Posts by Sacha
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OnPoint: Everything has changed until 2014, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Doing the same with less is a productivity increase
As is doing more with the same - thanks to better processes, partnerships, leadership or capital investment in technology and research.
Now, which of those approaches is 'ambitious'? Which sort produces a high value economy? What sort of country do we want to live in and for our children to inherit?
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Hard News: Arts and letters for Christchurch, in reply to James Caygill,
Solid Energy Chorus
the original steampunk crew
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
You can get as pissy about it as you like
Sorry, just too busy today to do it justice. Please do link to the stuff if you have time, so others can join in too.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
I'm not going to get into the detail today. As I've said, that has been done competently and thoroughly by others, and there are some fishhooks in the way the figures are derived and interpreted.
Nothing personal about Jones either. His predecessors failed to challenge blatant lying. There is also more than one opposition party in the House.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
It has been thoroughly debunked on transportblog for the last couple of years, every time Joyce tries it on. No excuses. If the opposition can't be bothered reading in their portfolio area then they are part of the problem, not the solution. And they need to work together.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Key's claim in the House yesterday that more people use the Puford route daily than use rail in Auckland
Joyce has been pinged for trotting out that same lie repeatedly. Hope someone on the opposition benches was ready with the rebuttal evidence - or they can just get out of the way.
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Hard News: What Now?, in reply to BenWilson,
I do admire massive cities with mass transit. But I also wonder about the extent to which the time for creating such cities has passed.
Two words: peak oil
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OnPoint: Everything has changed until 2014, in reply to BenWilson,
What's your take on compulsory savings? As I see it, this is the main difference in NZ's tax structure to Australia's and they don't have any of this debt crisis. Nor are they totally skewed towards property, since the super funds typically have a large investment directly into the stockmarket. Could this be the central plank of a genuine response from Labour?
Not that I'm Keith, but I'd say establishing the Cullen Fund and KiwiSaver were parts of that response during Labour's last time in the driver's seat. Not safe from dismantling by the current bozos after a quick short-term buck, despite rhetoric about saving. Sure looks like a difference I'd expect to see emphasised during election campaigning.
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Hard News: Really good, actually, in reply to Steve Parks,
National's answer to any questions about spending cuts etc
Challenge such lying at every opportunity
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Well I never. Katy Perry loves pussies too.