I wish I could remember where I saw a good counter-argument to the UBI, but what it was basically, was that if we abandon work we lose a lot of our power. It also seems much fairer to reduce the working week, rather than have some work and some paid to do ...
Capitalism's weakness in a democracy is that a small minority control the means of production (and the media). All the majority have to do is change laws and increase taxes to redistribute income. Seizing the means of production is vastly overrated. You ...
In many countries, children are the only pension plan.
There are 12 questions at a time, if the Greens don't ask theirs, they are allocated to other parties proportionally, so Nats might get 2, Labour 1 etc.
I would like to see him asked why the questions can't be handed over to the public, to be asked by MPs who name the person or organization that submitted them. James Shaw can seem really high handed at times. I wonder if it even occurred to him as a ...
If there is no angle, it's appalling that however it was decided, the huge downside was not enough to stop it happening.
It has the huge disadvantage of making us look like collaborators, and as someone already mentioned, making parliament more democratic would be far better served by giving questions to the public. Something akin to a Facebook or Twitter poll for the ...
I thought the amount and quality of questions National were asking was already problematic? Yes, written vs oral I know, but it shows their form. How it will be spun by the press makes it seem extremely unwise. I truly fear @jamespeshaw may have just sent ...
Train delays - the industrial action by the Rail & Maritime Transport Union. As usual, we are only getting one side of the story from MSM. I've read through the comments at https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2018/02/25/trains-get-whole-lot-crowded/ and it ...
I'd much prefer "people". “citizens” seems archaic & bureaucratic.
Go on then, find me a logically consistent argument that rebuts the HRC... ...or don't, as I suspect you are just entertaining yourself with some fairly basic sophistry.
Here you go: https://www.hrc.co.nz/files/5815/0171/9366/Submission_of_NZ_Human_Rights_Commission_-_21st_and_22nd_Review_of_NZ_under_CERD.pdf
The definition isn't helpful because "racist" is often used as an informal contraction for "racial discrimination". Regardless of whether or not you are convinced, New Zealand has well documented substantive racism.
I wish I thought this was true. I wish Winston thought it was true. It's unlikely though. Correlation does not equal causation, and Winston has 20 years worth of experience in dealing with the ups and downs of MMP. His only huge fail was losing Tauranga. ...
It might come down to "who is least likely to burst the housing bubble", but I do wonder how many people think Labour will do it. It would be extremely worthwhile for Labour to research. Cullen and Clark actually started the process which caused it, but I ...
I party voted Green partly because I see Winston First as dangerous too. I'm picking that a lot of Labour's new support would melt away if they went into coalition with him. I really hope they think very carefully and do some polling if it comes down to a ...
Reckon of Reckons: Labour 41%, Green 11%. 2% margin of error depending on the result in Waiariki.— Warren D 💚 (@Faffinz) August 20, 2017 This was before the Green resignations. Picking it will be what it is tonight +/- 2%
I think Labour should have hit National hard on it's borrowing record compared to the last Labour government. Way too late now though. Labour may be known as the party of tax and spend, but National should be known as the party of borrow and pretend. ...
I find it extremely doubtful that Winston would risk getting caught out over $60 a week, as I'm fairly sure he would have been getting his $51k+ parliamentary pension if he qualified for super. Anyone, left or right, beating it up looks disingenuous.
"Australia has had a CGT for a significant number of years, yet inequality there is at least equivalent if not greater than NZ." Then we could achieve lower inequality than Australia if we implement CGT. Win!
Jacinda has gone well against Paula in interviews too. One of my big fears was that she couldn't cut it, but she has learned a lot, and gained confidence.
Interesting that about the tie & coat - it matches Andy's fence sitting persona really well. Roping Jacinda in for the picture is sad too. It looks like he hopes her popularity will rub off.
I'm really angry there is no night shelter in Auckland. Imagine being out in this. I'm starting to wonder if the reason behind it is a kind of neo-Victorian notion of the deserving poor being pushed by Lifewise, and perhaps the Sallies and City Mission as ...
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