Posts by krothville
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Hard News: Public Address Word of the…, in reply to linger,
It means 'as fuck' as in 'very', for example 'drunk AF' = 'very drunk'
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Hard News: #eqnz: Okay?, in reply to linger,
That's weird, my vice-principal had the staffroom tv turned on to the live coverage of the Feb 2011 Chch quake. I thought it got a lot of coverage in Japan because of the Japanese students who were killed. I guess your colleague somehow just totally missed it?
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Access: The Universal Basic Income and…, in reply to Julienne Molineaux,
I think the attraction of 'not dealing with WINZ' is that right now, WINZ operates very punitively, and you have to fight for what you are actually entitled to. Whereas the $200 would be given out without having to jump through any hoops, or go through being demeaned by WINZ.
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Access: The Universal Basic Income and…, in reply to Peter Davis,
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Access: The Universal Basic Income and…, in reply to Rob Stowell,
Yes, the security of the UBI is certainly a big part of its attraction. The stress that people go through in precarious income situations is consistently underestimated.
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Access: The Universal Basic Income and…, in reply to Hilary Stace,
I'm not sure. I just took the info from the govt page on the biggest three parts of the budget? It was one of the top google results. I would assume that that does include pensions, but I'm still at work, so can't do any more detailed research into what it includes, sorry.
I would assume that the shortfall, whatever it might be, could be made up through changes to the tax regime.
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Hillary, the actual cost of a UBI for NZ at $200 per week has been discussed elsewhere, I'm sure, but a back-of-the-envelope calculation seems to put the figure at about $46b per year, compared to current social security and welfare spending of $28b per year. However, that doesn't mean an extra $46b or so each year, as some of the UBI would cover the same area as existing welfare provisions. Hopefully someone can find out what the govt's spending is each year, and what the figures represent as a proportion of the total budget?
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Thanks to whoever brought up The Expanse, devoured that in a couple of days, it's really good!
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Hard News: Friday Music: Festive and Unconflicted, in reply to Russell Brown,
What a bummer, looks like part three has been taken down from youtube...
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Polity: Cold, calculated and cynical, in reply to Biobbs,
Currently the most popular story across their entire site.....