Category Archives: Politics

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

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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

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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

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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

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