Politics 🗳️ NZ Politics

[wizard of Tauranga]

We all fall for it sometimes, we can't avoid it. No clearer example than when Bruce thought Clark Gayford's fishing show was a front for his international drug smuggling racket.

What about when everyone fell for some Hawaii called Fale going to buy the Warriors.

In hindsight who really believes that!

 

[defensivebomb]

And there’s no quick turnaround, it’s a multi decade driven problem… but I’ll give you the hot tip - Luxon doesn’t have the answers

I actually reckon if it was just national and NZ first, it would be a pretty compelling combo. Seymour is proving to be a liability

At the next election, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Seymour lose his seat, Brooke van velden win hers, and for the party be lucky to scrape in over 5%

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

I actually reckon if it was just national and NZ first, it would be a pretty compelling combo. Seymour is proving to be a liability

At the next election, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Seymour lose his seat, Brooke van velden win hers, and for the party be lucky to scrape in over 5%

At least Seymour is sticking to his script. Luxon doesn’t have one, he’s a myth that stands for nothing relevant to anyone but himself.

 

[mrblonde]

Australia have 10% GST and Pay no tax on the first 18,000. That is way better for the people at the bottom who are struggling! Even under Labour thees thought of lower taxes would make them vomit!

Except their GST rules are a drag to follow as it's not on everything. First 18k 0% sounds good though.

TPM worded their desire for an investigation badly. Nothing more. Seymour should have pointed out to Mr Polkinghorne that of course the police are treating him as a suspect as he's a close family member. It's hard but it's their job given family violence stats etc.

 

[MaybeTop8]

You'd think i should at least not post for 24 hours

Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study

Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries

www.theguardian.com

 

[Worried2Death]

Except their GST rules are a drag to follow as it's not on everything. First 18k 0% sounds good though.

TPM worded their desire for an investigation badly. Nothing more. Seymour should have pointed out to Mr Polkinghorne that of course the police are treating him as a suspect as he's a close family member. It's hard but it's their job given family violence stats etc.

I think Seymour’s letter has enough plausible deniability to give him the benefit of the doubt, as Wiz said he could have been acting in good faith for a constituent. Could have been something dodgy going on too, in fact I assume there was, but that's my cynical bias.
To be fair, he was trying to drive up the steps for a charity fundraiser, a good thing at face value but he's damned no matter what he does. Pretty loose units these libertarians, wonder who talked him into pulling that stunt. Seems a bit gullible, I can see why he was groomed into a cult at a young age.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

And there’s no quick turnaround, it’s a multi decade driven problem… but I’ll give you the hot tip - Luxon doesn’t have the answers

Some rambling thoughts on productivity.

1 - Being in Sydney recently it’s all scale. An example is an average shop with 1 staff member can turn over a huge amount because of scale. In Auckland with the same 1 x staff your turnover is half. With similar fixed costs, it’s just so much harder to get the same GDP per person with a lower population.

2 - disposable income in the population is massive for businesses to thrive. It’s clearly evident in Sydney through the higher end products, amount of people at entertainment places, eating out, etc. NZ has a much smaller pool of people with decent disposable incomes and thus businesses in NZ strugge to Thrive.

3 - the bigger the city the greater barriers to entry for decent businesses. The capital outlay is huge and everything’s on a bigger scale. It stifles innovation but the ones that succeed thrive. It’s like an ultra competitive selection process that produces better businesses. Hence big brand from big markets are so polished while NZ businesses going overseas are exposed as being a lower level.

 

[Bluecat]

And there’s no quick turnaround, it’s a multi decade driven problem… but I’ll give you the hot tip - Luxon doesn’t have the answers

Can anyone here honestly hand on heart say that there are any current politicians that do have answers?
Not policies or ideologies but proper long term strategies that will make New Zealand a better place?
I cant think of one

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Can anyone here honestly hand on heart say that there are any current politicians that do have answers?
Not policies or ideologies but proper long term strategies that will make New Zealand a better place?
I cant think of one

The solutions are unpalatable for the electorate.

So our politicians (from both sides) bumble along being populist and slowly make tweaks behind the scenes they were not elected on.

The step changes involve exploiting our environment which isn’t palatable. We don’t like progress and change and have become a rest home economy where we prioritise lifestyle over growth.

 

[Worried2Death]

"I'm more worried about the children who are eating those lunches that you've nicked them from." The guy's a savage.


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