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The free buses for kids 12 and under, or what ever it is and half price for those under 25, while helps a good number, particularly in Auckland, in many other places it is a non-event.
I honestly dont see anything in there to help me, nor my children as they transition into the world of adulting.
Sadly so much of our infrastructure has had so little spent on it, coupled with the weather events, NZ is in a fragile state right now, the new $6b investment is but a drop in the bucket, especially with all the remdial work needing to be done to get it to a point of upgrading/updating.
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@antipodean I didn't read the whole thing because I got distracted wondering when the author was going to mention supply and demand. A skim suggests that they didn't.
While the article raises some valid points it is disingenuous to ignore societal factors that have driven up housing prices, like all wanting to live in the same places, campaigns against intensification, land banking, immigration etc and blame it all on poor legislation.
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@Duluth it's a bit meh
It isn't the Budget Labour led everybody to expect, nor is it the wanton spending National are trying to stigmatise it as.
I keep wondering how increased government spending puts money into circulation so drives up inflation yet tax cuts which put money into circulation won't.
The one thing I do think is structurally wrong is the tax thresholds.
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@Higgins said in NZ Politics:
This guy is pulling no punches
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/132157503/damien-grant-chris-hipkins-fails-the-moral-and-competence-tests-to-be-pm?cx_testId=12&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=4#cxrecs_sPreaching to the choir here
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@Higgins said in NZ Politics:
This guy is pulling no punches
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/132157503/damien-grant-chris-hipkins-fails-the-moral-and-competence-tests-to-be-pm?cx_testId=12&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=4#cxrecs_sNot going to comment on NZ Politics as I haven't lived there for decades, but I looked at the educational figures (and others) and was staggered. I've always found my 1970's NZ education may have been a bit narrow, but clearly stood up well globally and qualifications like NZCE as good as, if not better, than equivalents in other countries.
This sort of stuff takes a while to turn around too.
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@Tim said in NZ Politics:
I'm eternally waiting for someone to mention GDP per Capita, let alone productivity measures.
Heck no, that'd require some challenging of fundamental core beliefs and comfort-blanket assumptions. And then there'd probably be the accusations of racism for comparing different countries.
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I'm a little sceptical of GDP but it seems far more useful and transparent than many surveys of happiness.
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Good to see Labour putting the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff again with thier multi-million dollar investment in fog cannons.
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@booboo said in NZ Politics:
Dame Cindy? Really?
And she accepted the white supremacist colonial oppressors title?
Hypocrite.
Be kind.
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@booboo said in NZ Politics:
Dame Cindy? Really?
And she accepted the white supremacist colonial oppressors title?
Hypocrite.
I'll trump you with this one
They're giving these awards away to as many Labourites as possible right now
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@Victor-Meldrew I was
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
They're giving these awards away to as many Labourites as possible right now
Hager was actually Values (and I suspect close to some of the Greens)and one of his earliest books was on an alleged Labour govt coverup. I'd be surprised if they/ he considered him a Labourite (but then again I have not been following his recent career).
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Greens new tax policy. That's a big no thanks from me. Just a typical money grab. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/wealth-tax-hikes-will-pay-for-income-tax-cuts-and-welfare-overhaul-greens/FCRYI5THFVECPNUS2IB2N7REWA/
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Think Luxon isnt far off the mark
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300903899/yeah-nah-is-nz-a-negative-wet-whiny-inwardlooking-country
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@SouthernMann said in NZ Politics:
Greens new tax policy. That's a big no thanks from me. Just a typical money grab. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/wealth-tax-hikes-will-pay-for-income-tax-cuts-and-welfare-overhaul-greens/FCRYI5THFVECPNUS2IB2N7REWA/
I can’t believe Marama Davidson is posing for a photo with a white CIS male.
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@taniwharugby Dunno.
If we are I don't think the blame can be laid on Labour.
Only three years ago we were collectively screaming LOOK AT US LOOK AT US, WE'VE BEATEN THE RONA. WE ARE GODS.
Then came a reality check.
We've always had a bipolar cultural cringe / lack of context / fawning attention seeking / triumphalism.
Greatest little country on earth, Godzone - why can't we be like...
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