Posts by Sacha
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Jackie Clark,
I am not an Elton John fan :)
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Hard News: "Orderly transition" in #Egypt, in reply to Dismal Soyanz,
the media seems fixated on what foreign leaders (particularly those in the "West") have to say? [Even before Mubarak's resignation, there seemed to be a perverse need to scrutinise the US reaction.] Why? Is it at all relevant for what the people of Egypt want?
Shouldn't be but often is, as many smaller nations have found to their cost during times of political upheaval.
However, the global landscape has changed and might be interesting to watch play out in this situation. What are the other regional stakeholders after and what will China support, for instance?
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Steve Parks,
I’d like to see the revenue from cgt go to debt reduction, and increasing spending in some areas.
I'd love to see a decent amount invested in equity and expertise to grow businesses that are NZ-owned even if they're not based here, so we reverse the flow of dividends overseas.
Young Kiwis will always travel to where work opportunities take them. But imagine people setting up or joining with a consulting or other business before they leave, with ongoing help to do it right, a seed investment to get them started and networks like KEA to hook into.
A proportion of their wealth would return to the NZ public and there would be some incentive to remember where they came from when looking at next steps. NZTE already has much of the infrastructure.
Not a low-risk investment but it has to be better than the public purse subsidising capital gains on residential property or foregoing tax revenue through LAQCs.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Hilary Stace,
When Cher and Dawn French were on a chat show together, 90% of the attention and questions were to the skinny, plasticised and ever youthful Cher, even though Dawn is much wittier.
Wit doesn't come into what is only a celebrity chat show. Cher is just more of a celebrity.
Norton has always shown the same favouritism to any stars in his eyes, particularly gay icons. Did you see him gushing over Bette Midler?
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to DexterX,
If you want to encourage reinvestment then you provide tax relief
Because corporate welfare is a natural thing
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I'm enjoying the creativity of the trolling at least, if not the content. Carry on
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Hard News: Hip in the Square, in reply to Tamara,
disappointed at the changes
changes?
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to DexterX,
I don't have to research this the same way I don't have to research the fact that the sun comes up each morning.
that's a powerful argument :)
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Kumara Republic,
To be clear, it's not just home owners who are responsible but voters and governments who arranged the economy to permit such silly misdirection of investment. That's both major parties for decades.
And their economically illiterate advisors like little lord fauntleroy of Dipton, ex-Treasury numpty skillfully stewarding another recession. And slagging public servants while conveniently forgetting his own outstretched mitt for more housecleaning on the public purse, to say nothing of his venal housing rort.
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OnPoint: Election 2011: GO!, in reply to Islander,
One little bureacrat would've been a sufficient overseer...
One of the advantages of guaranteed minimum income - bugger all administration or auditing