Posts by Sacha
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Know my place, superwealthy styles
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Zing
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the poor eat sausages after all, we all know which bits are in there.
good honest bits, the guts of the nation, etc.
know my place, guv -
If we described ECE as "infrastructure" would its benefit to cost ratio of more than 20 mean it got funded rather than the BCR < 1 holiday highway and transmission gully oil splurgefests?
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Sacha if I didn't know you were being sarky I might cry.
Ah yes, sorry about that. I'm trying on that tone, inspired by Danyl and others who admittedly do it far better than me
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just give me my pony and a pot to cook it in
Socialism! Buy your own food and cookware, comrade..
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cut the funding rates for the 20 Hours scheme from at least $11.42 per child per hour to a max of $10.88 per child per hour
But Julie, all those less-qualified early childhood education workers will be cheaper to hire. Bugger the quality, since when has ECE been a good investment for an ambitious nation? And there's nothing to stop "hard-working" kiwis from putting their kids into more expensive higher-quality facilities with all that tax cut money they now have sloshing around in their pockets.
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the already pitiful services available to my daughter - which were cleverly cut ahead of time to make it look like my family is a winner on budget day.
I haven't delved into the disability support figures yet (let alone education, social development, etc), but off the top of my head an extra $93m in Vote Health over 4 years out of a 10-figure total for DSS services is a long way from even beginning to cover inflation, demographic shifts - and increased GST. In other words, expect ongoing decreases in service access, levels and quality.
Funding through DHBs supposedly reflects adjustments for demography and inflation, but they only cover services for over-65s, not for nippers. Unless Ryall's mandated focus for DHBs shifts away from doctors operating on people, the recently publicised cuts to aged care services will probably continue.
However, big ups to this govt for finally funding a public disability awareness campaign - all of $3m, but the previous lot refused even that.
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Avoidance, noun: tax evasion practiced by someone who can afford an accountant.
Noice
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The number one threat in Dunedin: bears.
Polar