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You'd hope that Labours underspend is simply because they have started from scratch in terms of changing policies from the previous govt. Two years into your term and having doe 5/8 of fuck all is not a good look though.
Personally the cost of borrowing is so low now I'd be happy with a deficit in the short term to play catch up on decades of neglect on infrastructure etc. Plus introduce a tax free threshold but not 5K - more like 20.
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@JC said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
Labour primed for an election year lolly scramble on the back of solid financial work from the previous government
“I’ve taken too much of your money and now I’m only going to give it back to people who will vote for me to take more of it”
When you read how they came up with that figure it’s a tad dubious
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@jegga said in NZ Politics:
@JC said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
Labour primed for an election year lolly scramble on the back of solid financial work from the previous government
“I’ve taken too much of your money and now I’m only going to give it back to people who will vote for me to take more of it”
When you read how they came up with that figure it’s a tad dubious
TBF I didn’t look. I just assumed he was bullshitting. What have they revalued this time?
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@JC said in NZ Politics:
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
@JC said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
Labour primed for an election year lolly scramble on the back of solid financial work from the previous government
“I’ve taken too much of your money and now I’m only going to give it back to people who will vote for me to take more of it”
When you read how they came up with that figure it’s a tad dubious
TBF I didn’t look. I just assumed he was bullshitting. What have they revalued this time?
Mikeys trainset was revalued and added $2.8 billion to the books . Seems legit
“KiwiRail, a state-owned enterprise, now has its assets valued based as a public benefit entity, taking into account the benefits that it provides at a community level, rather than a purely profit-oriented entity.
A valuation for the rail freight network that only reflected its cash-generating potential was no longer appropriate," the Treasury said in its Financial Statements.“
So basically because it’s not financially viable it’s real value is to the community or something, it’s the vibe of the thing.
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@jegga said in NZ Politics:
Speaking of rumours, apparently Colbert flew out so he could be here if Jacko got the Nobel.
Fortunately they gave it to someone who deserved it.
I just read the citatoin of the bloke they gave it to. Christ, talk about a transformational government:
Abiy Ahmed has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future. He spent his first 100 days as Prime Minister lifting the country’s state of emergency, granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinuing media censorship, legalising outlawed opposition groups, dismissing military and civilian leaders who were suspected of corruption, and significantly increasing the influence of women in Ethiopian political and community life. He has also pledged to strengthen democracy by holding free and fair elections.
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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
Speaking of rumours, apparently Colbert flew out so he could be here if Jacko got the Nobel.
Fortunately they gave it to someone who deserved it.
I just read the citatoin of the bloke they gave it to. Christ, talk about a transformational government:
Abiy Ahmed has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future. He spent his first 100 days as Prime Minister lifting the country’s state of emergency, granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinuing media censorship, legalising outlawed opposition groups, dismissing military and civilian leaders who were suspected of corruption, and significantly increasing the influence of women in Ethiopian political and community life. He has also pledged to strengthen democracy by holding free and fair elections.
Got the Chinese to renegotiate the terms of some of their loans from 10 to 30 years and organised a campaign for the country to plant seedlings which resulted in them planting 314 million trees in one day which will help stop desertification and the effects of farming .
It’s not quite wearing a hijab but it’ll do
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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
Speaking of rumours, apparently Colbert flew out so he could be here if Jacko got the Nobel.
Fortunately they gave it to someone who deserved it.
I just read the citatoin of the bloke they gave it to. Christ, talk about a transformational government:
Abiy Ahmed has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future. He spent his first 100 days as Prime Minister lifting the country’s state of emergency, granting amnesty to thousands of political prisoners, discontinuing media censorship, legalising outlawed opposition groups, dismissing military and civilian leaders who were suspected of corruption, and significantly increasing the influence of women in Ethiopian political and community life. He has also pledged to strengthen democracy by holding free and fair elections.
Didn’t give birth to a baby though, did he? Huh? And his empathy face is nowhere in the same league as Jacinda’s.
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Pleased with the local elections?
Siggi Hanson got the arse card which is awesome.
Mike Tana got the boot from Porirua
Wellington might have lost its soyboy of a mayor too, results won't be known till midday or so but fingers crossed .
If you don't know anything about him or are on the fence about what kind of a twat he is he prepared this handy video for you
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@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@jegga So no love for the guy who planted 300 million trees then?
My mother just went to Canada and the states, she said loons over there were raving to her about Ardern . Obviously her pr campaigns whenever theres a story with an international angle are working , shes a shoe in for some UN job in the meantime we are stuck with an incompetent administration that promised 20000 houses built by now and have only delivered about 400.
I won't list the various sex scandals committed by her staff that shes been complicit in covering up because to honest I'm losing track of them. It's like she simultaneously had Bill Cosby and Jimmy Saville working for her. -
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
@canefan said in NZ Politics:
@jegga So no love for the guy who planted 300 million trees then?
My mother just went to Canada and the states, she said loons over there were raving to her about Ardern . Obviously her pr campaigns whenever theres a story with an international angle are working , shes a shoe in for some UN job in the meantime we are stuck with an incompetent administration that promised 20000 houses built by now and have only delivered about 400.
I won't list the various sex scandals committed by her staff that shes been complicit in covering up because to honest I'm losing track of them. It's like she simultaneously had Bill Cosby and Jimmy Saville working for her.And the media seem to have let the story go now. They kicked up more fuss about JKey's ponytail gate. Pathetic
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