The problem with that, Phillip (I would argue it's just as well), is that there is no evidence of any appetite amongst the majority of voters for the sort of policies that would make for a unified platform between those parties. Jacinda Ardern knew that ...
Democratic Socialism is defined as: "...a socialist economy where production and wealth are collectively owned, but the country has a democratic system of government." Democratic Socialist Countries 2024 (worldpopulationreview.com) It would seem to me to ...
Perhaps the reason they didn't answer her was because they couldn't. There are many videos on line of these 'activists' being asked what they are protesting about, and some of them frankly don't have a clue.
I don't think you understand just how ridiculous these videos are. The full version of the debate could be a good watch. But a video in which 3 self-indulgent pseudo intellectuals play 'gotcha', in which we hear more from these 3 bozos than either of Maher...
As I said above Between 2001 and 2017, the number of public sector employees grew by 34%, at a time when NZ’s population grew by 23% The number of public sector employees was growing faster than our population before 2017.
"Using % of GDP isn't a useful measure of social welfare. It's just focusing on spending rather than effect." I disagree about it not being a useful measure. I'll circle back to the second half of that comment shortly. "Using % of public expenditure on ...
"The country we have and will always be is one with a small American-style minimalist welfare system..." Not so. List of countries by social welfare spending - Wikipedia As a % of GDP, we are 19th out of 26 countries in the OECD for spending on social ...
"I somehow don't find a puff piece by the PPTA from 2007 very convincing." Here is something more recent - Small class sizes for improving student achievement in primary and secondary schools: a systematic review - Filges - 2018 - Campbell Systematic ...
I doubt that. You don't think public schools game NCEA? You don't think charter schools have KPI's?
You conveniently missed the part where said The pressure goes off. The expectation of staff isn’t as high as it is under charter schools. That is obvious.
I’m suddenly finding the imagery too disturbing🤣
You are on fire. Again.
“COD’s”?
Past PM's seem to be making a habit of popping up with their reckons lately, Phillip.
And there's another problem, as I've already pointed out. The VET is a charitable trust. Here's the CC link Charities Services | Home. The beneficiaries are not the individuals who run the schools. The beneficiaries are 'Children/young people'. For you to ...
Where did the auditor general claim anyone was benefitting personally from this? His concerns were process related, as your quote below shows. It is the Trust that earned the money. What actual individuals were paid was perfectly reasonable. You don’t seem...
You really have no idea what you’re talking about. The farm is owned by a trust which will be paying tax on any profits. Capital gains are not taxable, nor are they guaranteed. It sounds to me like you’re just making this up.
The money comes into the TRUST as income. You’re saying individuals are getting the money. That can only be as salaries and wages. Look at the accounts.
How do you know how many people, how many hours or what period of time were covered by the $450,000? I've gone to the effort of looking at the Villa Education Trusts accounts for the years 2014 through 2018 (which includes the period the payment was made ...
Is the farm profitable? If not, the example is moot. 2. If the farm is profitable, the trust will be paying tax at 33%. 3. If the farm was transferred by the owner into the trust ('settled') then there likely will be loans from him to the trust. The money...
"Many, many businesses and individuals operate trusts from which they gain financially and often pay no tax. Loans from trusts is one way to do this which never get paid back – they just accumulate as the value of the trust increases." I'm going to address...
The operators of schools pay themselves in the same way that headmasters are paid. Why wouldn't they? Can you point me to any individual who has gotten rich from this? You also seem very confused about the nature of trusts. It would help you to look at the...
What 1%? The operators of most of these schools are not benefitting, neither are they likely to be in the top 1%.
Our CoC govt would surely be willing and able to do even more to alleviate the scourge of child poverty, were it not for the necessity of billions in tax relief for landLords. We've thrown billions at poverty over decades. The GINI still flatlined. ...
None of that is relevant to the claim you made. It's not even true.
Who stands to benefit? And what 'price' are children in state education paying for children who attend charter schools?
Has the Waitangi Tribunal ever summonsed another Minister to appear before them? Apparently, no. "Edgeler said this case was the first about summoning ministers as, in the past, ministers who had been asked to appear before the tribunal or Commissions of ...
Don't be too hard on yourself. As far as I can remember, we weren't consulted as parents. Which was particularly egregious as we had a neurodiverse child who was seriously disadvantaged. AUT did a helpful assessment of the NP (to access the PDF, you'll ...
For whose benefit? Almost all charter schools in NZ were run by charitable trusts, not for profits and Maori authorities.
"I understand that as most of the previous charter schools either failed or were forced to close," By 2018, 12 previous charter schools had transitioned to became state integrated or special character schools. Which ones failed? Or were forced to close ...
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