The capitalist system must endlessly expand or it is in a state of collapse. We can do all we like bringing in clean energies, but until we move to a more sustainable nonexpasionary system climate change and resource depletion will persist. We don't need ...
Nuclear power plants in NZ. Are you serious? Who is being pointlessly idealistic here? The Neoliberalism that Douglas espoused is an ideal. That's why it has never really worked and now finally its chickens are coming home to roost. All other noise only ...
I'm glad Jacinda brought up about our nuclear free stance, we are better when we are a country more like the one David Lange envisaged and less like the one Roger Douglas envisaged.
You can speak lies, insults and platitudes and avoid the truth for a while, but eventually the truth will catch up with you.
Does this fiscal drag look good on me or do you think some hair would slow things down more?
It must be nice to be some. After all, all they have to do is be fortunate enough to own something that makes their money for them. No wonder they have plenty of time to piddle around avoiding tax. Btw there's no risk involved if you do your homework ...
All I would say to the Ardern government is us kiwis love our sport, so don't take away our fun of trying to better our covid 19 score and be the best in the world at beating covid.
On the demand side, outlaw all drivers licences except those required as part of certain occupations and make exemptions for those driving hydrogen powered vehicles or non-coal generated electric vehicles. Are you double hydrogened? So everyone would have ...
I guess that on a less and less habitable planet with more and more people with more and more power chasing fewer and fewer resources, that a comparatively natural resource rich country like New Zealand is going to do fairly well economically, at least for...
Don't worry about 'anyone else' having to carry my burden, there's only one big enough to bear my burden and I have serious doubts even about that.
First the left have to decide if we are prepared to more radically restrict, regulate and redistribute excessive personal wealth accumulation. So far the Ardern government have taken an incremental approach to this probably for fear of losing necessary ...
The plans put into effect months ago are now playing out their final stages albeit somewhat disrupted by a delta outbreak. What will soon be required is not plans but rather precision and vigilance. Getting angry may make you feel better but it won't solve...
Push polling is an underhanded tactic to sway voters and influence the political process, that's why it's particularly egregious. Both Clark and Key's poll numbers used to bounce around in the range we are seeing with Ardern's here and they still won ...
One or a few big companies controlling an industry is just the natural end result of having a free competitive market. So neoliberals, like the Act party etc, are really just corporate apologists. Having said that the Fonterra model seems to work well for ...
Looking at the underlying logic in your speech that sounds like a pretty good plan Mr Robertson.
The Branson and Co rocket race, just the latest manifestation of the ongoing dance between the rich and the poor. Something intelligent, or at least literate, people will always find incomprehensible because it's a different world.
This isn't new legislation, this is just seeking to clarify existing legislation. Apart from the opposition using the buzz words "free speech" to play a bit of politics I don't see what the fuss is about.
Historically capitalists in this country have sought to attack and dominate workers and their rights rather than include and provide for workers as they have in some other countries. This is a major reason for the economic and social problems we have today...
Thin-skinned and secretive, an odd combination of terms. So if they spill their guts their whole world will fall apart. Vance grossly misjudges and underestimates Labour if she thinks they are like that.
Individuals should sort out their problems where they can themselves, amongst themselves, and the state should step in where they fail to do so but in a way where the state can be effective and not make matters worse.
By they I meant others, just a not so good choice of pronouns. I think that behaving in a good way towards others who are behaving poorly isn't going to change their behaviour and may in fact be used against you, whereas a tit for tat approach if their ...
If we can see that they adhere to some reasonable standard of the good then we should treat them as we would want to be treated, but if we see that they adhere to no reasonable standard of the good then we should treat them as they would treat us.
Difference is who's going to bail them out this time? Central Banks, nope sorry got nothing. Governments, nope sorry got nothing. So if not them then who?
Of course np with fiscal expansion to grow the economy and probably the quickest way to get it into the system is to give it to those least likely to hold onto it. The problem for Labour has been that when they have tried to get big, bold and positive ...
Fair comment, I wasn't intending to come across as cynical. And yes, people still have to have the means to consume and businesses still have to have consumers in this age of advanced technology and robotics permanently taking away jobs. A UBI is an answer...
Well I guess these days it's bad for business to appear greedy and stingy or to throw your toys out of the cot like Hosking, much better for business to appear open and generous.
Which would raise the IQ of both countries.
Just think, if this budget actually works and things really do take off in this country, where does that leave the tories and the neoliberals with their voodoo economics? lol
I really don't see what the problem is with the ToW. I would think only good things could come from it.
"What is laid down, ordered, factual, is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup." - Boris Pasternak
A long overdue little dose of reality for the housing market from the Labour government and suddenly the tories start exhibiting symptoms of reds under the bed paranoia. Would you rather a stronger dose of reality like the Reserve Bank raising interests ...
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