Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: The uncooling of the inner West, in reply to Amanda Wreckonwith,
They don't even have to be state houses. We just have to make sure the restrictions placed on landlords, rental agreements and capital gains are conducive to a rental culture.
I agree but the situation we have is that we are constantly told that home ownership is the Kiwi ideal and that people who live in state housing are somehow a failure. If the Govt. were to build and own a vast swath of property for everyday working people then the private sector would, instead of competing with the state sector, be able to concentrate on higher end rentals for those on higher incomes, thus, creating an environment where renting isn't seen as a failure to own.
Generally though people who get in on the "property ladder" end up paying as much to the banks as they pay for their property through mortgages and at the end of the day, unless you drastically scale down your investment by either moving out of town or going back to rental, you are unlikely to see any return on that outlay
ie. if you owned in Herne Bay for ten years you may have seen your house rocket in value but if you want to stay in Herne bay then the house you buy next will have an equally inflated price as the one you're selling, so no real profit at all.
ETA In fact you would lose out on the interest paid to the bank and that is little different to paying a landlord, who ever it is. -
Hard News: The uncooling of the inner West, in reply to Russell Brown,
And now the government has declared it has no interest in building, or even owning, more state houses.
Exactly my point.
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Hard News: The uncooling of the inner West, in reply to Sam F,
To be honest, a long-term rental with more certainty would probably be almost as good as owning for us, but I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for the current powers that be to create the kind of environment where that can happen.
This is the norm in Europe and it would have prevented the whole un-affordable house problem had some far sighted Govt. decided to build more state houses. Oh hang on, they did but then National gets in and decided it was compulsory to own your own home unless you were a Feral, in which case you should just curl up and die.
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Southerly: This Week in Parliament: 20…, in reply to David Haywood,
I've always thought headlines are something the British newspapers do really well.
Ausies ain't too bad either, although they do tend to be a little grubby. I remember back in the eighties when a large transport company hit the skids. Headline: Aus Trucking Failure. Always sounded like a Spoonerism to me.
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fucking Parnell
Quite topical there Russell. This Government is doing its damndest to do just that with the Slavery Amendment Bill, or the Employment Relations Act Amendment Bill as some would have it.
Fucking Parnell
Property tip for those that want to get in on the ground floor, as it were, bucolic Mangere Bridge is set to be the next Ponsonby. It has the potential to have a rail service to town and is a stoned throw up from the Airport.
According to those stats there is a downturn in population in that area, strange to say the least. -
Southerly: This Week in Parliament: 20…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
steganographers!
A astute observation there Mr. :D
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This week in Parliament, in fact yesterday, Parliament was invited to welcome a delegation from the Fijian Parliament, which they did, with much banging together of hands.
I wondered what they were there for, was it to observe another successful Pacific Dictatorship? Of course this can't be the case as Fiji had an open and democratic election. So all is well with the world then. -
Hard News: TVNZ: Emptied out, in reply to Sacha,
fish'n'chip shops
Well, when they eventually faze out open fireplaces there will be no need for the herald at all. I think it was a health issue to wrap chips with our most famous tabloid for quite a while.
Now it is simply a mental health issue. -
Hard News: TVNZ: Emptied out, in reply to Ben Austin,
I would have though on the grounds of privatisation and general dislike of public broadcasters it would have been hocked off a long time ago.
Ah but traditional National voters really like TVNZ and the Herald, they "tell the truth"
which is really handy for those that "control" both of those "News" outlets.
National would be lost without their propaganda distribution networks, sometimes Slater just ain't enough.
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Like what Sacha said. -
Hard News: TVNZ: Emptied out, in reply to Russell Brown,
it was certainly something TVNZ management wanted to go away. But it's not the main driver.
Indeed but my main point was...
TVNZ seems to have no problem with National supporters being paid by them to produce actual programs that go to air.
And as illustrated by my post above compounds the observation that the main driver is, in fact, the national Party for which read John Key, regardless of which hat he may have chosen on that particular day.