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Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 11:39 am, July 21st, 2026
Every now and then I check out Jesse Wells. One of his recent releases has a classic line that reflects what many of us are feeling right now. "Nightmares are dreams too" and a referential doff back to earlier days of protest songs- "I know a fortunate son ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 11:24 am, July 3rd, 2026
Well then maybe you should have supported increasing state housing builds so the great unwashed didn't have to be put up in motels and you would not have to associate with them. Remember the capitalist motel owners were rubbing their hands in glee at a ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 9:33 am, July 3rd, 2026
Wrong question. What it would look like now if Labour's house building programmes had carried on as opposed to National stopping builds and selling off state houses? Just some of the cancellations - noting these were cancelled in a lot of cases after the ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 9:27 am, July 3rd, 2026
Labour appointed her as CEO seemingly ignoring that she drove the toxic environment the media was reporting on during John Key's tenure. https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/20-01-2021/doubts-cast-over-claims-of-culture-change-at-work-and-income-nz A former ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 7:33 pm, May 22nd, 2026
How might it work if the US didn't embargo Cuba and interfere lest socialist policies take hold in the US? In the meantime.... Specific areas where Cuba outweighs or surpasses the USA include: Life Expectancy: Cuba boasts an average life expectancy at ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 3:42 pm, May 22nd, 2026
Some years back I asked Labour why they had the 8 hour working day, 40 hour working week on the front page of their website if they no longer believed in it. They didn't say we still believe in it they took it off their website. Pretty much that is where ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 9:01 am, May 22nd, 2026
If they want to be "fair" then they would also let council tenants be eligible so councils can put rents up and cover costs and be on the same footing as private landlords. But nah they want councils to be forced to see housing to the private market a la ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 2:29 pm, May 21st, 2026
Trickle up theory. Taking rent money off poor people and using it to subsidise private landlords. There needs to be laws against abusing the English language as well - calling it "fairer" FFS. John Key's government was devious in taking poor peoples rent ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 7:02 pm, May 20th, 2026
They don’t consider privacy issues with transferring huge data to overseas AI data centres and storing in the cloud on overseas servers. I think they do. Potentially it is a form of access they can use through the likes of Palantir. Don't want to get a ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 5:56 pm, May 20th, 2026
The other trickery when it is a product - say Shell gas in Australia being sold to Shell Singapore - is to sell that product to your own company in a low tax jurisdiction for little more than the cost of production (or less if you need tax write-offs) then ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 5:30 pm, May 20th, 2026
Tis worse now though due to the capture of dollars out of the New Zealand economy from: 1. Overseas banks 2. Overseas shareholders 3. Overseas bond buyers 4. Overseas landlords 5. Immigrants sending money back home 6, Corporate inter-company transfers and ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 5:09 pm, May 20th, 2026
She was apparently voted most disliked person on campus while at university. She's a keeper.Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 5:05 pm, May 20th, 2026
Except the public service across the world has moved well away from a rules based bureaucracy with a manual 12 inches think outlining each and every rule. The local response and the exercise of discretion is required when the pace of change is as fast as ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 10:19 pm, April 24th, 2026
Yeah I've had dealings with the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. My description stands. Back in the day the Auckland Chamber of Commerce forecast Ohura as the big urban inland city in the future due to its location and fertile soils. Pretty sure their ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 6:13 pm, April 24th, 2026
Reinforces what I'm saying. We really only want to sell them stuff. Export activity was a significant focus of the businesses surveyed with 35% of businesses being primarily exporters, 31% being both an exporter and a manufacturer and 29% of respondents ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 2:33 pm, April 24th, 2026
No I'm looking at how that becomes an investment as opposed to a donation. Either we get to sell goods as a return or we extract profit / dividends / interest from what we put money into. I haven't heard one business say they want to risk actually ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 12:05 am, April 24th, 2026
The trade agreement. NZ must invest 20 billion dollars (US) into India.Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 10:32 pm, April 23rd, 2026
Thought it was obvious what else can we sell a population with a median income of $400 per month? Bit hard to make a profit off people who earn that much with value added product. If we are going to invest that amount of money we need to at least balance ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 3:45 pm, April 23rd, 2026
With milk powder and dairy not part of the deal what else can we sell a population with a median income of $400 per month? More raw products - nothing value added. 33 billion dollars worth of raw products? They have not been too keen on supermarkets in the ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 12:02 pm, April 23rd, 2026
That is 20 billion in USD - so 33 to 34 billion NZ dollars. Are there any businesses who support this agreement even saying they will invest in India. What businesses, what industries and when? They have been very quiet on this and no media are asking. It ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 5:13 pm, January 19th, 2026
The privatisation of prisons and deportation. It is well established now to run down public services and use the private sector to take citizens money. education, health, welfare. The very system that allows the supposed Somali scams in the US allows ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 11:41 am, January 12th, 2026
I finally understand why Americans go on so much about professional protestors. Under unfettered capitalism as you can actually rent crowds. Spread to OZ as well. On this aspect I clearly am completely unaware. Presumably cause I can't comprehend actually ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 2:37 pm, December 12th, 2025
Well to be fair the algae is somewhat green.Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 4:12 pm, December 11th, 2025
Somewhat confusing explanation. "Fifth-generation grower Paul Paynter, from Yummy Fruit in Hawke’s Bay, said the 15% tariff essentially cancelled out his margins on any exports to the US." So he's saying that he as the exporter is paying the 15% tariffs. ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 10:06 am, November 19th, 2025
Ahh the prison economy. Costs more to keep a prisoner in prison than out in the community so creates an initial boost in GDP. Great during a recession as locking people up is predominantly recession proof - and in fact may often increase during a recession ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 4:41 pm, November 4th, 2025
Pretending this doesn't happen, and that "no parent wants to endanger their child" – is being willfully blind. Any evidence that anyone here has done that? Many of us here have lots of abuse in their families and understand it isn't as simple as "bad ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 4:28 pm, November 4th, 2025
Has been normal business practise for years and years and years with family doctors and dentists as was allowing you to pay off your bill with regular payments. Most businesses allowed it for most of my life. Is only recently as corporates/franchises have ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 1:25 pm, November 4th, 2025
Compounded by deliberately not building and selling off state housing when the wealthy move in. Kāinga Ora housing village on affluent seafront street in Napier set to be sold https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/kainga-ora-housing-village-on- ...Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 7:23 pm, November 3rd, 2025
Tis mainly an aging out thing combined with a non-training up thing to adjust to both an increasing immigration and an aging population. Entirely forecastable.Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 7:19 pm, November 3rd, 2025
Everybody should have the same access and level of Healthcare. We would not have closed rural hospitals if we wanted that - further disadvantaging Maori when we closed those.
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