Posts by merc
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Re schools, I ask again, what (in easy simple to understand words please) is broken?
I'm calling Mr Banks, Mr.1.1% from now on, just sayin' -
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OnPoint: Spending "Cap" is Fiscal Anorexia, in reply to
Good point, it does seem a hell of a big concession for 1.1%, especially when you consider the tens of thousands (100's?) of people this will directly affect, and all seemingly sacrificed on the altar of ideology, not science.
Really. Pissed. Off. -
Hard News: The Next Labour Leader, in reply to
It is a great link, cheers.
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It has just dawned on me looking at the patchwork quilt that is the pavement leading to my workplace that Govt. continually sells our assets to fund whatever.
It would be quite good if they simply made the ones that we have work. But then it also dawned on me, that's not what it's all about, and candidate selection is fundamental to this. That is the first point at which we the voters are excluded from our democracy, the rest is as they say, a cakewalk. -
OnPoint: Spending "Cap" is Fiscal Anorexia, in reply to
Heh even they are affected by the wage gap between us and Oz ;-) As for them feeling queasy about their renumeration, personally I think it is the one thing that says like no other to us...know your place.
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Pay rise of round 7k just before the election (with lost travel rort compensated), not their fault mind, the job just seems to be a money magnet, adjusted for inflation at least, and sacrosanct, you’d have more luck whipping a pie off Gerry than getting them to taihoa on their salary, super and added benefits.
Inflation for the rest, it’s good of them to keep it down, doffs cap. -
OnPoint: Spending "Cap" is Fiscal Anorexia, in reply to
...suddenly, somewhere in an upper floor office, a little red light lit up brightly on a console...