Posts by Sacha
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Thanks, Craig. Point taken.
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Trans-tasman
I'm sorry but this thing is fuckin' rooted -
Do you know how long I have been waiting to see this band? Twenty years. TWENTY. YEARS.
Same. Rocked my lil world. As they did in the flesh for some of my better-travelled friends at the time.
utilise my already-purchased ticket for the nana seats.
I'd be honoured to if you're unable. Would pay handsomely of course.
Lalalalalalalalala I can't hear you
Thought I'd get that in there for you, pre-emptively.
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Philip, we should fly you to New Zealand
Seconded.
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Craig, anyone purporting to tell the rest of the country how we should live is open to having his own description of his sorry life repeated.
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So why don't local employers pay more for skilled labour?
Because the pure market approach for some reason should never apply to labour.
Brash and his cohorts spout this rubbish as if its truth is self-evident and doesn't need to be justified.
Quite. Bryan Gould was forceful and reasoned opposition on Morning Report. That only emphasised the meek acceptance by most commentators that there is no alternative and that this report should be rejected on political tactical grounds rather than because its reasoning is plain wrong.
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And what's the value of a neolib cheerleader? Business roundtabler Roger Kerr on RNZ this morning has clearly not learned a thing from his existence on the planet.
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From that Chch Press story:
The task force report cost $150,000.
The task force has a total $477,000 budget for the next three years. -
I haven't seen any indication that they'll try to get away with them this early
What, ACC not a clue? Let's see what the Tax Working Group comes up with. Probably more magical thinking that if you let rich folk pay less tax they will invest the bounty in productive enterprise rather than german cars, italian marble and coastal real estate.
Much more privatisation in a National second term would be consistent - and that's not necessarily as far away as you think. Early election to seek a mandate..
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A lyrical turn of phrase:
Labour leader Phil Goff said the task force was a waste of time and public money. Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton described it as "the return of dracula".