tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post4236675468673415612..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Petrol Pump Politics.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-58965624229149237722018-10-15T13:37:00.217+13:002018-10-15T13:37:00.217+13:00It would be more a matter of pride if we got toget...It would be more a matter of pride if we got together and did something about the tax dodgers and cheats though Jens. Then we would be able to have bigger surpluses for rainy days. And to be honest, I take no pride in the fact that I pay my taxes when the rich get away with paying bugger all. Do you it might be a source of pride, but to be honest it makes is all look like mugs.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-75089438630376479972018-10-13T13:14:11.719+13:002018-10-13T13:14:11.719+13:00You are missing the point, Guerilla Surgeon, becau...You are missing the point, Guerilla Surgeon, because is that not a matter of pride and confidence in the future, when despite the tax dodgers and other "greedies", we taxes paying "battlers" still contribute in delivering enough to produce "profits" for the national economy ?<br />Jens Mederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17304734497662325275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-34488031118666078102018-10-12T16:57:43.868+13:002018-10-12T16:57:43.868+13:00"Instead of being proud as taxpayers having d..."Instead of being proud as taxpayers having delivered more than expected and willingly contribute to it through a bit of austerity at the expense of the marvelous luxury of motoring, all you can think of is some political nit-picking and speculation !"<br /><br />Taxpayers being the operative word Jens. It's your average Kiwi battler that pays taxes. In full. It is not us that employs battalions of lawyers to get out of paying tax, so I think were entitled to grumble just a little bit. :)Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-78140929425273790782018-10-12T06:01:31.229+13:002018-10-12T06:01:31.229+13:00Seems to me Cedric that all nations now have huge ...Seems to me Cedric that all nations now have huge debt mountains, based upon ever increasing consumption, growth growth growth. We live a finite life on a finite planet. Now the debt is propped up by more debt created to pay the interest that growth can no longer be paid for through growth. That lets us keep consuming ever more. The solution is going to be forced upon us by the end of the age of cheap fossil energy. If we were individually and collectively smart we would severely trim back our consumption. Unfortunately we are addicts hooked upon material consumption.Nick Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-17634402191429980682018-10-11T21:08:29.369+13:002018-10-11T21:08:29.369+13:00What an ungratefully pessimistic lot of political ...What an ungratefully pessimistic lot of political "hairsplitters" here !<br />Instead of being proud as taxpayers having delivered more than expected and willingly contribute to it through a bit of austerity at the expense of the marvelous luxury of motoring, all you can think of is some political nit-picking and speculation !<br /><br />Is there no appreciation of the fact, that generating surpluses for "rainy days" and useful investments and their maintenance is the only way to create jobs and raise incomes in a sustainable way? <br /><br />So let us increase our efforts of surplus generation for profitable investments and adequate security reserves accumulation, and applaud our government and encourage it to carry on with it in a "fiscally responsible" manner !<br /><br />Jens Mederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17304734497662325275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-12920503335416355292018-10-11T14:08:12.294+13:002018-10-11T14:08:12.294+13:00Cedric
The Te Ara history puts that in context:
T...Cedric<br />The Te Ara history puts that in context:<br /><i> The new government [from 25 November 1972] enjoyed a record surplus in its first year and revalued the currency. However, the slowing world economy, an unprecedented rise in oil prices, and a rapid rise in government expenditure fuelled inflation. <br /><br />By the early part of 1974 the country’s economic prospects were less rosy. Kirk’s determination did not falter; <b>he kept reminding the Labour caucus of the sanctity of its election promises, no matter what the state of the economy.</b> Inflation kept rising. Large wage increases became necessary, and a complex – and ill-fated – system of price justification called Maximum Retail Prices (MRP) was devised.</i><br /><br />It seems that whatever was done, there was bound to be a hobble on businesses, with or without inflation, such was the unprecedented oil price hike. Labour now no doubt, with this in mind, will have to manage the new oil price stir-up and restrain spending. Their task will be to restrain the non-CPI inflation from housing and CEO's dreams of gold and glory.<br /><br />Calling Rowling a profligate is defamation I think. Only someone from the National Party (the political partisans who play the game of 'pass the parcel of infamy' so well), could so confidently spread the fibs around like a hippotamus.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-5120305689324072992018-10-10T18:11:02.733+13:002018-10-10T18:11:02.733+13:00What was terminal for Labour in 1975 was inflation...