Posts by Nathaniel Wilson
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I'm curious how many people up and arms about this happily buy vitamin-fortified cereals? And wasn't "and folic acid for reproduction" a selling point once upon a time?
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Thank god I've converted to the high-brow Crowd Goes Wild rather than watch Mr Campbell or Mr Sainsbury conduct (un)insightful interviews. Lawyer after lawyer repeating the need to prove innocence to gain compensation rather than prove reasonable doubt dominating the first ten minutes of 3 News on Saturday, just in case, ya know, we didn't get it the first three or four times, was more than enough to get me down.
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People will marvel at this country where each person destroys $200 in wealth every week.
And with the resulting tourism spin-offs we'll be back above the Congo in no time. Sure it'll re-collapse our economy, but it will be sustainable.
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Knowledge-economy-jobs are only good if we've got someone to export ideas/technology etc.. too, and who's buying at the moment? I'm not meaning to suggest we should all be rushing for our shovels, nor am I suggesting completely ignoring R'nD was a great idea, but still.
It pains me to say it, but I think National's first budget seemed eerily sensible all up. Could just be the relief at retaining the interest-free student loans clouding my judgment though.
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"- secondly, 60% debt/GDP would only put us where most developed nations are now. Why should we be the only ones with tiny government debt, how does it help us?"
Maybe I've completely missed the point, but I thought the lesson of the worldwide recession was having massive amounts of debt might be a bad thing? That and maybe aiming to be just like Iceland or Ireland isn't so smart either.