First off was Chris Hipkins, who spent a fair amount of time talking about how women had been disadvantaged under the new pay equity laws – a bit rich coming from someone who professes not to know what a woman is. He subsequently made a fool of himself by saying he was unsure whether he’d return the pay equity laws to how they were…
Hipkins was also made a fool of by the co-leaders of the Māori Party. He had made a point of saying that if their 21-day punishment was agreed to prior to the budget, they wouldn’t be able to take part. Of course, they failed to turn up and it was left to Mr Ferris to give the speech. This is the man who, when forced to apologise for misleading parliament, gave his apology in Māori only. This time he spoke in English, showing he does have a rudimentary grasp of the language.
His speech was basically the history of the victimisation Māori had endured since the colonials arrived. Listening to him, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’d been given nothing, no money and no help; that they were just cast aside as the forgotten people, who, he said, had given the country such a ‘great start’. Delusional and tedious.
Chloë stood up and spent the best part of 20 minutes howling at the moon and sounding as economically ignorant as she showed herself to be on Q+A. It is not difficult to see the Greens and the Māori Party ganging up on Hipkins and Labour to produce a horror show of a coalition. Think about it: Labour would have to agree to their insane demands or no legislation would get passed.
On the Government’s side, Luxon and Seymour both gave predictable offerings and so it was left to Shane Jones to offer a masterclass in how to both promote the budget and destroy the left. He commenced by holding up a bottle of crude oil and asking the Speaker’s permission to open it saying he would like the Greens to sniff it.
This was to highlight the fact that the Government has provided $200 million to partner with any future companies that signed up for oil and gas exploration. He said the government shouldn’t have to do this, but, because of the worst decision ever made in the history of our nation, it has no option if companies are to be attracted here. The decision to stop oil and gas exploration means we are the only country that he knows of in the Western world that has to revert to burning coal.
Jones mentioned three projects: a proposed boating marina in the Bay of Islands, extracting sand out of a virtual Sahara desert off the Northland east coast and the construction of a dry dock. He wants these projects fast tracked but all he hears from the North are voices the government can’t tolerate.
These voices are all about stopping, halting, confusing and undermining. He asks if we do not have these projects that create jobs and increase productivity, and if they cannot be permitted and accelerated, then where is our wealth going to come from? It comes from our natural resources, fishing, aquaculture, mining and farming, especially dairy.
Jones told parents to get out of bed early and make their kids a school lunch and complimented the social welfare minister for her decision to cut welfare from 18- and 19-year-olds who prefer being on the couch to studying or working. He asked for, and got, a round of applause for the defence minister for beefing up the security of the country. Both ministers he referred to are from the National Party, highlighting the fact that the coalition partners are working in unison.
He lamented the fact that iwi and hapū are not providing the leadership that used to exist in the Māori community. If the MPs in the Māori Party were genuine, they would too, but they’re nothing more than activists with an axe to grind and monumental chips on their shoulders.
Jones said if fiscal surpluses couldn’t be achieved then the question is where to trim the state. Over the last three to five years it had got into areas where it didn’t belong. He said the budget was all about expanding the private sector and reducing the size of the state.
To achieve surpluses there had to be trade offs – and oil and gas exploration was one and if keeping the lights on meant the use of fossil fuels in the short, medium or even the long term, then that’s how it would be. According to Jones the Greens are going to protest outside an ANZ bank on Thursday as they don’t believe banks should be lending money for projects to do with fossil fuels. He alerted them to the fact he would be there the day before with his megaphone.
The points Jones makes are very pertinent as to where the country is at. The mess from the last regime is still being cleaned up. The NZ Government is still having to borrow but the goal is to return to surplus and start paying down the debt. This is not something the left believe in: they called the budget an austerity measure.
On ZB, Heather du Plessis-Allan called it an underwhelming budget, while Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers’ Union said it could have been delivered by Grant Robertson. I think both are being a bit harsh. I call it a budget suitable to the part of the election cycle we are in and it was presented with next year’s pre-election one firmly in mind.
Shane’s speech, which is available on YouTube, received nearly 300 comments, with almost all being highly complimentary.
