Posts by Sacha
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Speaker: Christchurch: how did it come…, in reply to Lilith __,
The impotent rage I feel about what John Key's government is doing to it is beyond words.
And they can't do it without local collaborators: those who will sell out their city for personal gain.
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Interested organisations apply to join Letitia Searles court case.
In a hearing in the High Court at Wellington today, three groups sought to have their say on whether Ms Seales could take a lethal dose of drugs. The Human Rights Commission, Care Alliance Trust and Voluntary Euthanasia Society want to participate in Seales' trial, which starts next month.
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Envirologue: What has Neoliberalism Done…, in reply to andin,
Worth a watch if you've never seen it - Alister Barry's doco about the history.
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Envirologue: What has Neoliberalism Done…, in reply to Bart Janssen,
And hence we should try something else, which might also not work.
Our advantage is being small enough to change direction quickly. We do not seem to use that, and instead import foreign plans which can be far too over-engineered.
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Envirologue: What has Neoliberalism Done…, in reply to Rob Stowell,
Yes, all that has changed over the years is who is paying the tax. GST is regressive and hard to avoid. IRD reviews the top 200 wealthiest NZers and has found only half of them pay the top personal tax rate. The others arrange their affairs to minimise what counts as income, while still living a life of opulence.
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James Dann has a brief follow-up question about the convention centre.
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Speaker: Christchurch: how did it come…, in reply to Paul Campbell,
When I lived in California the state (and I think cities) were legally required to bring in a balanced budget, and citizens were required to vote for any increases, this put continual pressure on the politicians to at least consider the possibility of moderation (mind you there were severe downsides to this too).
Downsides like the collapse of public infrastructure, yes. Naturally the idea has been promoted for NZ by the Act party.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Sacha,
p17 says 'principal' impairments show autism spectrum as 3rd most common. Again, proviso about grasping context applies.
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Crikey. Top 10 impairment types include 3 separate ones for Autism Spectrum Disorder, making it the second most common* MoH-funded category if you add them up like most humans would.
* footnote suggests analysts have not adjusted methodology since the 2001 or 2006 Census rounds. Inexcusable.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Angela Hart,
Cool. Initial response: interesting, some poor decisions, work to do to unscramble, no source tables provided like StatsNZ do ..
and really bad grasp/framing.
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