Posts by Craig Ranapia
Last ←Newer Page 1 2 3 4 5 Older→ First
-
OnPoint: Fiscal Responsibility is the…, in reply to Keir Leslie,
The only argument against it is one based on the purity of a universal goods and services tax, which is all very nice but really, when you get down to it, fundamentally an aesthetic argument about clarity and tidiness.
Keir: I don't mean to be man-tronisisng but I assume you're not self-employed but not quite flush enough to pay someone else to do your returns. You want to know a little secret - rich pricks (and the tax avoidance industry) love tax codes as untidy and unclear as possible.
-
OnPoint: Fiscal Responsibility is the…, in reply to Sacha,
If peurile 'Yo Mama!' exchanges could actually do some good I'd be very keen on a Grand Coalition with Key and Goff job-sharing.
-
It’s all very legitimate – if you care about accounting.
I do, but first I’d like someone to explain why I should share Phil and John’s touching faith in Treasury’s *cough* charmingly rose-tinted projections. Based on previous form, we might do better getting fiscal advice from Rod Petricevic.
-
Hard News: We interrupt this broadcast ..., in reply to Cecelia,
Well, if nothing else the whole Press debate farce showed Labour's support for assisted suicide - "we're going to borrow more" and "the costings are in the mail" was what's known in sporting terms, I believe, as an unforced error.
-
Muse: Indecision 2011: Writing Policy on…, in reply to Ben Clark,
With all due disrespect, if I was still drinking and took a shot every time "over time and as circumstances allow' bad touched my eye balls I'd be dead of alcohol poisoning.
I'm saying this in a spirit of tough love (and wearing my Auckland Film Soc secretary hat in a personal capacity as Chris Dempsey would say) but I would not put my name - or my organisation's credibility - to a funding application or project pitch so heavy with kludgy management jargon, and no solid or measurable commitments.
Not good enough, Ben. And I'll say the same to Chris Finlayson if he drops by.
-
I don't know about the cold dead eyes. What really frightens me about the Randroids is the kind of sectarian aggro that makes the Protestant Reformation look downright chummy.
-
So, yeah, I’m over it too.
Dude, at least you have an adorable baby bearing half your DNA (and with Klingon brow-ridges) to go home to. I taunt the neighbour's cat.
-
Cracker: On the trail, pt 1., in reply to BenWilson,
They also loathe being the opposition.
Sure. Which is why I felt a pretty surprising surge of sympathy (and respect) when Helen Clark conceded the election and resigned in the same breath. It was just sad seeing Muldoon and Lange on the backbenches, and respect for Helen deciding she wasn't going to go out like that.
-
Muse: Indecision 2011: Writing Policy on…, in reply to linger,
It at least had the grace of brevity. Next time out, could Labour form a working group with relevant stakeholders who can reduce twelve pages of opaque persiflage to one duplex sheet of clear, unaffected English prose? I'd take as pure gravy one solid commitment with a timeline and costings attached.
-
Chaps (and Chap-ettes):
Can we stipulate that the National Party website isn't exactly user-friendly and move along? Any thoughts on the actual policies, because I'm still struggling to find anything to praise, blame or even snark.
Last ←Newer Page 1 … 235 236 237 238 239 … 1235 Older→ First