Tales from front-lines of the class war

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1. Sanctuary 1

   6 December 2010 at 11:14 am

   More news from the class war…

   http://gawker.com/news/wall-street.s-underclass/merrill-lynchs-harsh-new-sick-day-policy-262292.php

   Now, who did John Key work for again? Oh! That’s right! MERRILL LYNCH! Oh, ummm, didn’t John Key’s government just ram through draconian changes to our labour laws around sick leave?
2. Colonial Viper 2

   6 December 2010 at 11:27 am

   Seems that the few have been extremely able in waging a crushing class war against the many.

   With the many just sitting back taking it for far to long. No longer, and not in 2011, gentle peeps.
3. climate justice 3

   6 December 2010 at 11:49 am

   All of that suggests to me that maybe it is time for a New Left party. Either the political establishment does something about inequality in NZ, or NZ needs a political shakeup…
   • Colonial Viper 3.1

     6 December 2010 at 1:03 pm

     I have been thinking its not just about a new left party, we need a new mass movement supporting innovative left leaning reforms.
4. randal 4

   6 December 2010 at 12:18 pm

   of course they are winning the class war.
   that is what the last election was all about.
   i.e. transferring wealth from from the poor to the rich all disguised uinder a rehotoric of giving john key a “TURN”.
   now he has had his turn and it is up to the NZLP to provide policies that are fair and where everyone gets a share.
5. randal 5

   6 December 2010 at 12:19 pm

   when I say transferring wealth from the poor I mean taxing them to the hilt and depriving them of all benefits.
   • TightyRighty 5.1

     6 December 2010 at 12:50 pm

     please explain how a tax cut, never granted under labour, is taxing the poor to the hilt?
     • Bright Red 5.1.1

       6 December 2010 at 12:56 pm

       there were tax cuts under Labour. Working for Families and the October 1 2008 cuts. they were targeted at lower incomes.
       • spam 5.1.1.1

         6 December 2010 at 1:03 pm

         As I read it, Phill say’s they’re “benefits”, not tax cuts…

         “They’re not poor enough to get much in the way of help from the benefit system and they’re not wealthy enough to find things pretty easy as higher income earners do.”…
         • felix 5.1.1.1.1

           6 December 2010 at 3:10 pm

           zOMFG!!! He said “benefit system”!!!!

           Oh hang on, he used a whole lot of other words, all strung together in some kind of… not sure what to call it…. some kind of communication syntax device.

           Wonder what all those other words… OH LOOK A MOTH!!!

           Where was I? Oh yeah, where does Phil say that WfF are “benefits? You quoted the word “benefits” so you must have a source where he…. OH SHIT IT’S A FLY!!! A FLY!!!
     • Colonial Viper 5.1.2

       6 December 2010 at 12:59 pm

       I’ll do better, ideally GST should be reduced back to 10% as it is a regressive tax and the difference in revenue found from PAYE from the top 1% of income earners, CGT and an estate tax.

       Oh, and just a reminder that 42% of NAT’s tax cut went to the top 10% of earners. Good targetting of your mates there NAT.
     • Daveosaurus 5.1.3

       6 December 2010 at 1:03 pm

       Because the majority of New Zealand households – including the “poor” you speak of – are worse off following National’s tax hikes.
   • dave brown 5.2

     6 December 2010 at 2:19 pm

     You forgot to mention where the wealth comes from in the first place. While little item of information will soon loom at large.
     • KJT 5.2.1

       6 December 2010 at 5:30 pm

       The wealth came from the labour of the people who do the work. Money is just a token for work.

       Which is why charging for the “use” of money cannot continue for much longer. The Chinese can see that. They are changing their money into land, food supplies and resources as fast as possible.
       • mcflock 5.2.1.1

         6 December 2010 at 6:36 pm

         Wrong, KJT – money is created when rich people defecate. It’s perfume gives people that “can do” number 8 wire attitude which all us kiwis are famous for, and if you’re lucky enough to be up to your nose in it then you’ll suddenly become a “wealth producer” rather than a member of the bludging underclass.

         That is why the poor should be grateful when the wealthy 1% do something shitty to everyone else.
6. Vicky32 6

   6 December 2010 at 6:56 pm

   My aunt died in England in the 1950s of heart problems caused by rheumatic fever in her childhood – it was that fact when I learned it, that told me my father hadn’t exaggerated when he told us about the poverty he had experienced as a child.
   (I got cross when Shortland Street, who built a plotline around rheumatic fever in the late 1990s said it was a disease *only* Maoris and Islanders get. Divide and rule! Fair skinned red-heads get it as well – in my own childhood, I spent time after a car accident, in the same ward as a very Pakeha girl with rheumatic fever..)

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