Anthony "Key was disgraceful in parliament yesterday, " I don't think Iv'e ever seen Key in parliament when he hasn't been "disgraceful", he would have to be the the most dishonest PM, NZ has ever had, and when he goes next year, the only thing people will...
Heather.Grimwood Isn't it funny how the Govt has increased the level of cynicism among so many, their dishonesty knows no bounds.
Chooky You've got it one, earlier this year the media produced a report on Chinese investment in the Sydney property market and found there had been 6000 sales equating to $12B, the state govt collected nearly $2B in stamp duty, govts don't care that their...
Tracey Spot on, English has no credibility, he's reliant on foreign investment into the housing market to offset the continuing trade deficit, just a shame he treats everyone as though their as stupid and incompetent as he is.
Political correctness is never going to fix the problem, raising the issue, at least forced the Govt to make some changes, but that aspect got swept under the carpet, the nats wouldn't have introduced changes without some pressure from somewhere, Little ...
Chuck I find it interesting that these stats are available now and weren't a year ago, and just because residents purchased the bulk of properties, doesn't mean that it wasn't funded from overseas, the argument from Little was to raise the concerns of ...
Here's a "little" thing from kiwiblog, pardon the pun. "Five Labour MPs went out one day Over the hills and far away Angry Andrew said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,” but only four Labour MPs came waddling back… … Four Labour MPs went out one day … Three ...
mary_a The information provided by the herald is for this year- Jan to March, yet the comment still says "Nearly 60 per cent of Auckland houses sold to foreign buyers went to Chinese investors, new data shows." There has been a huge reduction of Chinese ...
Jenny Kirk Absolutely right Jenny, everyone is entitled to an opinion, no matter how outlandish, incorrect or bias, it's their opinion and their entitled to air it.
The race to the lowest corp tax rates by countries like NZ and Aus are screwing western economies, in Aus, out of 1500 of the largest companies, 1/3 pay no tax, 1/3 pay only half and the last remaining 1/3 pays the full amount. Thee biggest joke is when ...
Which means the profits from those cuts end up going to overseas investors, the loss to the Govt and country in tax revenue $50B
Good ol Fred Dagg has always been good for a laugh, I think he received a lot more material from Abbott though, who just couldn't stop putting his foot in his mouth. Scott Morrison just forgot to mention the $50B loss for giving the Corps a Tax cut to 25%,...
Yeah, Turnbull has been a hugely disapointing for every one, from the "claytons" budget, to the all the hype about Tax reform, on the other side though, Shorten delivered a reply speech that got people listening, it was well received. History says Turbull ...
I see the govt has found a way to "fix" the deflation problem, I have just received notice that Power price and network charges are going up, power 3% and network charges 10%, and rising, just in time for winter, power in NZ, costs me for one month, the ...
Agreed! but that statement ( doesn’t give a fuck) has always applied to everything Key say's or does. He's only pandering to the "suckers"
Weka There is statistically a higher ratio of people in low socioeconomic communities, but this factor is not directly the reason for using "P", unemployment is an added risk for the young, you know the saying about "idle hands", but stress, trauma or ...
Read my post on 14 then, I hope this answers it for you. If you need to know why "P" specifically, then the similarities to cigarette smoking behind the bike shed with the boy's, is how many started their habit, peer pressure, association with others ...
The common question of WHY they take P or any drug, is that it's a "recreational drug" and there fore simply used for pleasure, whether P or Alcohol or Opiates or any of many others, people get pleasure from their effects, if they enjoy the effects, then ...
Weka "Perhaps we should be asking why people use P." It's a "recreational" drug, the same as alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, opiates and all the rest, humans have been using and experimenting with these drugs for thousands of years, and probably will ...
The WAR on drugs has been raging for the last 40 years, and hasn't made a single bit of difference to outcomes, the ideology does NOT work, and NEVER has, every argument I've heard has stated the same results, nill, zero, none, the experts propose a more ...
Roflcopter "… never mind that the contract itself had started negotiations 6 months prior to the donation… oops!" Yeah, and those negotiations were centred around the size of the donation, once agreed upon and received, the Govt proceeded with awarding the...
Then don't read it, there you go, fixed! The argument is that a person holding a relatively high position in society should at least try to articulate responses factually, problem is, this person has a significant reputation for deceptive behavior, which ...
What, hasn't there been any road accidents, or dogs biting someone to report on
That's actually a pretty accurate description, how ever, one is more extreme than the other. I just prefer the "Two Ronnies" to the comical Trump, he's funny, but not in a laughable way.
” We currently have a centre-left Government.” No, we have a Govt that masquerades as centre left, while introducing right wing policies. Your right about the PR, but not too many are smart enough to distinguish the difference, not with the reinforcement ...
"I’m picking sometime after losing the 2020 election." What, after they've been in for a full term already, I can't see that happening, History says Key is gone in the next election, the Nats are tired and boring, run out of ideas and the voters are ...
Pat You over estimate him calling him a "doctor", doctors generally have some ethics.
Don't you remember, lots of people had jobs, (in my local area, it was a historical low) lots more than they do now, a direct result of wealth redistribution to the many, and don't forget about all the infrastructure investments, rebuilt the local hospital...
Yeah, I used to have the ap on my phone, but the level structured BS in most stories led me to uninstall it, I found it insulting.
Draco T Bastard +1 There hasn't been a National govt in my lifetime that wasn't "corrupt", and if any rwnj's can name one, good luck, they'll have the very same problem naming a single policy they have implemented that benefits "all" NZers.
Puckish Rogue Lying again, interest rates in NZ are the highest in the developed world, and the Govt has little if any control over it. Any guesses why the interest rates are "higher" or have you forgotten about the loss of trilple A credit ratings ...
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