Hardly surprising really. Like some drug lord somewhere once said, "competition is bad for business." (Unless you're trying to remove a 'competitor' from a market altogether by offering much cheaper prices for long enough that they go out of business) ...
"But at the moment there is no issue that opposition can focus on .." They (for me that means Labour) should be focusing on figuring out why their support disintegrated and what they need to do to at least make it a decent contest in 3 years time. Focusing...
"...NZ drifting into a dictatorship..." Really....A dictatorship...? You know we have free elections every 3 years right? Sorry but the left in my opinion needs to stop using these sorts of terms to describe democratically elected governments. Many voters ...
One of the best ways to understand (understand includes a number of different things such as motivations, goals, etc) a political opponent is to listen to them (listen could include reading, watching, etc) You stand a much better chance of defeating them ...
"Home ownership doesn't necessarily equate to increased financial security." FFS of course it does. Especially if you own the property freehold. Paying no rent means increased financial security compared with paying half your income in rent every week. Add...
Of course younger people think differently. However most of them as they get older will change their views and will absolutely see home ownership as security. The stress (and associated inflammation) that would dissolve from renters if they were able to ...
"a calculated attempt to make them look good in the public eye, that they care." Yep. A large number (Maybe even a majority) of Nat / ACT voters will be pet owners, so this will come across as positive for them. Smart politics by again. Make sure you are ...
They don't mention mass migration as a key driver so I guess they just lump that in under 'supply and demand'. I'm assuming it is a key driver. NZ had approx 240,000 migrants arriving last year, that's almost 5% of our total population arriving in one year...
" Labour tried..." (sigh)
Again, I bet anything you like that your bad experience isn't the norm. Noise - A tiny minority of dogs are nuisance barkers. Many dogs will bark if someone knocks on the door, etc, but that's a good thing. Scratching - ?? You mean cats? Digging - Apart ...
"...the misinformation so often peddled about landlords..." Says the person peddling misinformation about dogs. Again, where is the data on all of this extra damage caused by pets. (And I mean the majority of pets, not the exceptions)
Young children, cats (claw's on carpets, wallpaper, etc) and drunk adults are far more damaging and destructive to rentals than the vast majority of dogs. In saying that, I'm pretty sure there are landlords out there who won't rent their properties out to ...
Speaking of tunnels it amazes me (but doesn't surprise me) that the Scandinavians and Germans can design and build an amazing 18km long underwater engineering marvel such as this for I think approx 10 billion euros, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
The way that US politics is so polarized (as well as Trump himself being such a polarizing figure) must make it really difficult to select a jury for a trial like this. I could imagine every prospective juror being either rabidly pro or rabidly anti Trump....
Their argument would be that around 800 full time jobs are involved and over $100 million turnover between whakapapa and Turoa. Governments on both sides regard anything that is part of the tourism industry as very important. Tourism expenditure in 2022 ...
Robert, the recently leaked 'WPATH' files reveal (amongst other things) widespread medical malpractice on children. Here's a link to the leaked files: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/gaedata/TMY/2024SJ-00004-R000318-Gerber,%20M-Opposes-TMY.PDF PATHA NZ ...
This to me is a clear example of what might be behind some of this ideology. It's those same old ideas / questions that can be asked when you want to find out who might be behind various things (at least to some extent) You can 'follow the money' and / or ...
As anyone who drives in Auckland knows, whatever the amount is, it is a lot. https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2024/04/12/nzta-does-not-know-how-much-it-spends-on-cones/
"....aren't the end of the world..." Wow. I'd wager she's not a very empathetic person... Could have been deliberate phrasing knowing she's talking to Hosking's audience so mirroring their views. Which obviously doesn't change her lack of empathy.
"... anti abortion movement" I've always disliked the term anti abortion. I guess there's not much else that can be used. As it's written I would have thought most people aren't in favor of abortions rather they believe in the right to choose. You can be ...
Of course it is. MP's are amongst the highest paid people in the country and the way the whole tax and financial system works encourages investment in residential property.
"...600,000 rental properties." With 170,000 immigrants arriving last year the maths doesn't look good.
The reason I've had to move the most times in the last decade (and I've had to move a lot) has been to make way for children to move back in while they save for a house or attend university. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean that that is the real ...
There's a whole bunch of landlords who love renting to beneficiaries. Guaranteed rent payments from the Government, including subsidy for charging higher rents by way of accommodation supplement
Agree 100% on the ruthlessness Wealth tax.....
"Renters are approaching 50% of households now..." I'm pretty sure I read somewhere can't remember where that home ownership rate is projected to fall below 50% in 2046. That's when meaningful change will happen, when there are more voters who are renters ...
"...'trans logic' can be seen through a lens of misogyny, ie inherent male beliefs." Which of course doesn't mean that 'misogyny' is an essential part of being male. What are 'male beliefs'? And David you say "If woman are concerned about transwomen in ...
If the public education and health systems were of a high enough standard you wouldn't need to ban private schools and health insurance, they just wouldn't exist.
Biologically we're all omnivores.
This is probably pie in the sky and wouldn't necessarily be effective in a legal sense, but in theory.... That's why a solution could be for the vast majority to grit their teeth and give up on the words 'man' and 'woman'. If everyone starts using only ...
"Or maybe we could just ignore people whose opinions and views differ from ours." Or better still, listen to them and try to understand why they have those differing opinions and viewpoints
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