Public Address | Cafe | OnPoint: We hold these truths to be self-evident https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152775#post152775 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152775#post152775 I feel almost compelled to link to a vindaloo recipe. Almost.Ah, the one with more Loo than Vinda?. ]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:17:31 +1300 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152474#post152474 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152474#post152474

It was a dark day when KLF burnt a million pounds (wiki)

Wo-ah.

"Intellectual dry-wank", yes. But full points for commitment.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:40:31 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152365#post152365 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152365#post152365 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:12:31 +1300 Alien Lizard (anag) https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152322#post152322 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152322#post152322 Arthur Brown – putting the Ash in Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8

...a paper cut on your ring is not pleasant

nor is a paper burn
putting the Cash in Ash – That Man In Black
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRlj5vjp3Ko

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:53:53 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152306#post152306 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152306#post152306

Our analysis looks at these policy suggestions in isolation and not in the context of potentially offsetting policies.

Oh... well, I hope it's printed on soft, absorbent paper because a paper cut on your ring is not pleasant.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:42:44 +1300 Paul Litterick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152283#post152283 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152283#post152283 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:53:54 +1300 Keir Leslie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152281#post152281 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152281#post152281

So they don't need to set the cash on fire. They'll get it back from the insurance anyway.

Famously, property damaging fires are countercyclic.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:46:23 +1300 Pete Sime https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152280#post152280 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152280#post152280 wiki) ]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:44:42 +1300 uroskin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152277#post152277 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152277#post152277 $1.3bn is 26,500 houses at $500k a pop. If we set them on fire wouldn't that:
A) Lift house prices due to the diminished stock
B) Increase rent due to higher accommodation demand
Thus increasing capital gains and rental yield for landlords.
So they don't need to set the cash…

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:37:45 +1300 Martin Lindberg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152276#post152276 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152276#post152276 Come on! Who reads footnotes? If it was important they would have put it in the main text.

(P.S dose --> douse)

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:03 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152266#post152266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152266#post152266

Quantative tightening by means of pyromaina?

Let's pour some kerosene on the embers, baby...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNOZegkVXo

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:36:56 +1300 Angus Robertson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152261#post152261 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152261#post152261 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:29:07 +1300 Danyl Mclauchlan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152257#post152257 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152257#post152257 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:19:27 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152256#post152256 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/?p=152256#post152256 Discussion from blog post.

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