Posts Tagged ‘muddling through’

120 ways to say ‘dunno’

Written By: - Date published: 10:11 am, November 15th, 2011 - 9 comments

120 ‘policies’ and only 1 of them new. That’s National’s economic development “action plan“. It looks superficially impressive at first: 120 points – what a busy government. But then you read, and it’s all stuff that’s underway or already announced, or in some cases Labour policies that are already complete. This is a (bad) PR exercise, not a plan.

The Nats’ muddle, your job on the line

Written By: - Date published: 6:43 am, October 3rd, 2011 - 43 comments

As National muddles through, refusing to reexamine its economic plans after the shock double-downgrade on Friday, the job losses are starting to pile up again. It’s very reminiscent of the last recession, which we will haven’t recovered from thanks to 3 years of muddling. Can we afford 3 more years? Here’s a list of job losses in the past month.

Muddling through question time

Written By: - Date published: 7:10 am, September 29th, 2011 - 23 comments

National did not cope well yesterday when their economic record was held up to the light. John Key was all at sea as he tried to dismiss new statistics showing 47,000 jobs have been lost under his watch. He cited instead another statistical series, which he has previously rejected when it showed 56,000 more people are unemployed under National.

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