Not a left person but Nats are too loony for me atm.
Tough on crime (expensive), asset sales, pro overseas land ownership, anti-carbon tax. So I must vote for another team.
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Not a left person but Nats are too loony for me atm.
Tough on crime (expensive), asset sales, pro overseas land ownership, anti-carbon tax. So I must vote for another team.
Here we go again Balance is playing his tasteless broken record again :rolleyes: yawn :sleep:
And yes results are what matter in the end so I am really looking forward to the elections results and the moans and groans on here that will follow a resounding Labour victory :D
Strange, I have never seen anyone advocate for a party to be soft on crime.
Whats also strange is that you seem to be happy for the NZX and house prices to be up, and happy with low unemployment.. but then you seem to be against the likes of Microsoft setting up a data centre in Auckland. The kind of foreign investment that brings jobs and a stronger economy..
What I find the MOST strange (not aimed at yourself) is when those who are often against foreign investment, are against it until Taco Bell and Krispy Kreme roll into town and then they're in their cars lined up at midnight to get a taste.
But to each their own, and good luck as a non lefty trying to find a party thats both not National, and not as loony as National.
The data centre is happening under this government and one I support (see the power shares thread).
Each proposal should have to go through the OIO, which has been strengthened compared to the previous administration.
We shouldn't have passports for sale like happened under the last team.
Then you should also quote the last Labour-government term which also offered high net worth individuals a path to citizen ship, which is also the norm amongst our peers. As long as key requirements are met, then there is no issue. It is not and has never been the case under any administration, of a high net worth individual simply making a payment for citizenship.
We certainly do not have a strong economy, and the pefu clearly demonstrates that, let alone the unemployment rate and requirements for massive fiscal stimulants to be injected into the economy.
Given your mention of the NZX on a previous post, Trump also likes to quote stock markets as a sign of a strong economy, but the reality is these markets are higher due to near zero (or perhaps negative soon) interest rates, housing has followed upwards for a similar reason (although I had thought that Labour were trying to reign in increasing house prices and now it's a positive thing?). There are far more factors at play.
What is undesirable in a way that is different to overseas countries though?
Labour intends to axe the PGF which is interesting.
They should also include the savings from not going ahead with Nat's GST refund scheme and cash bribes to business in their costings but sadly that's not allowed.
Also the poorly thought through and uncosted tax cuts now.
Nice Tim, you managed to conveniently reply to three comments in a row while side stepping the original points and adding nothing of substance.