Posts by Sacha
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Aspiration and compassion are not mutually exclusive. Thankfully.
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Steve Reeves,
Perhaps we could have question here on one day a week JUST for the PM.
He'd just get Joyce or English to answer it on behalf. Mind you, that's possibly being more honest about who's really in charge.
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Rob Salmond at Pundit picks up the fisking baton.
Bill English and David Farrar spent last week telling fibs about the tax burden high-income families assume. I want to set the record straight with some details about how much the top 10% really pay
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OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to DexterX,
Um - you're talking about the 84 & 87 Labour Govts
Don't forget Treasury and their fellow LSE-influenced muppets in the late 70s/early 80s.
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Cracker: Another Capital Idea..., in reply to Kyle Matthews,
I’m picking their next big announcement will be something on chch earthquake that addresses the gaps that David and others have raised.
A competent opposition might do that.
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OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to BenWilson,
I've never liked the idea of the social contract metaphor. It's not like a contract at all. There's no court to enforce it. There's no legislative framework it fits into.
That's because in the time the term was used, agreements were supposed to be based on decency and trust. Before the ascendancy of selfish neolibs rendered useless much of our longstanding business and political frameworks built on that basic assumption of humanity. Great for lawyers and snakeoil merchants, but.
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OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
It’d be nice if industrial policy worked
I'm thinking mainly of ensuring supporting infrastructure - including research, training, connectivity, business development and global market expertise - for sustainable high-value industries . I'm not sure that's what you mean by 'industrial policy' is it?
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Further evidence of the disconnect with reality: Bill English's official advice last week to disability support providers about meeting the increased Kiwisaver employer contribution announced in his Budget.
The Government recognises that this will increase labour costs, at least in the short term. However, the delay in the increase is intended to enable employers to manage these changes alongside other business costs and to take them into account in business planning, for example in wage negotiations and in price setting.
To a Treasury man, everything looks like a baked-bean factory.
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OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
For NZ, the real solution to the demographic problem
is to improve the value produced per worker and business - improving productivity and strategically supporting smarter industries are two options there. And to stop assuming that people cease creating value at 65 or 67 or whenever.