<br />What was terminal for Labour in 1975 was inflation rising from 5.5% to 15.5% between 1972 and 1975.<br />Norman Kirk had campaigned on spending NZ's $1000 million in our Overseas Reserves Account because he claimed we did not need those Reserve Funds for "a rainy day". He spent that $1000 million and another $900 million as well. NZ has never been "in the black" again. Kirk had the good fortune to die in office, his belovedness intact. Rowling and his fellow profligates were deservedly thrashed in the 1975 Elections, the biggest turnaround in NZ's political history.Cedricnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-63576480368313728522018-10-10T16:37:29.370+13:002018-10-10T16:37:29.370+13:00Yes "political purchase" with the lawful...Yes "political purchase" with the lawful prey of the National party propaganda machine. Gun owners are being targeted at the moment.Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-26041262079232169082018-10-10T16:15:01.589+13:002018-10-10T16:15:01.589+13:00I often wonder what would have happened if some Ne...I often wonder what would have happened if some New Zealand government had had the gumption and foresight to create a sovereign wealth fund as they did with the oil profits in Norway and put the money to good use educating and upskilling New Zealand workers. Or I suppose they could have done the selfish thing is they did in Alaska and give everybody $3000 a year. It's not as if the Norwegian government was particularly left-wing at the time I do believe.<br />And I'd also like to know why the hell when you get 100 km north of Wellington the petrol price goes down by about $0.20 a litre. That's damn near a dollar a gallon. I've never had anyone successfully explain to me why it costs an extra $0.20 a litre to transport petrol south of bloody Bulls. And until somebody has the courtesy to do so I'm claiming someone is ripping us off here.:)Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-57754571481289279842018-10-10T15:51:12.693+13:002018-10-10T15:51:12.693+13:00Great article. I would add that Rob Muldoon appeal...Great article. I would add that Rob Muldoon appealed to the authoritarian streak in the New Zealand psyche.<br /><br />An authoritarian streak that came directly from our authoritarian education system. A system that remained in place - if you were unfortunate enough to be born male - right up until 1990.<br /><br />One of the failures of the Kirk administration was to not go through with their 1972 election campaign promise to abolish legalised torture in our schools.<br /><br />Speaking from experience, our schools were dominated by foul-tempered sadistic creeps.<br /><br />I hope they all developed rectal cancer as that would be their karma. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02933320334462324482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-68892234924744140952018-10-10T14:44:21.502+13:002018-10-10T14:44:21.502+13:00
Dammit, that should be perfessor. :)<br />Dammit, that should be perfessor. :)Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-88619531862475452482018-10-10T14:18:01.584+13:002018-10-10T14:18:01.584+13:00Labour has "egg all over its face" on th...Labour has "egg all over its face" on this matter.<br />Do they know what they are doing?.<br />Do they care?.<br />Jacinda is talking in riddles, as usual.<br />The media is in collusion to verbal nonsense.<br />Lets set up a 'commission to inquire' is Labours battle cry.<br />That should keep the peasants quiet they say, whilst they gurgle on the chardonnay. Polly.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-5503851665082166482018-10-10T14:17:17.535+13:002018-10-10T14:17:17.535+13:00It's the wrong time for petrol taxes all right...It's the wrong time for petrol taxes all right. The citizens can't cope with a price rise and a tax hike. Robertson will have to dig into the 5 billion and get some more buses and rail going as required in Auckland. <br /><br />And adapt to uber drivers or similar, inviting some of those immigrants and others to set up circle routes in the suburbs where there are no buses. You phone early your intention to travel from home to destination, dentist, GP, shop? and back again and then wait for others in your area to do the same and share the ride, or even have set timetables that are flexible. But door to door at bus rates would be helpful at present for a number. Government would set up a call centre and have dedicated drivers for each area to limit competition and predatory pricing.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-19762792953478414402018-10-10T13:05:09.862+13:002018-10-10T13:05:09.862+13:00"They bitterly resented the small but active ..."They bitterly resented the small but active groups of liberals and radicals who had begun drifting into Labour from 1969 onwards."<br />Actually, some of them were working-class kids who'd gone to university because in those days it was as good as free, and managed to get an education. And so had naturally become more socially liberal, partly as a result of rebelling against their parents social conservatism, and partly as a result of being educated. But most of us had also worked in factories and on farms in the University holidays, so we knew what it was like thank you very much. In fact, one guy I was at university with was pretty much forced to become the union rep at Wattie's Cannery – "let the perdesser do it."Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.com