General Debate 15 November 2011

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Scott Chris

reid @ 7.30

Cool. That’s why I’m a pantheist.
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November 15, 2011 9:06pm
Steve

Should sell Ebony with a touch of Arse.
Asset that is not needed $7.99
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November 15, 2011 9:07pm
Tauhei Notts

There is nothing like what a good riesling will do for rational thought.
The missus and I had one with our whole baked snapper this evening then over coffee afterwards agreed that the possibility exists that Goldsmith’s victory in Epsom would be the best result for the Act party.
Why?
We get rid of the old farts like Rodney Hide, John Banks, Don Brash, Heather Roy et al, and move on towards 2014 or earlier if a snap election is called for.
I had been discussing with her the wonderful young people in Act, the likes of Whittingham, David Seymour and the current president whose name eludes me. Her indoors was unamused by my comment that the young women at the Act launch last Sunday were so much more attractive than the molls one would see at a Greens or Labour party carry-on. But there is a sense of vibrancy there that could come to life with the departure of the superannuitants. I have a lot of faith in the young people attracted to the Act party; young people who want to enjoy life and let others enjoy life as well, rather than drafting a plethora of laws to restrict them. The young people I have seen in the Act party enjoy having fun. The young people in Labour and the Greens hate seeing other people have fun. They would want to pass laws to prohibit having fun.
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November 15, 2011 9:12pm
Elaycee

@Steve – I take it your quote is in Zimbabwe dollars? 😛
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November 15, 2011 9:14pm
Steve

US Dollars for a quick fix
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November 15, 2011 9:25pm
Viking2

davinci; Have you bothered to read the Taskforce report?
No I thought not.
Do yourself a favour. Read it.
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November 15, 2011 9:29pm
nasska

Elaycee & Steve

Don’t be a piker! Throw in a voucher for a Big Mac & large Fries & you might get a taker.
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November 15, 2011 9:29pm
ste3e

The game changer is Bill English squirming when asked if National had a contingency plan in case they could not grow export earnings and therefore would not be able to cover the debt. Only squirming! No contingency. But National party supporters are like those silly American girls interviewed on tv one tonight… Ohh, i’d vote for shonkey he’s wearing a nice tie. Brain dead cretins who fail to consider that the foreign investors National are trying to attract ponder any proposal we make while keeping their greedy eyes on the better prospects that may be offered in the sweat shops of Asia. To which National bow low and reduce the minimum wage. Now there’s a country to be proud of!
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November 15, 2011 9:38pm
wat dabney

Bed time Ste3e. School day tomorrow.
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November 15, 2011 9:40pm
expat

@ ste3e when did National lower the minimum wage and import sweatshop jobs from asian factories??? Is this is in your special little world where new zealand doesn’t need partnerships with dirty foreigners??
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November 15, 2011 9:43pm
expat

especially after the late nite sunday stickering billboards. if you don’t try harder you’ll end up on the dole or doing a social sciences degree.
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November 15, 2011 9:44pm
wat dabney

Ste3e,

As you’ve been a good boy and eaten your sprouts, here’s a recent (2009) table for you show where US foreign direct investment goes.

http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=108&subid=900003&contentid=255087

You’ll see it overwhelming goes to other rich (i.e. high wage) countries – the EU and Canada. The amounts invested in the sweat shops of Asia’ is an absolutely piffling amount in comparison.

It’s all about productivity, Ste3e, not wage levels.
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November 15, 2011 10:01pm
ste3e

I am glad to see Bill English no longer needs squirm. You have all so coherently answered the important question about National’s contingency plan. Oh no, that’s right you didn’t; just more National party throwing sand about to disguise the rot. As for American investment as linked above (thank you Wat) that makes me worry further. Obviously National have tax and labour settings adjusted to meet the demands of foreign investors, that our settings are so much lower than those countries America invests heavily in means either America are screwing us at the expense of the poor in this country, or it means National are seeking non American investment and we are competing head to head with the sweatshops of Asia.
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November 16, 2011 4:16am
ste3e

And I see Key is again appealing to the black hearts of the moral majority. I feeds them pepper to make them good, and beats them when they sneezes. Lewis Carol would be laughing in his grave if he weren’t crying tears over the human tragedy.
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