Labour - 2 terms 1990 National - 3 ...
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Comment:Hollowing out the regions
Date published: 1:44 pm, August 28th, 2016Insufficient capital. Next question. . .
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Comment:Third term and full of ideas...
Date published: 2:50 pm, August 26th, 2016You actually thought National MPs could write? Like, seriously?
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Comment:Foreign buyers estimated at 29%
Date published: 8:04 pm, August 25th, 2016Ah yes, the appropriation. Followed, no doubt, by the allocation. I think that's where the fun begins. . .
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Comment:Foreign buyers estimated at 29%
Date published: 7:26 pm, August 25th, 2016Thought you might say that. But best to check.
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Comment:Foreign buyers estimated at 29%
Date published: 12:31 pm, August 25th, 2016And non-resident citizens?
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Comment:Cluster f*&k on cluster bombs
Date published: 3:42 pm, August 19th, 2016Well, given the number of Kiwisaver accounts with exposure to (say) the S&P500, the fines should pretty well clear the government's deficit in pretty short order. As for the Prime Minister, well, as usual, he's probably right, yes it is up to the ...
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Comment:Check your Kiwisaver
Date published: 1:12 pm, August 18th, 2016I suspect that most people don't care very much if at all. If they do, it's not hard to email your Kiwisaver provider for the information, and to choose a new one
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Comment:A UK Labour Split
Date published: 6:11 pm, August 16th, 2016Politics can be two things. It can be a career, or it can be a path to power.
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Comment:Another Key lie is why this government can't be trusted with increased spying powers
Date published: 1:13 pm, August 16th, 2016It's what all governments do. All of them. Don't let your bigotries blind you to the truth-power exists to be abused.
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Comment:Taonga tax
Date published: 12:04 pm, August 15th, 2016"while they are here they are adding to the wear and tear of every thing they use" And they're paying tax on everything they buy. And on the services they consume. They truly are paying as they go. . .
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Comment:Taonga tax
Date published: 1:44 am, August 15th, 2016You just get the retailer to ship it, and pay excl GST but incl freight. It works that way in a lot of other countries.
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Comment:Taonga tax
Date published: 1:42 am, August 15th, 2016Happy to be in the 1% !
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Comment:Taonga tax
Date published: 1:39 am, August 15th, 2016For some reason, the bureaucracy around tax is usually mind-numbing in its badly designed awfulness. Tourists get the refund on goods which they are, in effect, exporting. Like Fonterra flogging off milk powder to Asia. It's a consistency thing.
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Comment:Taonga tax
Date published: 1:36 am, August 15th, 2016Tourists come and use services and pay the normal tax at the normal rate. They claim GST back on goods that are bought here and which they then take away with them. The services consumed within the country are taxed, the goods which are exported are not. ...
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Comment:Left Side Story: What do New Zealanders actually earn?
Date published: 2:00 pm, August 12th, 2016"So you can see why Don Brash and others say prices are too high. " Possibly pay is too low? $80k a year puts you in the top 10%. Really? $80k a year makes you rich? Astounding! Frightening!
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Comment:Clinton on "trickle down" economics
Date published: 3:11 pm, August 9th, 2016It wouldn't be the first time that a US President has done that. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. I am prepared for disappointment
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Comment:Financial capital is crazy OP. Time to strip it back to basics.
Date published: 9:29 pm, August 8th, 2016I love The Standard when it's time for economics and economic systems! I always learn something. And it's so much more fun than taking a seat at the Coliseum, eating hot dogs, drinking beer, and watching the Accountants vs the Economists. Thank you all ...
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Comment:Labour plans to crack down on negative gearing
Date published: 3:05 pm, August 6th, 2016Nothing should be deductible. It's not deductible for me as an individual, why should it be deductible for a business? Time to level the playing field.
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Comment:Panama Papers - Nat U-turn complete
Date published: 3:16 am, July 14th, 2016Good. A good start. The devil will be in the detail, but it looks promising. Far less kneejerking than I had feared. Now let's see what filters through to the domestic trust situation. Fingers crossed!
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