He could turn into a "sour" kraut if he loses the extradition hearing. No offense intended to anyone else !
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Cuzzie, how is a 1.2bill trade surplus going to save National in this election, when they don't get the cash, and they are not getting in enough taxes and other income to pay for their outgoing expenses, including interest? Didn't you read the bit about how the trade surplus is probably going to disappear next season on the back of a lower dairy payout?
Belgarian, as you say, at least any votes going to Hone's megaparty won't go to National, and they won't be helping form a coalition on that side of the house.
You're reading the wrong numbers, El Zorro. It's the voters who count, not the frustrated cashiers and self appointed economists. If you want to put Hone, Dot Com ,Cunliffe in a box and try and sell them to the voters as a working package to run the country, then you will lose your deposit.
I'd hope just Labour and the Greens will be enough. And I'm sure that advisors like Crosby Textor will be the brains behind the scary false message that you are helping push out into cyberspace Craic..
http://www.stuff.co.nz/510500/Nats-s...icks-in-Aussie
That article is from 2008!
So that approach to win centrist voters to the left doesn't work then.
Have labour come up with anything new in the last six years that might turn people to them? Nope nothing new. Just hoping they have enough radical left wing party support to get in and over-rule the center.
Well spotted Slimwin, but you can see the theme here, Crosby Textor are very expensive, and their advice will have been written down. Find a weak spot in the opposition, some perception that is less than perfect, then perhaps make some stuff up that is hard to disprove (like 'Labour left NZ with a big mess in 2008') and then hammer the message relentlessly, so that eventually many voters think that it's accurate, and repeat it everywhere they go.
Actually I thought the Kiwibuild policy was a new one, and it's a great one, when you consider all the jobs and training it will provide, along with cheaper houses. At no cost to taxpayers.
Problem is for Labours big mess is backed up by stats that don't lie. Here's the stat you love to hate again http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/statistics/k...rrent_account/ Just look at 05 to 08 on that chart in the negitive. It tells us what that Govt. has saved less what it invested on & have spent. Labour current account between 05 & 08 was awful to say the least. However when you see National take over the reign, there is a marked improvement.
What we hear from you EZ constantly is the very thing you complain about, you make up stuff.
Labour left NZ in a terrible state and Labour fanboys try to turn that into a National problem. They are the fixes of our economy EZ, not the breakers like Labour are. It was a National Party problem back in 08 alright & they bloodywell fixed it - just like they always do.
Clearly you think a 1.2bill deficit would also have no change on our economy if you think a 1.2bill surplus is not going to help. Left wing thinking right there.
Yes, I did read that more than likely there will be an adjustment towards a lower dairy payout, but what you are not adding is that this is from record highs. Think about that for a second or two.
EZ, thanks for proving me right, you could not nor would not acknowledge the positive in a trade surplus increase that's up to $1.2b as said by me in post #3882, but you most certainly could find a negative in there somewhere. You proved me right EZ, oh yeah I do feel your pain right now.
Question, why is Labour and its followers so negatively geared, why?
Cuzzie, if you are going to post stuff about the current account and trade surpluses ad infinitum, please look up wikipedia or something, to find out what they mean, or represent. The current account deficit is all of us spending more than we earn, not the govt's domain at all. It'll be trending negative under National's watch too. We've already covered this numerous times. The 1.2bill trade surplus is temporary, and is the sum of all export sales minus imported goods costs. Again, not directly to do with govt. Both are indicators.
The Budget Surplus/Deficit is another thing entirely. That is competely up to the govt in power. Labour had budget surpluses every year they were in, over 9 years. National has posted deficits (bl..dy big ones!) every year since they got in. By juggling some figures, they are trying to post a small surplus next year, all the while still borrowing to pay off new interest costs. Sorry Cuzzie, your beloved National Party is a fraud.