Posts by Matthew Poole
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Shayne Stuchbery,
You can donate through the NZRC website. http://www.redcross.org.nz
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Shayne Stuchbery,
It's not common, and NZRC is lucky that it's got sufficient regular annual funding and operating income to be able to achieve 100% pass-through for special appeals. Not many other national Red Cross societies can do it, and I don't think too many other NZ charities can do it either.
If NZRC has an appeal that states to the effect that all proceeds will go to xyz cause (in the case of CHC it says they'll go to the costs of providing relief, including transport and delivery costs), that's the sign that it's 100% pass-through. -
Hard News: Welfare: Back to the Future?, in reply to Che Tibby,
productivity-measured-as-money-per-hour is a bit broken.
Depends how you measure the money. If it's output value, then not broken at all. If it's input cost, however...
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Can never go wrong by giving money.
Indeed. And if it's given to the Sallies or Red Cross it'll end up in the right hands at the right time. NZRC is promising 100% pass-through of donations, so none of the money will be spent on ordinary operating costs or the operating costs of the appeal. It all goes to their relief aid costs.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Paul Campbell,
it’s the lesbian’s fault
That pun's intentional, right?
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Latest news, two Japanese journalists arrested for trying to break into CHC Hospital to interview survivors.
I thought it was only Aussie and American journos who were incapable of acting other than as twatcocks. -
Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Gareth Ward,
head of USAR for the Fire Service
If you're meaning Jim Stuart-Black (I didn't see the interview), he's the NZFS National Special Operations Manager. Google says he's got international USAR experience, represents NZ on the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination team (UNDAC), and is generally our USAR "God".
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Matthew 7:26
Being an atheist Yid, as I am, my first thought was “what did Matthew Poole say this morning?"
Being a Christian, my first thought was “Did I say anything at 7:26 this morning?”
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Stephen Judd,
But he said a Building Amendment Bill now before Parliament would weaken controls even further
Haven't we been here before?
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Hard News: Welfare: Back to the Future?, in reply to DexterX,
an outcome of which will be a reduced cost of labour.
Which is precisely the last thing we want. If we're supposed to be chasing Australian income and productivity levels, cheapening labour is completely counter-productive. Making it more expensive, along with a discouragement from dumping money into capital purchases that are not means of production (such as, say, accommodation), is where we need to be headed. We don't need to be trying to reverse labour protections so that wage levels drop.
Not that the BRT gives a shit about increasing wage levels, of course, so long as its members can afford to refresh the Bentley bi-annually and drink their weight of Dom or Veuve every festive season.