Does anyone elses passion for New Zealand die a little bit when they read things like this. Reminds me of all this disappointment. There is a difference between allowing people into the country when certain skills are “over-subscribed” and we have short term demand or infrastructure issues and this – talking about taking away peoples […]
Another spectacularly sarcastic post by the Dim Post – this time pretending that John Key has privatised Treasury. Prime Minister John Key is pressing ahead with his plans to trim the state sector, today announcing that he will be privatising the Treasury Department and opening up their roles of fiscal advice, budget projections and government […]
In my previous post on the issue I said that the idea of making the 4th week of holiday’s tradable sounded like a good idea to me. In the comments I was forced to discuss this issue in detail – and as a result, I aim to clarify why I think making the 4th week […]
Over at the Rates Blog there has been a lot of talk about how we can’t have an under-supply of property – as rents are rising very slowly. Now their are two issues I have with this claim. The general idea is that their is the risk of an under-supply of property later in the […]
I heard on the news last night that the Greens are against the voluntary sale of a holiday week – because in a tough economic climate people may well have to sell the week. However, how this is bad doesn’t make sense to me. People are struggling because of the poor economic climate, so the […]
The Sunday Star Times seems to like the issue of energy prices. So far in March they have had: A report stating that energy companies are setting prices too high, A report stating that energy companies are setting prices too low. Both of these come from Sunday Star Times reporter – Tim Hunter. So I […]