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[MaybeTop8]

Turns out ignoring climate change is damaging in more ways than one

Officials warn of damage to diplomatic relations in secret climate change memo

The advice was mistakenly released by the Ministry for the Environment.

www.rnz.co.nz

 

[MaybeTop8]

Also turns out


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[miket12]

And I guarantee Norway's health system is in far better shape than ours, which is being privatised at a rate of knots in this far right government.

And if it's an equitable system a large portion of the population would go when they actually got sick initially, or even be able to implement preventative measures, instead of the not-even-an-ambulance-at-the-bottom system we have now, where people are dying because the system is under huge strain, deliberately being run down by this far right neoliberal government.

Oh and the government could very well set power prices if it were not constrained by a neoliberal straitjacket. Or at the very least provide an alternative that could be much cheaper to all new zealanders.

Coincidentally the butter prices seem to be exorbitantly high at the same time as a proposed multi billion dollar sale to a French consortium. Selling off the family jewels at the expense of all New Zealanders.

Do tell. Quelle surprise.

You seem to have taken a right turn lately Mike.

The problem with a lot of the commentary these days about tax cuts is that the money, if the government hadn't changed the thresholds, could only be used once. So, $3 billion to buy ferries this year means it's gone... it can't also be used on the health system or social welfare, or social housing in the same year as it's gone.

So, when someone says that we should use it to fully fund a public health system like Norway, it wouldn't do it as the additional cost to NZ is $24 billion PA.... one hell of a out more the $3 billion tax cuts PA.

It has nothing to do with being left, right or cental.... just about having an honest look at the figures.

BTW, Fonterra selling off part of it's business to the French has no effect on the price of butter... during the Global Dairy Trade Auction where the price is set. As with all auctions, the buyers set the value... not the sellers... especially not in the case of the GDT Auctions as there is no reserve set by the seller. What the buyers are willing to pay is what the seller gets.

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Who would’ve thought the global cost of living crisis was caused by nz raising the minimum wage.
You learn a lot from this forum.

Or perhaps this illustrate why its better to travel to countries to see how they live rather than vegetate on cruises.

Not caused by, but certainly contributed to. Raise the minimum wage and there’s a cascading impact across all other wage brackets. Local businesses have to lift prices to offset, or alternatively cut staff numbers. It directly feeds into non-tradeable inflation.

 

[John Nick]

I always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.

 

[miket12]

Meanwhile, the silence on this hard right extreme government is damning
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Funny how a lot of what's happening with the state of the economy at the moment can go back to NZ's COVID response when the economy was over stimulated by both the RBNZ and the then government. Then, the RB was too slow to more the OCR and too slow to drop it... all while, for the first nine months of the COVID response, NZ First was supporting the government. Mr Jones, part of the reason we haven't recovered, compared to most countries, come back to your parties actions.

Amazing the short memories Winnie and Jones have.... when it suits them!!!

 

[miket12]

I always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.

Bruce was too busy screwing over the contractors he sold his lawn franchises to than worry about things like the minimum wage and productivity

 

[miket12]

Turns out ignoring climate change is damaging in more ways than one

Officials warn of damage to diplomatic relations in secret climate change memo

The advice was mistakenly released by the Ministry for the Environment.

www.rnz.co.nz

The author of the MFE got a couple of things seriously wrong. The US won't be worried about whether or not NZ meets its Paris obligations as the US never signed up to it.

Also, the Climate Action Tracker from Brilliant Maps shows no countries met the Paris Agreement requirements.... pretty hard for any other country to criticise NZ for not meeting a standard they also failed to meet....

meet paris - Brilliant Maps

brilliantmaps.com

 

[juju]

Not caused by, but certainly contributed to. Raise the minimum wage and there’s a cascading impact across all other wage brackets. Local businesses have to lift prices to offset, or alternatively cut staff numbers. It directly feeds into non-tradeable inflation.

I've just been on a trip around the world and one of my takeaways was how similar the issues all the countries are were grappling with are to ours here.

Your tourist mogul mate from TGA was saying it was the only cause and then comparing it to the NZ minimum wage without the context of the exchange rate or their tipping culture or even the US isn't an economy we should aspire to be like at all.

To blame the cost of living on minimum wage while being unable to acknowledge it's an issue happening nearly everywhere is rather dumb.

 

[snake77]

I always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.

I'm close to unsubscribing. Too much spam.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

I always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.

Smart people post while they are driving! Great efficient use of time

 

[John Nick]

Smart people post while they are driving! Great efficient use of time

At least that rules you out Wiz.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Is the person banned from seeing or commenting on my posts talking about me?

For context I’ve been to 30+ countries, am a frequent traveller and the cruise was my 4th overseas holiday this year (not work, holiday!)

 

[MaybeTop8]

Smart people post while they are driving! Great efficient use of time

As is crashing and killing people through negligence and illegal activity while driving

 

[MaybeTop8]

Why homelessness is worse under this government: a story in 10 graphs

There are more public houses, shorter housing waitlists and fewer people in emergency housing – so why are more people sleeping rough?

thespinoff.co.nz

 

[Mr. Brownstone]

Is the person banned from seeing or commenting on my posts talking about me?

For context I’ve been to 30+ countries, am a frequent traveller and the cruise was my 4th overseas holiday this year (not work, holiday!)

Who’s the lucky prick banned from seeing your posts?

 

[miket12]

Who’s the lucky prick banned from seeing your posts?

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Who’s the lucky prick banned from seeing your posts?

Ill leave it to you to guess!

I don’t waste my time talk about him

 

[John Nick]

Who’s the lucky prick banned from seeing your posts?

Wish I could put my hand up for this one

 

[Worried2Death]

Not caused by, but certainly contributed to. Raise the minimum wage and there’s a cascading impact across all other wage brackets. Local businesses have to lift prices to offset, or alternatively cut staff numbers. It directly feeds into non-tradeable inflation.

What do you imagine would have happened if the min wage was still fixed $15.75, would it have been deflationary? Would it have crashed the housing market, or would property values and rents have stayed at 2017 levels?