Posts by nzlemming
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Hard News: Crowded houses, in reply to Russell Brown,
Conclusion: Lee's a sellout and Smith is a raging hypocrite.
And water's wet.
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Polity: Is being a tax haven worth it?, in reply to Amanda Wreckonwith,
Seems very legalistic. Have the gag orders begun?
The ICIJ database has the same warning.
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Polity: Is being a tax haven worth it?, in reply to izogi,
If I were a public servant who had any contact with political branches of the government, I think I'd perceive a big incentive to keep clear notes and aide-memoires in the organisation's EDRMS about everything that's been communicated, even if it was vocally. Otherwise you risk becoming the scapegoat despite doing your job properly.
"You may very well think that. Of course, I couldn't possibly comment" ;-)
Actually, this was my exact advice to certain of my friends who were reporting to Ministers regularly. Just because they don't want to see paper doesn't mean there shouldn't be paper. I hope they took the advice...
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Polity: Is being a tax haven worth it?, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Language is a virus!
Babel17!
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Polity: Is being a tax haven worth it?, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
- Key benefits from piggybacking on that 'Honest John' usage, as he does from the use of 'key' in many stories - kind of background reinforcement of an idea or ideal.
Hmmm, Keytruda...
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Polity: Is being a tax haven worth it?, in reply to papango,
You'd think. I suspect that it was done as part of the weekly meetings with officials or as an item in the regular weekly report. Should be there, could be tough to get.
This government, from the day they got in, have insisted on oral briefings from officials. They never wanted a paper trail.
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Up Front: What Sorry Looks Like, in reply to TracyMac,
his self-awareness doesn't really seem to evolved at all.
That is because he only has an awareness of himself.
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Polity: Is being a tax haven worth it?, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
(I owe this information to Cactus Kate, who apart from anything else, is at least an expert in this area)
roflnui
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Polity: Is being a tax haven worth it?, in reply to izogi,
but that explanation of "New Zealand taxes at 0%" seems overly simplistic.
It's only the LTCs that have 0% tax.
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Hard News: UNGASS 2016: No one believes…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Another good speech. I like the fact that neither speaker stopped for the applause that was trying to get started. Some good points, but I look at Helen Kelly and wonder how much of it was just words.