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 ...
I think it's important not to misleadingly mix up issues of supply with issues around property speculation. They are largely separate problems. Maybe now some of this dead speculative housing money can look around for more productive investments that grow ...
If your reasoning is only based on the claims that something is divinely ordained or part of some Darwinian natural order, then you only allow yourself a fairly narrow band of thinking from which you can only draw quite weak and contentious conclusions. In...
What you're describing sounds like depression. You may have taken on a bit much and got a bit worn out. Try to reduce your commitments where you can, and take some time out to rest and process things. Don't give up on the progressive dream, it is worth ...
Well, it's a complicated area as to why monetarism which is a part of neoliberalism is failing to resolve the problems it has largely created itself. But money chasing money has created this unnecessarily complex financial system that's anyone's guess to ...
Interest rates must remain low indefinitely. Interest rates can never go up again. Both impossibilities. Watch all the crying and gnashing of teeth if interest rates ever do start to go up again as surely they will.
What's your plan? What are your dates, times and metrics? What sort of dumbarses ask leaders dealing with a crisis these sorts of questions? The government have given general information on these things and have been as specific as they can be. Frankly, ...
Ardern has made the right decision. Hosking is wantonly gnatz, she would have done herself more favours appearing in a national party election campaign ad than being on his show. Hosking's only brief is to criticise the government where he can and peddle ...
Tory-proofed, an interesting term I don't recall seeing before. On this note, I'd advise you never to show a tory all your cards. If you like show them one or two and watch their reaction, this is usually enough to convince you not to show the rest. Most ...
Yeah whatever Bishop. And maybe we could build a preventative detention prison for repeat lame ideas offenders on the opposition benches.
Had Trump still been able to tweet he may have been able to do significantly more damage to American democracy. When this would have been looked into afterwards it would have been found that his twitter account played a significant part in this. This could...
What Labour should do and what will happen are two different things. The playbook for 2021 will be the same as it has been for the past 40 years. That is that for every failure of neoliberal capitalism yet more debt is created to paper over these failures....
A minimum wage should gradually nudge an economy towards producing more higher end goods and services. Which I would have thought would have been a good thing in terms of greater wealth and a natural progression for an advanced economy like NZ. I wonder if...
Someone who's got significant debts and who loses their income stream, a UBI or GMI is going to be superfluous to them. It works if your starting point is a zero but not if it's a negative. What's their safety net other than declaring bankruptcy?
A UBI or a GMI could just be another attempt by the rich man to throw some scraps to the pack of wolves at his door to try to placate them. I guess if someone knew there was always going to be something there to catch them if they fell then they might be ...
To me the central banks game is up. This is why we are seeing a shift to fiscal stimulus. So yes only an intractable financial crisis will bring about real change.
Well yes, you should never pay more for something than it's actually worth. So there will be a correction in the housing market at some point and likely some banks and financial companies will be threatened with bankruptcy. These are simply the problems of...
The problems of housing and poverty are reasonable questions you raise that any reasonable person would think would have reasonable solutions. However, reasonable people are exceedingly rare. What would make anyone think politicians, public servants and ...
These are serious, libelous and patently false accusations Trump and his morons are accusing the left of. But we continue to be nice to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. Frankly morons is too nice a word for them.
What lesson should the left take from the US election? If a man is stupid he is bound to be a tory -J S Mill
Even stupid (Americans) people have a limit on how much ineptitude they will put up with.
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