Not sure where many of your points come from - I use the term "points" as the majority aren't able to be called facts as they are incorrect. The only one worth discussing would seem to be child hunger - which, where it exists, no one can countenance. But ...
If it were just supplying food for NZers then 1) we'd only need approx 5% of what we currently produce (so majority of farmers are out of work) 2) we can't produce many of the products we would still want and 3) we wouldn't have the funds to buy the things...
There are alternatives in: Westland (WMP), Canterbury (Synlait, WMP, CMP and others), Otago (OCC), Southland (OCC), Manawatu/Wanganui, South Taranaki (OCC), Waikato (Tatua, OCC, Miraka)...... No one HAS to supply to Fonterra - in some regions they are the ...
Ad hominem responses are not the same as a rebuttal of the comment that obviously incensed you. You come across asa small-minded bigot.
He has few morals, he is a neoliberal. As long as the neoliberal agenda progresses (Eg. asset sales, privatisation of education, bleeding of workers rights and conditions), any 'moral' considerations are not important.
If it is theft, will a Labour government take it back? That is, renationalise it. No. They are happy to go along with the neoliberal agenda in the end. BTW NZ spelling is 'enrol' as a verb.
Ha Ha. Great to see the Nacts on the run.
Great! But are you after neoliberal change, like Blair's Thirds Way?
Smash the neoliberal agenda? Yes, you can roll it back.... but first, you have to want to. Can't see this corrupted Labour Caucus doing anything but get and maintain the benches, I fear. Eg Will they renationalise the energy companies? No way, which leaves...
You don't need tax credits for R and D - any company that survives on technical innovation and and/or scientific excellence do R and D as a matter of fact, and do it no matter what the tax implications are. I have worked in technical R and D for the last ...
Well, while we are on the subject of crap columnists, guess who didn't vote this election? Michael Laws. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/columnists/6081085/Confession-time-I-was-too-busy-to-vote Guess he can't complain about national politics for ...
Thanks for that Pete, that is taking celebrating Christmas to a place I never knew it went.
"National didn't win...." It is the best result by any party under the MMP system - hard to not call that a win? National's best result in 60 years also. If they hadn't have gone along with the bloody tea-tapes malarkey they probably would've hit 50%.
More likely, he is commenting on Winston's track record in MMP coalitions.....
If Goff, King, Cunliffe, Parker etc stay in there, Labour are going to go nowhere over the next four years. The Occupy movement is just a bunch of people who don't want to work hard like everyone else - theres nothing to build on there if you want a good ...
I lived 7 years in Ohariu, and used to see Peter Dunne out walking quite often - even during force 5 storms with trees and cars getting blown around, not a hair would be out of place. When I'm age I would love that hair!
Its indicative that hard working Kiwis want a party that works for them. Hand ups not hand outs etc etc Good to see the party that had integrity on its campaign and didn't resort to mud-slinging and gutter politiking is getting to form the next government ...
add another 10+ k in GST and secondary taxes plus the 3.5k I pay in council rates, the 2.5k in ACC - then the indirect taxation generated by my spending (hiring accountants, body corp fees, insurances etc) for the investment property company I run on the ...
lol, thats pretty funny coming from someone posting on The Standard
That is nonsense Adolf. The government that came up with the relief work scheme was the 1931-1935 "Coalition" government. The Coalition government was formed by the Reform Party linking up with the United Party. The Coalition government faced with the ...
"... and I avoided actually debating what we laughingly call National Party policies by this much..."
Isn't that Gerry?
[all caps rant - deleted. You're welcome to comment. But not like that. Eddie]
All you envious little lefties, jealous with rage, wanting to grab other peoples money and get your filthy little bludging paws all over it......
Despite the number of Kiwis going to Oz, population is still increasing, and new places are not being built due to the high costs. Auckland and Wellington are going to be getting a decent proportion of the people escaping Christchurch also. More pressure ...
Ok, so assuming that a CGT, if correctly implemented, levelled the playing field, so that there is no benefit to investing in property - where is all the money going to be invested when we are bereft of good companies to invest in? IMO its still going to ...
Lol, at least thats a better response than the deafening silence of Zaphod Beeblebrox! A truly stellar job at convincing me, just as (there you go) I assume he did on the people in the group he was at.
Looking forward to the Labour policy on this David. We do need an alternative to whatever Bill English thinks he is doing.
Ever Wondered...? Nope, I just assumed it was because they were crap, and wanted to pretend they were back in opposition when all they really needed to do was turn up in a suit and blame everything and anything onto the last government. But now mention it ...
Ok, systematically speaking, how will a CGT cause people to invest in (so called) productive businesses like is being bandied around here, when that will be taxed at a higher rate than the CG tax on property? What about the inevitable surge in house prices...
What a hassle it must have been having to get cash for him every week!
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