Posts by Steve Barnes

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  • Speaker: Remembering the Chartists,

    Does someone with more money have more of your respect? if so, why?

    In our fair land it is a substitute for class.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    Meanwhile, anyone who'd like to tell Mary English to quit working and piss off back to Dipton with the kids..

    Yeah, then she could qualify for the DPB and Bill could claim the Child Support as an expense.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    They aren't all going to become stereo typically unemployed.

    Stereo?. Eh in my day it were mono... if you were lucky.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    Another plan that might work, is to set aside an island, maybe Durville as a option for hunter gather training.

    Excellent Smithers... I mean Crawford.
    ;-)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    Roger Douglas got rid of subsidies for farmers and advocated user pays, but is quite happy for the tax payer to subsidise his holidays.

    Ah but... Don't you get it? The tax payer pays bonuses to those that deserve them, you know, those that have proven how worthy they are by accumulating wealth. Not those that need them. That would just encourage those dole bludgers to stay at home and watch their big screen TVs eh?

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    Ok. I will.
    They don't have a basement. ;-)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    What kind of good reasons?

    You really have to ask?
    Let's see, Their parents;
    Don't like the fact that they are gay.
    Have treated them like shit since they were born.
    Ran away and abandoned the kids.
    They're dead.
    Should I go on?.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    I don't mind us maintaining the house.

    But I do object to paying his entire mortgage. $900.00 a week would pay mine twice over. I mean, FFS, it's not like he's unemployed. I suppose we'll be paying for his perm next.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    After all, the system is there and he is just using it. Who wouldn't? It is a bit of a dodge -

    If they can change the rules that were there to help the poor they can change the rules that line the pockets of the wealthy. You know, belt, tighten, tough times, etc.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Hard News: Deja Vu,

    Bill English isn't wrong when he says he is, in his way, saving the taxpayer by accepting nearly $1000 a week towards the cost of living in his own Wellington house. If he had taken up the free Wellington accommodation to which Cabinet ministers are entitled, the bill, taking in various additional costs, could have been a bit higher.

    The real question is, "Why are we buying Bill English a house?"
    I guess you could say that if he were renting we would be buying a house for another property owner but in my eyes that is not the same but just as immoral. These buggers get paid enough to pay their way like the rest of us. I work hard for my ...
    (yuk, that sounds awfully Kiwiblogy but then , boot other foot etc.)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

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