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John Key says the thousands of Kiwi families turning to foodbanks to get by are made 'poor choices'. Among the 'poor choices' that poor people allegedly make according to righties is spending all their money on alcohol and cigarettes, rather than on food. As with…
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Actually Phil Goff has it right - these clowns should resign - all they seem to be able to do is screw the economy and cut juicy public-money deals for their mates. Oh yeah, and photo ops. Can't forget the photo ops.
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As I've pointed out previously "Steven Joyce: still living in the 20th century", virtually every Aucklander I have spoken to about a new harbor crossing is aghast at the attitude of National MP's in Wellington. Even considering putting in a new harbor crossing without the…
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A unemployment disaster is slowly unfolding in Christchurch. For now, the tide of job losses is being partially held back by wage subsidies supporting nearly 70,000 workers, but those will be phased out by June. Then, all hell will break loose. The Government has no…
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MartyG raises some very important points in his latest post here. Transport is Auckland’s biggest issue right now. The emerging Labour-Greens-NZF popular front absolutely have to pick up on this if they want to win in November. By dying in a ditch over roads with…
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Stuff is reporting that Christchurch residents who have been displaced from their homes will have to pay a minimum of $190 a week, two weeks bond, insurance and power if they want to get into one of the campervans set up as emergency housing. Never…
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One of the Nats' minor propaganda lines at the last election was drumming up hysteria about crime, particularly youth crime. John Key said they would "act now to defuse these unexploded human time-bombs, who are on the fast-track to Paremoremo". It was mostly just rhetoric,…
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Last year, the New Zealand Institute lambasted the Nats' 'aspiration' to catch Australia by 2025 with a report entitled 'A goal is not a strategy'. Did the Nats change? Of course not. Yesterday, their energy strategy was released. It offers some goals but is mute…
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Kiwis are voting with their feet, or rather their arses. Patronage of public transport is skyrocketing to the point of overcrowding while state highway use is falling among except for freight. You have to wonder why the government keeps building expensive highways that will be…
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A UMR poll shows that 40% of Kiwis support paying an earthquake levy to help pay for the Christchurch rebuild. 22% prefer more borrowing, and 29% want spending cuts. Asked just whether they supported or opposed a levy - 57% supported it. Yet the Nats…
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Watching Simon Barnett mouthing some cliched pap in front of photogenic rubble in an ad the other night, I got to thinking about how the earthquake has been treated as a stage by celebrities and the government to advance their own agendas. The ad came…
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Back before the 2008 election John Key pretended to be interested in the "underclass" for a while. With news now that a starving boy was found eating cockroaches, and that impoverished elderly are eating catfood, the plight of the underclass is getting nothing but worse…
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