tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post5180382419339082534..comments2023-10-12T00:07:25.722+13:00Comments on roarprawn: PUSSIESUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-70091627090917679142009-12-01T17:37:57.290+13:002009-12-01T17:37:57.290+13:00Is this your puss?- Not being fed enough; RSPCA al...Is this your puss?- Not being fed enough; RSPCA alert. Has Engish got a financial puss or a Tom Cat?- think not----doom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-48563063875491033082009-11-30T20:13:03.269+13:002009-11-30T20:13:03.269+13:00It was a big hard and very, very exciting in a big...<i>It was a big hard and very, very exciting in a big swinging economic dick kinda policy way.<br /></i><br /><br />Nope. Not really. It was Cullen. It was Caygil.<br /><br />Flat tax? nope - 30K threshold and then it's a proportional tax at 20%.<br />Remove the Employment Relations Act? nope (unless you earn more than 100K)<br />Set schooling free from the state? nope (just a few more "vouchers")<br />Encourage private healthcare? nope - just more vouchers and more efficient hospitals.<br />Encourage personal responsibility? nope.<br />Eliminate the dole and DPB? nope.<br />Eliminate super? nope. <br />Eliminate the minimum wage? nope. <br />Close Kiwibank and confiscate all deposits? nope.<br />Close Kiwirail and sell the right-of-way for scrap? nope.<br />Remove unions from politics and employment laws? nope.<br />Purge political appointments from the police and civil service? nope.<br />Punish the blatant corruption that has poisoned NZ"s political life for the last 100 years? nope.<br />Put of the election til 2025 so that reforms can be managed without political interference? no way in hell. <br /><br />So what, precisely, was there to be excited about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-16026423351389912212009-11-30T20:13:03.268+13:002009-11-30T20:13:03.268+13:00It was a big hard and very, very exciting in a big...<i>It was a big hard and very, very exciting in a big swinging economic dick kinda policy way.<br /></i><br /><br />Nope. Not really. It was Cullen. It was Caygil.<br /><br />Flat tax? nope - 30K threshold and then it's a proportional tax at 20%.<br />Remove the Employment Relations Act? nope (unless you earn more than 100K)<br />Set schooling free from the state? nope (just a few more "vouchers")<br />Encourage private healthcare? nope - just more vouchers and more efficient hospitals.<br />Encourage personal responsibility? nope.<br />Eliminate the dole and DPB? nope.<br />Eliminate super? nope. <br />Eliminate the minimum wage? nope. <br />Close Kiwibank and confiscate all deposits? nope.<br />Close Kiwirail and sell the right-of-way for scrap? nope.<br />Remove unions from politics and employment laws? nope.<br />Purge political appointments from the police and civil service? nope.<br />Punish the blatant corruption that has poisoned NZ"s political life for the last 100 years? nope.<br />Put of the election til 2025 so that reforms can be managed without political interference? no way in hell. <br /><br />So what, precisely, was there to be excited about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-83237032976562446952009-11-30T20:11:10.896+13:002009-11-30T20:11:10.896+13:00It bears an uncanny resemblance to Dr Brash, when ...It bears an uncanny resemblance to Dr Brash, when he had more hair.Adolf Fiinkenseinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045358863278087055noreply@blogger.com