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Open mike 31/05/2025
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Daily review 30/05/2025
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Seeing Is Believing
A video post with 3 videos available - Luxon's lies not only don't serve Aotearoa New Zealand, his policies are actively harming most of us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1B--D13RU8 2. Could this be the most racist, anti-Māori NZ government in modern times? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEgnC5yZOX4 3. Nicola Willis says…
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Which animal does Labour resemble?
A recent New York Times article made me think. It was about public perception of Republicans and Democrats and what animal people thought each party compared to. The article referred to research by Anat Shenker-Osorio where she asked voters to say what animal they associated…
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Open mike 30/05/2025
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Daily review 29/05/2025
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Open mike 29/05/2025
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Daily review 28/05/2025
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Nicola Willis’s Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government
In September 2023, Nicola Willis and Grant Robertson joined Q&A to discuss finances and budgets. Many economists had cast doubt on National’s ability to fund their tax cuts. One conservative economist, Michael Reddell, rubbished the foreign buyers’ tax numbers, as well as National’s economic management…
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Migration: the spectre at the feast
Since the 1980s, some free-market economists have argued that the unfettered flow of trade and investment must be accompanied by the equally unfettered flow of labour. In other words, low or non-existent borders for trade and capital must be complemented by the free movement of…
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The Peoples’ Select Committee on Pay Equity
In very bad news for the Government former National MP Marilyn Waring has announced that she will be doing something the Government did not do, organise hearings to consider the Government's sabotaging of Pay Equity. From Russell Palmer at Radio New Zealand: Former National MP…
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Open mike 28/05/2025
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Daily review 27/05/2025
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The weird similarities between the Trump and the Willis budgets
I was writing a long involved post about the recent budget that I may put up in the next few days. But in writing it up what struck me was the weird similarities between this Government's budget which has just passed and Donald Trump's budget…
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Open mike 27/05/2025
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Daily review 26/05/2025
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Open mike 26/05/2025
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Open mike 25/05/2025
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Willis’ Roundup Budget will not grow new shoots of the economy
The Coalition government has been sucking money out of the economy and borrowing heavily to fund its opex (operational spending). Arguably, it should be spending more on capex (capital expenditure), especially capital investment that lifts productivity. True to form the Coalition has off-loaded this responsibility…
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Our growing stress is everywhere
Insolvencies and bankruptcies are at a nine year high. It hasn’t been as bad as this since 2015. Over half a million New Zealanders need food from food banks to actually eat. The New Zealand economy is at least 1% smaller than when National got…
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Open mike 24/05/2025
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Daily review 23/05/2025
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Open mike 23/05/2025
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Daily review 22/05/2025
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Liam Hehir needs to relearn his civics
Generally I like reading Liam Hehir over at the The Blue Review. He is usually interesting despite being a conservative religious lawyer. However sometimes he goes completely off track in his innate and unthinking deference to authority. The other day he asserted that "Of All…
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BHN and CTU’s Craig Renney on the Budget
BHN are hosting Craig Renney, Director of Policy and Economist at the CTU and BHN journalist, as he comes out of budget lock up. Livestream discussion from 2pm. https://www.youtube.com/live/ZpUYokH4ctA BHN are also doing a wrap up and deep dive Budget Day Special with Renney and…
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Open mike 22/05/2025
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Daily review 21/05/2025
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The Government blinks
Well that was dramatic. Yesterday I am sure that every political activist in the country set themselves up to watch Parliament and see the debate concerning the Privileges Committee proposal and the suggestion that three Maori Party MPs be suspended from Parliament for performing a…
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Open mike 21/05/2025
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