Posts by DexterX
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Hard News: The Solemnity of the Day, in reply to Heather Gaye,
Saw it and thought the hearts were cute - it did not trigger the thought - this might be Act.
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Hard News: The Solemnity of the Day, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
portentous event will cause the pagan Epsomebodies to sacrifice Mr Banks just in case
That makes sense - do it at the bottom of the Mt Eden crater.
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Hard News: The Solemnity of the Day, in reply to Russell Brown,
It doesn't make any sense
The flavour of choice this time around.
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Hands up all those Labour party voters who plan to employ more people sometime in the next three years?
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Hard News: Grokking things by being places, in reply to Matthew Poole,
here are a few choice quotes, which may also help your understanding of the "intellect" of the tribal National voter:
National are getting support from a sigificant number of voters from outsideof the tribe.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to merc,
History is written by the last one standing ;-)
The past is a different country/world.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Islander,
Labour has a plan. It’s publically out there- and I think it will work.
I watched the leaders debate tonight on TV3 and considered Goff largely avoided "the Plan' which is not perhaps seen as a winner.
I felt both John Goff and Phill Key had the stuff of which Prime Ministers are made of.
Goff has done a hell of a job to stave off a total collapse of the Labour Vote though I don't think it is enough for a win and the seeds for that go quite away back. In a leftist nutshell Goff hasn't been well supported - his quality showed.
Key came across strong and balanced on Asset Sales and Goff avoided CGT. Both of these things I don't consider need to happen.
I felt Key had a better handle on managing the economy which comes in part from actually being the government.
I think it will be close and Labour will win back traditional voters who have left to vote green - the vote split between NZ First, Labour and the Greens which I don't see as a stable coalition - could result in National Governing on their own.
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It is not the blandness that worries me - my concern is that neither Labour nor National have a plan that even attempts to address the issues we are facing or about to face as a nation.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Good for you, you are conceding defeat - that will make it easier to adjust.
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If you want to see what the next three years are going to be like - have a look at the National Master Plan and then consider how it is going to affect you set against a background of an economy that is going to contract further:
http://www.national.org.nz/PDF_General/Economic_Development_Action_Plan.pdf
I am interested in under Commerce what the long run implications of:
NZ companies: Require all New Zealand companies to have either one resident director or a local agent.
We cease to become a nation and become a pool of "renters".
Also all of the New Policies in Employment Law - thatthey call it Employment Law rahter than Employment Relations - and what will be the impact on working people - ;Starting out Wage/Collective Bargaining/Constructive Dismissal, and FWAs - Flexible Working Arrangements.
The Head of Fltecheras offered, in a Herald article this week, some pointers to the govt on how to get the economy moving - and although this advice was sound and the right thing to do now - I don't think matters will move in that direction.
We have and are going to have a government of and one that benefits corporate players.
It really is eonough to make one want to give up and leave.