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In the comments section today George pointed out the numbers on the bailout: That’s a $400 loss per taxpayer. Or an average $48,500 gain (including 8.5% return) for SCF investors. Meanwhile. teachers are being refused flu shots because they cost too much. I get slightly…
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The government is canning its already too-small and ill-directed Community Max programme. $40 million was a pathetic amount that created, at best, just 3,000 temporary jobs when quarter of a million Kiwis are jobless, 68,000 of them aged 15-24. The government didn't bother to put…
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National's big election promise in 2008 was to close the wage gap with Australia. They're failing, as our wages fall behind theirs under National's economic mismanagement and employer-centric policies. But there are some who are doing better than others in the pay stakes: Union members.…
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South Canterbury Finance is on the brink of collapse. The plan appears to be for the government to purchase the bad loans from the company at twice their book value, giving SCF the cash it needs to get back on its feet. That's a dumb…
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According to John Key, teachers who want to maintain reasonably class sizes and free flu vaccines are disconnected from the real world. That would be the real world of hanging out with the Queen and spending $1.5bn on finance companies I guess. What a dick.
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The Herald's top story today screams "Strikers' Helpless Victims" and carries the story of a couple whose child has had elective surgery delayed because of industrial action. Oh those dastardly unionists. Problem is the couple don't seem to have anything bad to say about the…
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Self-styled 'Jokemeister-in-chief' John Key has been selected from a host of eager clowns, buffoons, and slapstick artists (known as the National Party) to perform for Queen Elizabeth the Second for a weekend next month. A clearly excited Key announced his selection. "This is the ultimate…
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As has seemed likely for some time now, secondary teachers have decided to strike: Secondary school teachers have voted overwhelmingly to strike after rejecting the Government's latest pay offer. Thousands of Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) members last week voted for strike action after earlier…
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Number of recorded offences in the 2008 calander year: 431,383 Number of recorded offences in the 2009 calander year: 451,405 Number of unsolved crimes in Judith Collin's first year as minister: 235,787, up 5,000 Number of cars crushed: 0
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The Search and Surveillance Bill that was thrown back for re-drafting last year has very quietly come back. And as awful as it was last time (not many Bills are sent back), this time it's little different. The idea of the Bill was perfectly valid…
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