tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post5409724674007534666..comments2024-03-28T21:25:08.138+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Lowered Expectations: Labour Party Congress 2011Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-42508309640665071522011-05-27T08:57:55.151+12:002011-05-27T08:57:55.151+12:00Lets make the minimum wage $50 per hour and solve ...Lets make the minimum wage $50 per hour and solve all our problems.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190324943334170206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-11837036397170722172011-05-27T00:50:19.572+12:002011-05-27T00:50:19.572+12:00Excuse me Chris, but the DBP pays handsomly. For g...Excuse me Chris, but the DBP pays handsomly. For goodness sake, it is just handed to single parents, there for the asking. Poor old taxpayer goes out and works their butt off to pay for this luxury. NZ does not have a bottomless goldmine (or not one that we're allowed to mine, anyway)....<br /><br />Our welfare state is an overblown fat balloon, a weight on good citizenry, and a shame for all those kids, who do not see their parent go to work for the greater good. <br /><br />Hands out, not up. Remember that one? Yes, a Labour saying, I believe. Hands up...not out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-11513432238739699022011-05-26T07:43:52.875+12:002011-05-26T07:43:52.875+12:00When I did economics, even the textbook said that ...When I did economics, even the textbook said that the effect of increasing the minimum wage on jobs was marginal if anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-86084689648394280872011-05-25T20:13:37.222+12:002011-05-25T20:13:37.222+12:00Presumably Anonymous (4:10 p.m.) you are on less t...Presumably Anonymous (4:10 p.m.) you are on less than the minimum wage so we can and should listen to your views? Is the current minimum wage less than the dole?BevanJSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-62240759685691381002011-05-25T16:19:52.140+12:002011-05-25T16:19:52.140+12:00Should be " fewer jobs" BevanJS, but tha...Should be " fewer jobs" BevanJS, but that's not the point. <br />Let's put this pointless ancient argument to bed forever.<br />Surely the minimum requirement of any job is that its posesser can live off the bloody thing.<br />Otherwise you're arguing for mass starvation pure and simple. <br />Not one of the sanctimonious ' more pay = job loss I've ever met are on less than the minimum wage themselves so why do they merit a hearing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-90345957269336728642011-05-25T07:14:45.530+12:002011-05-25T07:14:45.530+12:00"...and lifting the minimum wage to $15.00 (a..."...and lifting the minimum wage to $15.00 (a brutal but effective way of weaning New Zealand employers off the teat of cheap labour and forcing them to tool-up and innovate their way towards profitability)." <br /><br />Is there not a high chance that this tool-up leads to less jobs? It's a pretty well known consequence isn't it? Why is the left pushing this?BevanJSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-69668008721833895912011-05-24T22:10:50.992+12:002011-05-24T22:10:50.992+12:00Bite the bullet and vote NZ First mate.
If nothin...Bite the bullet and vote NZ First mate.<br /><br />If nothing else, Winston in the House would keep our Great and Glorious Leader awake at night :-)<br /><br />MillsyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-14651232670426096022011-05-24T20:33:46.145+12:002011-05-24T20:33:46.145+12:00"Annette King’s policy announcement: that Lab...<i>"Annette King’s policy announcement: that Labour will be “investing in and supporting people who are willing to raise children”"</i><br /><br />That's utterly creepy. There is a real backlash among Kiwis against paying for professional staff to raise kids when the parents can't be bothered. Hard issue to tackle, but more focus on getting parents to look after their kids would help, instead of King just 'investing in and supporting' with more blank cheques.<br /><br />mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-74511114676834414782011-05-24T20:30:08.778+12:002011-05-24T20:30:08.778+12:00Pleased to see Labour slumping a bit more in the l...Pleased to see Labour slumping a bit more in the latest Roy Morgan poll - just 28% now - hopefully more workers will get the message that Labour are unreconstructed liberal capitalists, and vote accordingly (against Labour) this election.<br /><br />Time to wipe Labour out - for the sake of the working class. We can't afford Labour soaking our support, and selling us out to their filthy rich mates.<br /><br />National stab you in the front, Labour in the back. I'll look for friends without knives thanks! <br /><br />Mad Marxist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-90333505507729753922011-05-24T19:32:53.604+12:002011-05-24T19:32:53.604+12:00Eliminate poverty amongst children? Just like they...Eliminate poverty amongst children? Just like they close the gaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-76550614055273363532011-05-24T17:28:14.709+12:002011-05-24T17:28:14.709+12:00The old FoL used to haul their conference into com...The old FoL used to haul their conference into committee at the drop of a hat. "Because the capitalist press always tells lies" Bill Andersen would advise us.<br />Well, ok, but I thought then and still do that the main reason was to keep the grubbiest laundry away from the eyes of the working class.<br />Thanks for exposing the most recent example of furtive blind alley politiciing. The Labour party will hang on for a bit yet, but expect those who play the same lame game to go the way of the frashuna labour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com