Posts by Tom Johnson
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Up Front: Cui bono?, in reply to Lilith __,
They are losing a lot of documents these days, always ones that pertain to applications. Winz has been organised to make correspondence very sloppy in this regard, nasty Paula Bennett legacy,
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Up Front: Cui bono?, in reply to Gus,
The whole nastiness of modern conservatism is the idea of a uniform citizen, essentially a soft fascism. Labour parties are a vehicle for those opposed to such slow dull civic slog and the sad faces it creates.
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Up Front: Cui bono?, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Exactly, just on top of that 6 % is a bubble of folk working hard jobs for fuck all pay. There is a bubble of about 15% of the workforce who through the adventures of their life story are stuck in a pool of poverty. CV’s accumulate a picture and our pathetic human resources workforce, the kind of place Paula Been it made her first real wage, after years of state stimulus, are pathetic in looking outside outdated squares.
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You can't explore this issue without noticing the high unemployment rate, how has the natural rate of unemployment become 6%, that is a disaster figure and until we get down to the sanity of a 2% unemployment figure we are fueling discontent.
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Central Auckland needs to be a hub. That’s how it works and inner city Auckland can be magnificent if planned properly. The intensity of a new throbbing isthmus needs to be optimised for the future of this strangely confused present soulless city. Historically music has pushed the vibrancy of the city. In the nineties Bfm culture showed how the city could be very exciting, that vibe needs to be revisited and extended.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Screen gigs, in reply to Russell Brown,
Auckland needs to make k road it's music street. Like a south pacific sunset strip, so begging for cool venues. K road is our most musically perfect street. And when it has a station , look out.
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The new way of thinking economically is back to basics, stimulus.
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Why do we allow trusts?
Aren’t they relics of privilege, against all the ideals of signal driven perfect capitalism, that is a movement of last years gains invested fast and energetically to keep the market healthy and buoyant. Investments in capital and paying your fair due of your success back to a game that holds us all up, dignity wise.
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The real political issue here is the immorality of reducing the tax take with such shady banking havens and then trumpeting the fact that there is no money for much needed social services and infrastructure, because the govt hasn’t collected enough tax. You can’t have it both ways.
Why are secret islands of tax avoidance allowed to happen?,” because they is secret guv.”
As a banker he should own up to this undemocratic behaviour not smirk at its existence. Jesus, if the common person hides their tax contribution they are vilified and fined,
Dubious secret banks are just a special secret gift part of being wealthy to fatcat bootlickers like enabler John.
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Polity: The Taxpayers' Union rides again!, in reply to Rob S,
John Key is a poster friendly national boy, unlike bill e and donny b , yet still the same trump like caucus bullshit behind him.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz