Posts by linger
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Understandable if true; even in the Greens' wildest dreams, they wouldn't hope to get 30 members in this year.
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Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Steve Barnes,
Wow. Can we have that as a campaign ad?
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Do we have to conclude that age -- for all its limitations -- is the only practical counter that can be used to administer a pension scheme?
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pensions […] have been in part a recognition of long service
Should pensions then be linked, not to age per se, but to number of years in the workforce (counting from earliest job held)?
This might increase fairness regarding the discrepancies in life expectancy by race/class (as, e.g., Maori tend to start work at a younger age).
Though child-raising, home-keeping, etc would need to be counted as workforce experience for this not to introduce gender bias.However, using “number of years worked” probably couldn’t be a viable option – this would disadvantage lower-skill workers whose jobs are least stable, and would also be a nightmare to administer.
[ETA: Snap -- yes, I was editing that while you were posting.]
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I’d prefer a left coalition.
Me too, but ... if National get the single largest bloc of votes,
but not an absolute majority,
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@DBC:
Yet, for a psychopath who can’t even consistently fake the empathy ("nobody'd starve" on "lower wages"), Key seems remarkably popular.
… Or is there a significant psychopathic voting bloc?
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@DexterX:
Possibly the point is, how much responsibility should an employer have for training their workers, rather than assuming that all relevant training should be provided by a state-funded education system?(A serious question, BTW.
Presumably some balance point is necessary between the extremes.)[… Though, at the same time,
I would be worried if any school actually concluded, of any student,
“We have successfully instilled the knowledge necessary for a trainee roofing contractor. Mission accomplished”.] -
Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Sacha,
(Yeah. That particular "word on the wire" is perhaps being spit-roasted.)
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But nor can anyone prove English right.
English can “expect” all he likes – but, given the lack of any reliable evidence base, why should anyone else believe him?
Me, I have no faith in faith-based government.
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Up Front: Casual, Shallow and Meaningless, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
yeah, you'd probably have to offer to do it for free
and not mention putting a crimp in it.
royals are just so entitled, eh.