Posts by Kumara Republic
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If Mad Mike were to emigrate because a change of government would 'over-tax' him, I say he'll have done his civic duty. Though I'm not sure any other country would want him.
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Any idea how many houses Mad Mike owns?
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All this calls for a mass occupation moment or two.
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Just when you thought the Uber CEO's rent-seeking was as bad as it got, along comes Rentberry.
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'Grats.
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Hard News: Crowded houses, in reply to izogi,
People start looking for excuses to claim that they never really liked that guy anyway. Every scandal from the last 5+ years will get an airing, but of course the alternative at the time was so much dreadfully worse, and so that justified voting and expressing support as people did.
Just like with Rob Muldoon.
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Hard News: Crowded houses, in reply to John Farrell,
There's a thought - perhaps the government is expecting a burst, and they are positioning themselves to avoid blame when it happens.
If a bubble burst really is impending, I wager it'd be far too big to spin for whoever's in power. Either those who think "our PM is a great guy to drink with" will realise the whole house of cards for what it is... or they'll sink further into denial and go a little bit Trump.
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Hard News: Crowded houses, in reply to Marc C,
I took a voluntary pay cut in order to qualify for a Community Services Card, so that treatment for a rare dental condition wouldn't break the bank. It also qualified me for the Accommodation Supplement, not because I want it, but because it's the least worst solution in the circumstances. In each case I got decent treatment because of the very fact I was in work. Even then, WINZ is more like a police interrogation room for many others, and it need not be like that.
Personally, my biggest issue right now is the future of work, the prospect of jobs like mine being Internet-ted into obsolescence, and the new jobs having no pathways except "who you know".
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Cracker: Breaking the Silence, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I bet Rutherford wouldn't have got very far with such a process.
Lord Rutherford's words remain relevant: "Gentlemen, we do not have money. We will have to think."
Sadly, it seems intellect is only valued in NZ if it brings short-term wealth, if it's even valued at all. Lots of history's greatest scientific innovations took years to perfect, including Rutherford's atom splitting. Also truer than ever is David Harris of Pegasus Mail fame - we've already become the "McDonalds nation" he warned about.
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Hard News: Crowded houses, in reply to DexterX,
I feel whole thing - the economy - is so out of whack it could collapse.
It's been said before, but much as a collapse would be Irish or Icelandic-level ugly, it's one of the few things not involving mass deaths that'll push Generation Rentier out of the housing market and pave the way for meaningful reform. Politicians are either in the pocket of Generation Rentier, or too chicken to confront it for fear of being unelectable for a generation.