Posts by DexterX
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Hard News: The real problem with the…, in reply to Russell Brown,
The HoS journalists weren't either, nor Winston Peters. But the police decided they needed to serve a search warrant on Radio New Zealand, which had done no more than cover the bloody story. It really is fairly bizarre.
But of course they are after all, first and foremost, First Citizen John Key the First's Police.
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Hard News: A storm in any port, in reply to Islander,
It wasn't a pun, I was inventing my own language - just making shit up and stuff.
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Hard News: A storm in any port, in reply to Rob Stowell,
If you already know the answer, there's no point in asking the question.
that is the Jukp to the right Nats answer - it is still worth asking the question and looking at the range of possible solutions that extends well past the mixed ownership PPP model.
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What really slacks me off is that the economy will contract as a result - it starts to turn around and this dispute become entrenched - everytime the domestic economy starts to show signs of recover it is slammed into recession/down turn - last time it was tag teamed by tax cuts and a GST increase.
The answer to everything is Mixed Ownership and PPP - no matter what question.
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Hard News: A storm in any port, in reply to Kumara Republic,
From the stuff article:
The latest impasse comes after the workers were locked out last week due to health and safety concerns.
In a press release, a Ports of Auckland spokeswoman said it is unrealistic for union members to retain to work until all health and safety requirements are met.
The Ports of Auckland Board must sign off on any plan as the health and safety of workers ultimately rests with them.
The POAL are just deficating on everyone - it is nonsense H& S is something they will already have done to a degree that it would not be a barrier for a return to work.
If Health and Safety is a driver then why are they wanting people to work 12 hour shifts as contractors.
They are wanting more and more people to leave the union by dragging the matter out by any means posssible fair or most foul.
They are also not concerned about damamge to the economy or small business - they are above it all as it appears is the Mayor.
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Hard News: The real problem with the…, in reply to FletcherB,
The masterstroke is perhaps that the teapot tape leads the news as the Preferred Bidder is announced for the first public private partnership in schools in Hobsonville and this goes largely unnoticed.
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Hard News: A storm in any port, in reply to BenWilson,
I am concerned the role of Govt is being reduced to collecting the funding stream (Taxes) for the privileged private sector elite - through PPP - and that preferred bidders get to tie up that funding streams for 25 years and do not have to bid competitively – so that they set their own price and it is not the market deciding - a market that is not onto it – so to speak.
http://www.national.org.nz/Article.aspx?articleId=38175
I guess who will benefit the most will not be the tax payer - with say Learning Infrastructure Partners Limited - effectively Hawkins Construction and Morrison and Co.are in clover or shortly to be.
There are Social Infrastructure Assets and Economic Infrastructure Assets that are taxpayer owned (or funded) and they will all – in good time - be going to be up for grabs.
The more the country gets tied up in PPP and the Asset Sale Mixed Ownership Model process (division of state assets) there will be less social benefit/welfare/education/health a greater level of personal taxation against a low wage level fro most - the standard of living is about to begin to plummet - but not from what is presently being advanced as the cause.
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Innocent Ambrose being Not Guilty wasn't the issue - the law - the Courts and the Police possess a degree of malleability - how malleable depends on influence.
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Hard News: Back to mediocrity, in reply to Matthew Littlewood,
the "Glass House"
Was the envy of the Nation during the RWC - how sad is it for Colin Slade - wince - it hurts me to think about it.
The Blues have lost two games by one point - they will rebound - perhaps next season.
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Hard News: The real problem with the…, in reply to Sacha,
Sorry that is right but it is also very wrong as it is not what First Citizen John Key the First wanted said by his police.