El Zorro which nut house did that reporter escape from it is so full of contradictions
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El Zorro which nut house did that reporter escape from it is so full of contradictions
I'm on holidays at my wifes,familes home in Sweden at the moment. Seems i'd be a socialist over here. 90 day work rule was introduced over here years ago by the socialist party in support with the unions. The reason I switched support to national two elections ago was Labours now too close relationship with the unions, ie being driven by them.(to me NZ unions,or at least the one I was in, are the parasite that killed th host.) My problem with NZ politics, as a whole, is one side takes a stance on the others policies no matter how good they are. We have banana republic politics that refuse to act bipartisanly and I think it holds us back dearly. Sometimes EZ and MVT I think your guys posts embody that. That's not meant to be a personal attack although I know it sounds like it. I just mean to point out that perhaps if two apparent, opposed sides actually looked at each others policies that there would definitely room for compromise and therefore progress.
God, I'm starting to sound Swedish.
Oh, and the NZ press really does not help the issue. They seem to love to face off the sides for their own meagre editorial gain.
Possum, I didn't find that article contradictory, I was amused by the finding..
Slimwin, I accept your points, National could have used a lot more of Labour's good policies, and Labour made a few mistakes in their last term. But as this thread has not been swamped by those on the Right showing us how good National has been for the country since they got back in power, I'm left regurgitating the items I've seen in the press today.Quote:
Those who supported Left-leaning parties such as the Greens and Labour were more interested in equality and more open to change than those on the Right like National and ACT.
"A pro-climate change position . . . [is] a threat to the status quo because acceptance . . . means we'll have to do something about it."
Rod Oram on R&D: new report very short on insights. Nothing in its remit will explicitly help companies build new models to reward them for more R&D. Phil O'Reilly, CEO of Business NZ, was one of those behind the ATI idea (rebranding of IRL). (I knew I didn't trust him for some reason). No mention of sustainability linked with innovation, something everyone overseas realises is very important.
Around about 50% of all people in NZ who have wealth in excess of $50mill (only 250 in total) declare that they have less than $70,000 of personal income per year, thus avoiding completely, the top tax bracket at 33%. ($70k is an ROI of less than 0.14%). They are likely to be putting income into trusts or companies however, which are taxed at 30% and 28%. So it's not as bad as it looks. But the point is, high income earners have already positioned themselves to avoid top tax brackets on individual income. If you are stuck with PAYE, you don't have such a luxury. Trickle down? it's not going to happen.
the way i see it,
the tax rules are made by governments, and they seem to have a habit of "instilling" tax loopholes.... why is this?
also if im earning several hundred grand a year and i was able to "offset" some tax legally, i would do it too,
but then...... i'd also be spending more in the community which in my view gives me the choice of where to spend my cash instead of it going into the consolidated fund.
my extra spending would be putting more money into community services and goods..... equals jobs.
and i would feel good about paying less tax, spending more money in the community.
disc.... my wages are pretty low compared to most on this forum..... me and the missues just get by.... but we a happy to see all the benificiaries driving around our town in nicer cars than us.
depends on your goals i guess.
and the goals of the political spectrum you support.
El Zorro can it be any worse than the economic management of the last four years
PTC - no, I hope not. It's not that things haven't muddled along, maybe they have. But with a bit more direction, how much better off could we have been longer term? To go into the next Labour term of office with a big chunk of State Assets already sold off, would be a sad indictment on the voting public, if they let it happen over this next couple of years.
ETS for farmers, another National policy (not on our watch): well, the truth is food is being sold too cheaply. If a small block operator can't produce vegetables and make a good dollar from 60 hours work a week, it's being sold too cheap. Dairy/sheep/beef products are much the same, although I still say most farmers could probably produce 50% more grass if they really looked at it properly. ETS is the least of their worries, the least of their real costs.
El Zorro the last four years have been a disaster at best & the next two could be the biggest disaster in the history of New Zealand. And unless 95% of the present Labour Party get out of politics I do not want a Labour Government either. They have to many Brainwashed University Graduates to do anything sensible. So are we between a rock & a hard place. I was invited to a meeting with Goff & his West Auckland canditate. where I got the impression a Kindergarten graduate could of done better. I told him then and there that if the Labour Party wanted to have any hope of winning the election his resignation needed to be in tomorrows Morning Paper. He had a good candidate but he was pissing off the Labour voters trying to attract a few National voters. I do not know which I dislike the most Goff or Key
regarding farmers, some back of the envelope numbers.
across the road from our place is 160 acres of cropping, the lease rate is $500 per acre so $80k just for the use of that land per year. to sow that in potatoes requires about 5 b trains of seed potatoes delivered, then several really big tractors to seed the fields..... about 3 to 4 days work.
before that though is full time ploughing and hoeing for a week.
so the seed is in, after about 5 weeks the first spray happens about 3 days tractor work with expensive spray. then repeated 5 times over the grow period.about 5 months later is harvest time. there are dozens of tractors and people harvesting for about 3 weeks 20 hours a day 7 days a week and b train trucks loading about 15 to 20 times a day taking the harvest away.
once all this is done, the fields get 100s of tons of fertilizer placed and then left fallow till next planting season.
once you add up the capital cost of the huge tractors, harvesters, trucks, storage facility, fertilizer, sprays, fuel, then add the lease fee, labour costs, gst and company tax...... the profit margin is all of these minus the $4.99 per 10 kilo sack the potatoes sell for at the supermarket..... whoops forgot the middle man markup of the supermarket.
i assure you.... farmers work very hard for their few percent profit.
and keep quite a few folks employed.
sort of makes me wonder if the career solo mums are smarter than most.
cradle to grave welfarism in this country and the proliferation of that is what will bring this land to its knees.
selling our state assets will just make it happen faster....... which might be a good thing.
it will cause a genuine and profound change in our society.... how so?
time will tell.
it takes a major event to change a society.
war, disease, natural event, financial mismanagement.
i pick option 4 for NZ and its cause is at the foot of NZ politics of the last 20 or so years.
both sides of the coin equally to blame.
i have voted for both sides over the years, and am now disheartened with both sides.
now that is sad for a hardworking kiwi.