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Daily review 18/12/2020
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Shock horror, trickle down does not work
Well I never. Can you remember how over the past five decades we kept being told that giving tax cuts to the most wealthy would make us all better off? How the wealth would just trickle down? And remember how some lefty extremists said it…
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Open mike 18/12/2020
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Daily review 17/12/2020
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State Zero
This short post reprises a comment on Kaya's Identity a few weeks back. Kaya identity is expressed in the form: F = P . G/P . E/G . F/E Where: F is excess global CO2 emissions from human sources P is global population G is…
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The Government’s finances are in very good shape
These are in remarkably good shape. Who would have predicted that dealing properly with a global pandemic would have had better results for the economy than timidly dealing with it and trying to ensure that economic activity continued? And that making baby boomers stay home…
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Open mike 17/12/2020
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Nanaia Mahuta – Peacebroker
“Do I believe that there might be an opportunity for New Zealand to create a different environment and have a conversation? Yes, I do.” Nanaia Mahuta told Reuters on Tuesday the country would be willing to help negotiate a truce between neighbouring Australia and regional…
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Daily review 16/12/2020
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What does Steinlager and the Pacific anti nuclear movement have in common?
Bugger all really. One is, and this is quite a rare thing nowadays in Aotearoa, a bad beer. The other is the cumulative effort of activists and Governments who for decades tried to stop France from engaging in that most barbaric of activities, initially atmospheric…
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Open mike 16/12/2020
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Daily review 15/12/2020
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Show me the climate action New Zealand
Climate activist Greta Thunberg called us out, https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1338057046596399106 New Zealand Minister for Climate, Green Party' James Shaw responded by saying, "Greta Thunberg is essentially pointing out what we already know: that we have a long way to go to narrow the gap between what our…
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Open mike 15/12/2020
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Daily review 14/12/2020
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Ihumātao deal imminent
With the removal of the NZ First handbrake from Government there is the expectation that this Government will achieve all sorts of good things. Radio New Zealand reported this morning on what will hopefully be the first of many. From Jane Patterson at Radio New…
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Open mike 14/12/2020
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Brexit revisited
D day is approaching. The United Kingdom appears to be spectacularly unprepared for the changes required for a post Brexit Europe. And the prospects of massive congestion at borders appear high with untested software only now being installed. Even now the effects are showing with…
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Open mike 13/12/2020
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Blind-sided by Five Eyes
It has been good to see some pushback in the media questioning the wisdom of Mahuta's FiveEyes alignment as the first public act of her tenure as our Foreign Minister. Chris Trotter writes in interest.co.nz that upsetting New Zealand's most significant trading partner seems like…
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How can NZ incomes be lifted to match housing costs?
One of the more useful things in recent weeks in the debate about housing is the clarity of Jacinda Ardern's position, Jacinda Ardern says 'sustained moderation' remains the Government's goal when it comes to house prices, as people 'expect' the value of their most valuable…
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Open mike 12/12/2020
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Daily review 11/12/2020
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The Mayor’s budget proposal and Auckland’s climate change response
We are now getting into the difficult part of working out how to respond to climate change. We have had a few decades notice and have wasted this by engaging in incremental minimalist policy that is well meaning but not nearly up to scratch in…
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Energy’s Iron Triangle.
For those who don't trawl through all the comments; a little personal background. I've been fortunate enough to have just finished up a 40 year career in technology and automation, most of it in heavy industry. Looking back it's been one hell of an adventure,…
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Open mike 11/12/2020
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Daily review 10/12/2020
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A joy to read
There are the odd occasions when you find a political opinion that is a joy to read and quite revealing. This morning whilst reading the Economist, I read a Bagehot column - "Tidying Boris Up". Despite my almost total lack of interest in the UK…
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Open mike 10/12/2020
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Daily review 09/12/2020
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