Posts by Kyle Matthews
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Am I missing something? I thought we were promised $47?
They still haven't come and run fibre optics into my lounge. Yesterday there was a chicken on my drive (once it got over the fence past the gate the dogs got it real quick, scratch one chicken), but I haven't seen anyone on my street get their pony. And now no fucking pie!
That's it, I'm barricading Molesworth Street.
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No. Under National, only the rich get pie. This is what they call "an incentive" (though what for is unclear).
See, I wasn't depressed after the election, because although I knew it was coming, it hadn't become real yet.
Luckily we fixed that eh! Feels pretty real now...
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Well they'd make money if you hire them out or onsell them at a profit.
I just suspect that wasn't the plan here, it was only sold once things started to fall over for them and it became obvious what they were doing.
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Yes. In particular, I wonder how it will play amongst the Maori Party's base that their "representatives" voted to feather their own nests while voting against offsetting National's de facto hike of taxes on the poor with tax credits.
I saw on the news last night (TV3 6pm) that the tax changes will not help people at all who are earning below $45K, but already receiving WFF.
I feel completely screwed. The new government promising bigger tax cuts is giving me nothing, while the old government which promised smaller tax cuts, would have given me something.
If we're going to have tax cuts now that the economy is shot, can I at least get some pie while everything goes to hell?
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Call me crazy, but today I realised I am a Credit Crunch Denier.
"I found five bucks down the back of the couch last week. Economy is looking great in my little part of the world! There should be further debate over this whole economic downturn!"
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Oh come on Craig, what part of National's so-urgent legislation makes it any more likely that people will have jobs in a year?
You could argue that, in relation to the 90 days trial law, it would make it less likely that people would have jobs in a year.
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Maybe this will make me start using an RSS feed reader. Suggestions?
I recently made the switch to using RSS feeds and a reader and find it much better than what I've been doing for years, which is regularly visiting some web sites. I use NetNewsWire, but that might be mac only.
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John Armstrong surveys the debris of National's "shambolic" first few days of attempting to run a Parliament, and deems the unnecessary recourse to urgency on the new bills "reprehensible".
It'd be nice to be in a country that treated parliament with just a little bit of respect, rather than a sandpit to crap in at will.
Maybe it's just me, but how can you debate legislation which hasn't been drafted yet? Surely the first part of the debate is someone tabling the legislation in the house?
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David, that tip of the iceberg link is broken.
I don't mind the conference being cancelled. Or I might mind a little, but that's not the main point really.
To me, it's a media stunt by National. Find something that we can loudly and obviously cut as 'lavish' and put money into front lines. Get one of our new, fresh ministers to do it. The Families Commission paid the price for being the next government organisation with a big conference coming up.
Along with the Herceptin decision, it's over-politicising things that shouldn't be so political. Nothing new in politics, but taking it a step further.
For a hands off government, it's very hands on in the public service.
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Yachts DON'T inflate...
Unless they're of a very different model than the one pictured.