She has so little credibility Jackal, that you obviously read her. Excellent.
thanks Vicky, I set myself up for that one! "Using “smart” to mean clever is an idiotic Americanism, and should never be used." I was only using it in the context to Colonial's post. " Likewise, using ‘dumb’ to mean stupid, which is simply a half-witted ...
Thought for the day: "Government does not tax to get the money it needs; government always finds a need for the money it gets." - Ronald Reagan [2 minute fact check of the day: Ronald Reagan increased US Federal government spending from 32% of GDP to 34% ...
McFlock, the Herald reported that the average wage for a full time stevedore at POA is $91480. I'm sure you'll concede that the CEO wouldnt be counted as a stevedore. Further to that, 53% of full time stevedores (123 indviduals) earn over $80,000, with 28%...
millsy, whilst I actually agree with a portion of your post, one point has been missed. To perpetuate itself, the socialist system needs to continue spending at an ever increasing rate (to the point where it cannot raise funds internally by taxation, and ...
Colonial, I think you are in the wrong country. Why don't you pop of to the Socialist Nirvana of North Korea. You will be right at home there. And it is one of the few countries that have a socialist regime that hasnt failed............. yet.
I note that Maersk have pulled out from Ports of Auckland, costing nearly $20m in revenue. When the final washup is done, and jobs have been lost, there'll be some port workers who will be wondering why they went on strike, since it's unlikely they'll be ...
"Cunliffe is smart as." Colonial, your wetness behind the ears in terms of anything other than childish radicalism is given away in a comment like this. In case you do not understand, you have ended your sentence with a subordinating conjunction. FYI, a ...
25%? You won't be too worried then Afew, your bunker in the wops won't be under threat, though your internet connection might be. Surely you should be using carrier pigeons?
Thanks locus, I posted the "blessings" bit a few days back for comment!
A more thoughtful post. Excellent. I have again had a brief trawl about, and prima facie, I concede to date that you are correct with regard to raw income tax, though as I said in my response to your original post, this doesnt take into account transfers ...
Typical socialist making uninformed comments when they no nothing of the person they are slagging. I would suggest that my tax receipts would show I have helped with more food in a year than you have in your lifetime to date. Hmm, perhaps you've been ...
"How’s the float going to proceed in these circumstances?" Good point Broken! Socialism always ends in heaping misery on the many, and eventually, it will happen.
"It does not matter how many times you say it IVV it still will not be true." micky, I didnt say it. All I have done is reproduced Hoskings editorial for debate. And if you want a discussion on scaremongering, then I refer you to Labours pre- election "...
Thought for today: "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." - Winston Churchill
Mike Hoskings editorial on David Cunliffe's buy back idea: So what is David Cunliffe saying when he talks of buying back the assets National is about to sell? Is he going to nationalise them, force people to sell their shares? Places like Venezuela do that...
glad to be of help with the food....
1prent, as I say, I did a quick and dirty search and this is what came up. My bad if it doesnt come up to your exacting standards, I apologise, since by your tone, its an ideological sore point (or a personal sore point). I will endeavour, when I have a ...
"Cunliffe’s streets ahead of you fullas eh?" Oh I don't know polly, if he's talking buying back, then it's just populist nonsense that he will never have the funding for. Making policy on the hoof like this cant be considered to be "streets ahead' of ...
Farmers would only be subsidised if we go into ETS. If NZ does not, NZ doesnt have to pay, taxpayers dont have to stump up with anything and no one subsidises anything. Instant solution!
My bad Draco. I took insiders "NZX average" to mean average for powerco's, not the NZX as a whole.
"Complete twaddle and a dumbarse myth" As requested, I have had a very quick dig. Try this: http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/monitoring/household-incomes/ There is a 3.11mb word document. Go to page 45, second para from ...
"There are some tables around at the IRD and treasury that give the true picture. Look them up some time and learn reality." Since you clearly privy to the links, I'd appreciate you directing me if you would be so kind. Just because you say it is so, ...
You weren't listening then pollywog.
Jeepers, this is becoming a laugh a minute!! Cunliffe looks like an intelligent, sensible guy then. Nice call WTF.
Excellent. So lets destroy our biggest export industry by making it globally uncompetitive so we can keep power prices reasonable. The lunatic fringe has spoken.
And therein lies another rebuttle to Labours election lies then. If an NZX company is getting 15% ROE, and the SOE's are getting only 5.2% ROE, then by definition, the listed company in private hands is more efficient given its ability to get a higher ...
Tax cuts. There is a counter argument that the money raised from tax hikes was redistributed to give other people a standard of living that they did not deserve (rather than borrowing it as Greece and Spain have done). These people now believe they are "...
Moronic more like Damos. How will this work? The share price will only go down when earnings go down, so if Cunliffe regulates and causes an earnings drop, shares go down. In step with that, dividend stream will decrease. Long term holders will hang in ...
Given the fairly respectable returns power companies have been earning, I'd say that consumers have been getting a raw deal for years. Though we didnt hear the Labour party whining about it when they were collecting their inflated dividends, thats for sure...
Good point queenst. I note from Uturn that new leadership means that the party can change it's mind (imagine what he'd say if it was Key\National changing his mind). The bottom line on this is Cunliffe and co. were never really behind Goff, didn't believe ...
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