N/ACT brings in government funding of political parties

[Draco T Bastard]

But only if you have a confidence and supply agreement.

[Farmer Joe]

Ahh, and so it begins. You fools!

[Russian]

"Taxpayer Bill of Rights" how fucking PATRIOT ACT can you get?

Good thing Labour will repeal it in 3 years, fuck yeah!

[SpaceCowboy]

classic right wing behaviour - not suprised.

[funnel web]

You guys should organize a support group and each week one of you could bring the cheese for the whine.

[Evoke]

Originally Posted by Russian

"Taxpayer Bill of Rights" how fucking PATRIOT ACT can you get?

Good thing Labour will repeal it in 3 years, fuck yeah!

do you actually know what it is?

[Russian]

do you?

[Evoke]

yeah, I looked it up. Seems like a sensible idea to me. eliminates the whole "let's use up the budget otherwise we won't get higher budget next year"

[Russian]

Hey the only other place that's tried it was Colorado and it seems to work fine there oh wai

[Evoke]

oh noes less tax money to the state, how will we cope

[doppelgänger of someone]

ACT is like your kooky uncle, once in a while he says something insightful, but most of the time he is batshit crazy.

[Russian]

Originally Posted by Evoke

oh noes less tax money to the state, how will we cope

do you remember perestroika?

I only ask because a friend of mine,

[Russian]

Oh yeah, basically this too

So, batten down the hatches. Once again, New Zealanders are going to be used as the lab rats in a nutcase libertarian experiment. To summarise, from the Bell Policy Center Report, the problems with this tool are : services can’t keep pace with growth in the economy. Temporary budget cuts become permanent. Multiple limits restrict flexibility and force false choices. Saving and planning are made very difficult. Yes, that sounds like a good idea to introduce in New Zealand.

Welcome to the Reaganite past, dressed up in new clothes as a pathway to progress.

Ouch.

[Evoke]

Originally Posted by Russian

do you remember perestroika?

I only ask because a friend of mine,

no, but i remember voucher privitasation and it was awesome.

[Russian]

I remember that as well.

Except it was far from awesome :/

Did the people who had those vouchers ever get anything back for them?

[Evoke]

yeah we made really good dividends.

[Golden Teapot]

Well, we're in for 6 - 9 years of this stuff.

God it's going to be hard to cope with it.

Oh, the stuff I'm talking about is the ultra-inane posts that will come from Draco. And, I mean posts far wrose than they once were. Thankfully, I have his posts as read-optional. So, I should be able to cope.

[ZoSo]

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboy

classic right wing behaviour - not suprised.

Classic Labour?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10546176

/duck

[funnel web]

Yeah last time it was the BNZ....cunts.

[Draco T Bastard]

Originally Posted by ZoSo

Classic Labour?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10546176

/duck

Every government change seems to bring out something that supposedly wasn't in the books when they were opened. I'd guess that it's standard operating procedure to try and make the last government look bad.

[FaTBoB]

what concerns me is Key saying the NZ gov will have to borrow more! while handing out a tax cut, who does that benefit?

[BoyWonder]

Isn't the saying In for a penny, in for a pound?

In the current climate borrowing more is inevitable so why not give the tax payer a bit of relief at the same time? I'm pretty relaxed about this happening TBH.

Edit -*comment about flame-retardant suit or something*

[Gentl e]

I don't understand, what's the issue with this?

Draco you haven't really explained what your op is about, am I to assume that this is a good thing?

[funnel web]

It was all about trust.

[Draco T Bastard]

Originally Posted by Gentl e

I don't understand, what's the issue with this?

Draco you haven't really explained what your op is about, am I to assume that this is a good thing?

National and ACT have been getting up in arms about public funding of political parties since it was first mentioned by Labour in the EFA and then, as soon as they get power, incorporate public funding of political parties but only those parties in favour. I found the hypocrisy rather amusing but fully in line with both National's and ACT's past actions.

[Baal]

Originally Posted by funnel web

You guys should organize a support group and each week one of you could bring the cheese for the whine.

[fixed_truth]

National party new (old) line - I know that we said we are a new more friendly less conservative National Party that wouldn't go straight towards asset sales and user pays - BUT - the economy is in a really bad shape so . . . we can't afford to invest in certain things - which coincidentally just happen to be former Labour projects

[ZoSo]

Considering how badly Labour have shafted the books, I'm surprised it wasn't Bill English stealing the alcohol.

[fixed_truth]

well actually from the horses mouth

Originally Posted by Bill English

I want to stress that New Zealand starts from a reasonable position in dealing with the uncertainty of our economic outlook

Originally Posted by Bill English

In New Zealand we have room to respond. This is the rainy day that Government has been saving up for