It’s time for a change
New Zealand is going West, literally and figuratively. One quarter of New Zealanders live in other countries.
Reverse a few decades of bad politics & there would be no better place on the planet. We need fundamental political change.
Let's do something about it.-
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Down the gurgler
During the Great Depression, there was more than one dead cat bounce. At least one economist believes that we are following the track and that the United States is now in a fully-fledged depression. Read about it right here. Tens … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Economy
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Neither heart nor head
We’ve all heard the old aphorism: If you’re not a liberal when you’re 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative when you’re 40, you have no head. I’m tempted to add a third sentence. “If you’re either … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Society
Tagged catching up with Australia, conservative, government failure, John Key, liberal, national government
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Catching up with Australia
In your dreams John Not at this rate Since I last investigated our dreadful economic performance the plot has thickened. The table below is the most current comparison of GDP per capita for the richest 51 countries in the world. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Economy
Tagged catching Australia, GDP, GDP per capita, productivity
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No GST on food – yeah, right Phil
Goff still seeking the lost plot Once upon a time in a galaxy far away there was a bloke called Phil Goff who looked like leadership material and talked a lot of sense. When the dreaded Czarina toddled off to … Continue reading
Posted in Labour Party, Politics, The Economy
Tagged election bribes, GST, Labour Party, Phil Goff, taxation
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