JC is a right-wing crusader. Reached an age that embodies the dictum only the good die young. This article was first published HERE
Hipkins was also made a fool of by the co-leaders of the Māori Party. He had made a point of saying that if their 21-day punishment was agreed to prior to the budget, they wouldn’t be able to take part. Of course, they failed to turn up and it was left to Mr Ferris to give the speech. This is the man who, when forced to apologise for misleading parliament, gave his apology in Māori only. This time he spoke in English, showing he does have a rudimentary grasp of the language.
His speech was basically the history of the victimisation Māori had endured since the colonials arrived. Listening to him, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’d been given nothing, no money and no help; that they were just cast aside as the forgotten people, who, he said, had given the country such a ‘great start’. Delusional and tedious.
Chloë stood up and spent the best part of 20 minutes howling at the moon and sounding as economically ignorant as she showed herself to be on Q+A. It is not difficult to see the Greens and the Māori Party ganging up on Hipkins and Labour to produce a horror show of a coalition. Think about it: Labour would have to agree to their insane demands or no legislation would get passed.
On the Government’s side, Luxon and Seymour both gave predictable offerings and so it was left to Shane Jones to offer a masterclass in how to both promote the budget and destroy the left. He commenced by holding up a bottle of crude oil and asking the Speaker’s permission to open it saying he would like the Greens to sniff it.
This was to highlight the fact that the Government has provided $200 million to partner with any future companies that signed up for oil and gas exploration. He said the government shouldn’t have to do this, but, because of the worst decision ever made in the history of our nation, it has no option if companies are to be attracted here. The decision to stop oil and gas exploration means we are the only country that he knows of in the Western world that has to revert to burning coal.
Jones mentioned three projects: a proposed boating marina in the Bay of Islands, extracting sand out of a virtual Sahara desert off the Northland east coast and the construction of a dry dock. He wants these projects fast tracked but all he hears from the North are voices the government can’t tolerate.
These voices are all about stopping, halting, confusing and undermining. He asks if we do not have these projects that create jobs and increase productivity, and if they cannot be permitted and accelerated, then where is our wealth going to come from? It comes from our natural resources, fishing, aquaculture, mining and farming, especially dairy.
Jones told parents to get out of bed early and make their kids a school lunch and complimented the social welfare minister for her decision to cut welfare from 18- and 19-year-olds who prefer being on the couch to studying or working. He asked for, and got, a round of applause for the defence minister for beefing up the security of the country. Both ministers he referred to are from the National Party, highlighting the fact that the coalition partners are working in unison.
He lamented the fact that iwi and hapū are not providing the leadership that used to exist in the Māori community. If the MPs in the Māori Party were genuine, they would too, but they’re nothing more than activists with an axe to grind and monumental chips on their shoulders.
Jones said if fiscal surpluses couldn’t be achieved then the question is where to trim the state. Over the last three to five years it had got into areas where it didn’t belong. He said the budget was all about expanding the private sector and reducing the size of the state.
To achieve surpluses there had to be trade offs – and oil and gas exploration was one and if keeping the lights on meant the use of fossil fuels in the short, medium or even the long term, then that’s how it would be. According to Jones the Greens are going to protest outside an ANZ bank on Thursday as they don’t believe banks should be lending money for projects to do with fossil fuels. He alerted them to the fact he would be there the day before with his megaphone.
The points Jones makes are very pertinent as to where the country is at. The mess from the last regime is still being cleaned up. The NZ Government is still having to borrow but the goal is to return to surplus and start paying down the debt. This is not something the left believe in: they called the budget an austerity measure.
On ZB, Heather du Plessis-Allan called it an underwhelming budget, while Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers’ Union said it could have been delivered by Grant Robertson. I think both are being a bit harsh. I call it a budget suitable to the part of the election cycle we are in and it was presented with next year’s pre-election one firmly in mind.
Shane’s speech, which is available on YouTube, received nearly 300 comments, with almost all being highly complimentary.
JC is a right-wing crusader. Reached an age that embodies the dictum only the good die young. This article was first published HERE
2 comments:
Peters and Jones have done far more for Maori than any of the pampered show ponies in the opposition who only cause racial division and economic hardship. It's ironical that the very people who are trying to sabotage the economy, opposing economic development, are the same people who expect the economy to give them handouts.
This is a given however, we need Luxon and his woke, fellow travellers in National to pick up a hammer and join in and stop being neutral (or is that neutered) onlookers?
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