I googled the colour you get if you mix red, brown and green and it is brown that is dominant. Mix green and red and you again get brown. Mix green and brown you get a grey-brown colour. Mix red and brown you get a maroon or chestnut colour. So, brown is the dominant colour: red is nowhere to be seen.
I believe the same will apply in a political sense. The Greens have already shown they have more in common with the Māori Party than Labour, so I see a very unstable coalition that could implode quickly. Labour, which will be the largest party, risks becoming the impotent party in all but name. Their ability to tackle both the Greens and the Māori Party will not bring about a situation where the country will prosper. Far from it.
Labour certainly know how to be nasty but not when the boot is on the other foot. Like all nasties, cowardice will kick in and God help our country. If you think the current coalition is not up to scratch then grapple with this unthinkable scenario. The outcome would be such that the economic disaster that Covid caused would pale into insignificance. We would find ourselves at the bottom of the OECD in every metric.
Take the alternative budget just released by the Greens, parts of which Labour would surely have to swallow in any negotiations. They must have been swotting up on “Rachel from Accounts” Reeves’ playbook in the UK. Like her budget, which has basically wrecked the UK economy through untold new taxes, the Greens are heading down the same road. On every corner there would be a sign telling us what tax we are incurring and how much to pay.
There is a wealth tax, an increased tax for companies, two new personal tax rates, a private jet tax, an inheritance tax, an increase in capital gains tax through a doubling of the bright line test, and a doubling of the minerals tax. On the way back up the road there will be signs alerting us to what is free: GP visits, nursing services, annual dental checkups, basic dental care, prescriptions and childcare from six months old.
Except it’s not free, is it, because we’ve already paid for it via the endless taxes they intend to foist upon us. The other reason it won’t be free is because, as Rachel from Accounts is finding out, all those with serious money will flee the country. The only people left will be those who choose not to work and instead want to be supported by those who have left the country.
These people call themselves progressive and talk about growing the economy, but their actions have the opposite effect. Nowhere in the Reeves’ budget or the Greens’ one is there any incentive to contribute to economic growth. The incentive is to lay off staff, stop hiring and effectively batten down the hatches. In other words, stifle the very last breath out of the economy.
Should the next election throw up the scenario of the left governing, then Hipkins and Labour will have to negotiate with these loopy people, plus the ‘hand grenades’ likely to be thrown at them from the Māori Party. This is a nightmare situation for the country, the majority of the people and Hipkins. In reference to the Greens’ budget, he says he won’t rule anything in or out. That doesn’t inspire confidence, does it?
I voted in the Stuff poll on the budget. The options were Love It/Loathe It. The result at the time I voted was Love It, 25 per cent. Loathe It, 75 per cent so even the lefties don’t like it. I’ll leave the last word to Heather du Plessis-Allan on ZB who said “My reaction, obviously, has just been to laugh – because, you know, I was five-years-old too once and I also had these kind of dreams.”
The Greens are aptly named, because when it comes to economics they are just that, green and with envy, to boot. The situation, should their budget be implemented, would be very taxing, literally, and in more ways than one. Anything but colourful.
JC is a right-wing crusader. Reached an age that embodies the dictum only the good die young. This article was first published HERE
Labour certainly know how to be nasty but not when the boot is on the other foot. Like all nasties, cowardice will kick in and God help our country. If you think the current coalition is not up to scratch then grapple with this unthinkable scenario. The outcome would be such that the economic disaster that Covid caused would pale into insignificance. We would find ourselves at the bottom of the OECD in every metric.
Take the alternative budget just released by the Greens, parts of which Labour would surely have to swallow in any negotiations. They must have been swotting up on “Rachel from Accounts” Reeves’ playbook in the UK. Like her budget, which has basically wrecked the UK economy through untold new taxes, the Greens are heading down the same road. On every corner there would be a sign telling us what tax we are incurring and how much to pay.
There is a wealth tax, an increased tax for companies, two new personal tax rates, a private jet tax, an inheritance tax, an increase in capital gains tax through a doubling of the bright line test, and a doubling of the minerals tax. On the way back up the road there will be signs alerting us to what is free: GP visits, nursing services, annual dental checkups, basic dental care, prescriptions and childcare from six months old.
Except it’s not free, is it, because we’ve already paid for it via the endless taxes they intend to foist upon us. The other reason it won’t be free is because, as Rachel from Accounts is finding out, all those with serious money will flee the country. The only people left will be those who choose not to work and instead want to be supported by those who have left the country.
These people call themselves progressive and talk about growing the economy, but their actions have the opposite effect. Nowhere in the Reeves’ budget or the Greens’ one is there any incentive to contribute to economic growth. The incentive is to lay off staff, stop hiring and effectively batten down the hatches. In other words, stifle the very last breath out of the economy.
Should the next election throw up the scenario of the left governing, then Hipkins and Labour will have to negotiate with these loopy people, plus the ‘hand grenades’ likely to be thrown at them from the Māori Party. This is a nightmare situation for the country, the majority of the people and Hipkins. In reference to the Greens’ budget, he says he won’t rule anything in or out. That doesn’t inspire confidence, does it?
I voted in the Stuff poll on the budget. The options were Love It/Loathe It. The result at the time I voted was Love It, 25 per cent. Loathe It, 75 per cent so even the lefties don’t like it. I’ll leave the last word to Heather du Plessis-Allan on ZB who said “My reaction, obviously, has just been to laugh – because, you know, I was five-years-old too once and I also had these kind of dreams.”
The Greens are aptly named, because when it comes to economics they are just that, green and with envy, to boot. The situation, should their budget be implemented, would be very taxing, literally, and in more ways than one. Anything but colourful.
JC is a right-wing crusader. Reached an age that embodies the dictum only the good die young. This article was first published HERE
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Mystified why politicians and pundits rarely talk about small businesses. Nobody seems bothered about the numerous empty shops in buildings now deemed earthquake risks. Where are all the Maori small business owners? Why do immigrants run so many dairies? What percentage of the health care system are immigrant workers? Why do so many people work government or consultant jobs that produce meaningless, pie in the sky (because no money or workers) reports? NZ has the worst housing in the OECD. ALL pre-1970s housing needs to be rebuilt. Councils should incentivize homeowners to rebuild these houses; instead Councils obssess about statistically improbable risks, particularly concerning safety and water....
Yes - indeed. Red and Green make brown.
How appropriate. That's the colour of sh*t. The cap fits.
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