tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post618159003820657594..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Trust & Taxes: How National Intends To Derail The "Jacinda Train".Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-69850789558223623232017-09-10T16:53:52.615+12:002017-09-10T16:53:52.615+12:00“Is Jacinda really experienced enough to run the c...“Is Jacinda really experienced enough to run the country?” And: “Can she truly be trusted to keep her “tax and spend” Labour Party in check?”<br /><br />Not unreasonable questions as there deliberate gaping holes in what Ardern is offering but I doubt something so prosaic will have any traction in the current mindset of personality politics Labour are finally beating National at. Scousernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-82692567172318338652017-09-09T13:25:26.050+12:002017-09-09T13:25:26.050+12:00In a desperate effort to counter the Jacinda effec...In a desperate effort to counter the Jacinda effect, National are returning to their bad old ways of beneficiary bashing, boot camps and economic scaremongering. I think they would have squeaked home if they stuck to the John Key positive model. Now Labour are a real chance. Comoranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384773859957851115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-53989026434040606792017-09-08T14:35:58.690+12:002017-09-08T14:35:58.690+12:00Jesus wept, do you think we could get away from th...Jesus wept, do you think we could get away from the stereotype of the bludging lasted who lives the high life on welfare. Yeah sometimes people cheat, but not that much and not that many. It's like all those illegal voters in the US millions and millions apparently, and when you find out how many have been prosecuted – low single figures. If we going to talk about benefit bludgers I would like some statistics about how many have actually been prosecuted and found guilty of this. Because I think it's fuck all. <br />I agree about population size. We shouldn't fill the country up, because then it's just like the place that immigrants came from. But JH, you are only called racist because you people very rarely if ever talk about migrants from Europe. Only the other sort – you know – the brown sort that you don't like. If you can quote me a source of people complaining about migrants from Germany or Scandinavia or even Britain these days, I'd appreciate it.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-7134922423142524492017-09-08T13:23:51.497+12:002017-09-08T13:23:51.497+12:00Pollution, unswimmable rivers, under funding of he...Pollution, unswimmable rivers, under funding of health, failing education, beneficiary bashing, youth suicide rates, unfair income distribution, housing crisis. <br /><br />You might add to that list "spin doctors" "Crosby Textor" liars.<br /><br />If National had such a palette to paint a picture they would hose in. Labour are going to regardless of the lies. Nick Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-37396077325874316862017-09-08T08:17:16.114+12:002017-09-08T08:17:16.114+12:00I should add that with draconian taxes (Gareth Mor...I should add that with draconian taxes (Gareth Morgan) there are swings and round abouts. It is all about redirecting the economy. <br />We need to look at other things too such as welfare entitlement. The whole of society needs to agree on the rules of the game. The eyes and ears of society are just as important as feminists in the Labour and Green Parties. It isn't as though there is a linear upwards projectory for progressive values. People are incentivised and cheat. We also need to remember though that work isn't just a penal servitude. For our ancestors it was fun - much like Puss in the garden hunting waxeyes.<br />Also we need to think about <i>growth</i> and sustainability. We have never been asked about NZ's population size. Because we have migration from Europe and Asia we are attacked as racist whenever immigration is brought up, therefore nipping in the bud arguments about population. Migration is seen as a nation to individual thing (receiving nation plus migrant) not on a reciprocal basis (New Zealanders are finding life harder in Australia due to <i>governments</i> fascination with "multiculturalism" - Eastern Australia is dating India and China).jhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-60560806323889198892017-09-07T16:22:29.821+12:002017-09-07T16:22:29.821+12:00National beats a drum about being good economic ma...National beats a drum about being good economic managers but this is what the Savings Working Group said:<br /><br />"The Government’s role<br />Clearly, there are serious questions to be asked about New Zealand’s economic policy and how we got into this mess. Why was it not better designed and managed, and more focused, coordinated and strategic? Did the electorate simply get what it voted for, without realising what was really happening, or have New Zealanders not been well served over the years?"<br /><br />http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/reviews-consultation/savingsworkinggroup/pdfs/swg-report-jan11.pdf<br /><br />Unless we take the bull by the horns (tax the family home - land tax etc) we wont get anywhere. We have to do what's right and be consistent (from cradle to grave). <br />jhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-54923721183159772742017-09-07T14:38:27.634+12:002017-09-07T14:38:27.634+12:00There is a contradiction in the public and the med...There is a contradiction in the public and the media at odds. <br />The public don't trust the lying media - yet they still keep watching and listening and reading it. So then they are hoist on their own petard and probably only know as much about that as they know about the quality of their own perceptions and who is trustworthy.greywarblernoreply@blogger.com