Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told the country over the weekend in his State of the Nation Speech that New Zealand needed ‘tough love’ and cutbacks some would fund unacceptable. It is difficult taking a ‘tough love’ approach to our social woes from a multimillionaire who owns 7 properties and holidays in Hawaii. That juxtaposition is made more extreme when you consider the last week’s Government policy.
By reducing benefit rises for beneficiaries and the disabled so that National can afford their tax cuts, National will reduce payments to the disabled by $2300 per year while pushing up to 13 000 children into poverty, this is alongside the 8000 tobacco deaths and we have a Government who are actively reducing benefits and health programmes so that wealthy landlords can get more tax cuts!
It is difficult to take the Prime Minister seriously in terms of his ‘tough love’ because pushing children into poverty, taking from the disabled and allowing 8000 tobacco deaths all so wealthy Kiwis can get ore doesn;ty sound like ‘tough love’ it sound like ‘tough love for the poor, exploitation for the rich’.
Government’s have an obligation to lift everyone, not just their wealthy donors! This Government is asking the poor to pay for rich people’s tax cuts and calling that ‘democracy’.
In barely 4 months, this Government has managed to lose our collective moral compass.
First published on Waatea News.
Seriously why would anyone with an ounce of credibility listen to anything any right wing government says…
take this on immigration…
“In late 2022, the Labour Government also tweaked or really opened up their immigration policy settings in order to help get more workers in. At the time, the message coming from a lot of the business community and political and business commentators was that this was going to be a real race between other nations like Canada and Australia and the UK to attract the best immigrants and that New Zealand was being left behind.”
Dann said that actually hasn’t been the case, with New Zealand seeing 2.8 per cent growth to Australia’s 2.4 per cent.
In the wake of these record figures, Immigration Minister Erica Stanford told TVNZ’s Q+A that officials were looking at potentially tweaking the settings now to deal with the growth.
Dann said that was “pretty ironic” that National was now considering restricting immigration, when they heavily criticised the Labour Government for being too restrictive in the aftermath of Covid-19 border closures.”
Remember National great immigration ponzi scheme through the mid 2000’s and remember the under investment in infrastructure. Right wing parties and their business cohorts wreck the economy.
Ahhh again it’s all Nationals fault, and forget the last 6 years of ‘do nothing’ politics, because that was Nationals fault too?! Lol
Tell us all what year was the largest immigration total Squeaky?….2023 I believe, who was in Govt in 2023?
DTD :- Delusional thoughts for one month or more that cannot be explained by any other condition ..
If ‘i’m right’ watched Luxon’s trainwreck of an interview this morning on The AM only the deluded would believe that he is going to achieve anything other than a downward spiral and becoming the laughing stock of the world .
He’s now resorted to using ‘ frick’n’…the well known substitute for ‘fuck’n’..when trying to explain his way out of ‘ hi vis gate’…clearly he was lying when he says he just grabs the 1st frick’n hi vis vest that’s lying around in the limo and throws it on whether it’s got Waka Kotare written on it or not..
The delusion and lies continued when he reckons he went to the newly (pre Christmas) finished Coromandel viaduct, (around the massive slip), in May last year and gave the team words of encouragment to get done ahead of time…
What an absolute loud of crap..
He wadn’t even in government then!!
It was Labour who turbo charged that project and brought it in 3 months ahead of schedule…he just got to cut the ribbon..
What an absolute lying wanker..
Trying to take credit for someone elses work.
That’s as low as you can go and shows the desperation to make out he knows how he’s the big man who knows what he’s doing when clearly…he’s not..
In other words…Delusional!
Luxon also had a train wreck interview on RNZ Ingrid had to say okay PM we have to go now, and she hardly got a word in. I thought he might run out of breath he was speed talking and he belted all this shite out of his mouth, and it still sounded like he was campaigning. How the fuck did this man become PM? oh! the rich paid 8 million plus for him to ruin our country.
Idiot right! If you engaged any resemblance of a brain you have you’d have read my post for the reasons 2023 was a year of high immigration but as usual when you went to engage there was nothing there.
The previous 9 years of not only do nothing politics but take us backwards politics by National have meant we go go back 20 years but typical of a want now society you think Labour should’ve solved Nationals failures in 6 years. They couldn’t because of people and attitudes like yours. Backwards thinkers( I use that term very loosely with you).
But keep praying, blessed be the Luxon for he shall take you to the promised land. lol!
If you were capable of understanding what is written, then you may have a shred of credibility, but you obviously don’t…
Neither do you, or your sty mates on the ZB troll farm have the first clue as to what constitutes reality… If you did, then you wouldn’t be so proudly making shallow, reactionary noises that will never equate to any more than the grunts we hear when it’s feeding time on the “farm”…
Your only real function in fact, is to remind those of us with actual brains, and a social conscience, why NZ needs to shed the hair shirt of British colonialism, and become an actual society that has common sense, and humanity at it’s core…
Pretending to be a country that counts for as much as a small tin of cow dung is simply the most popular delusion currently prevailing atm… It’s total shite, as 3\4 of the planet has no idea NZ exists, and the rest of them gave up on us years ago…
A bit of realism, and humility a step too far for the tory dittoheads? Absolutely!!
btw, thanks for making it so easy to ridicule the “arguments” put up by the “rump”…
Simple Simeon bragging Auckland overwhelmingly gave them a mandate on all things transport by voting them into government last year has rewarded his voters with this…
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/average-auckland-household-facing-extra-613-for-rates-and-water-bills-this-year-under-councils-long-term-plan/FQPLQTDYOJECNH3AR4YPKCGZCY/
The best immigrants? Do we have a shortage of shop assistants?
And yet another failure and failed minister, yet we knew that already…
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tide-starts-to-turn-on-nicola-willis-over-kiwirails-cook-strait-mega-ferries-opinion/Y34AG3V6ZVFO7PPFS4KEMKHYM4/
The policy is aimed at the recidivist bludgers who game the system at everybody else’s expense.
Turned out Jacinda was kind to too many of them.
FFS Jack. Luxon said the “vast majority” would not be impacted by these changes so how many “recidivists” are we talking?
Its thought 5 to 10 percent.
Thats thousands and yes the vast majority will be fine, just like he said.
Landlords and tax dodging millionaires?
Yeah nah. The only “recidivist bludgers” in NZ are represented by the ironically named (but disproportionately loud) NZ Initiative, Taxpayers Union & Groundswell. And they all vote for NAct. Not even those turkeys are dumb enough to vote for Xmas.
Rather, this policy is but an expression of the same ol’ story: the rich & powerful preying on the poor & defenceless.
Spot on Jase but where are the right wing whingers moaning about this. Hiding behind the ” blame Labour” game.
but being kind to tax evading boomers and multi millionaires is fine. go figure
Yep too kind to them too. Less kindness all round is needed.
Yes Blair, seems Jack was being very selective.
Can I suggest Jack that most of those that can work are trying, what are Luxons solutions to those gaining employment if they keep being turned away because of the stigma of being on the benefit a d the labels given to them by this very ” unkind” government.
Turns out Luxon and solo mum Upston want to beat them with a stick.
Wait, are you saying Wheel that not even proving you are looking/applying for a job seekers benefit and having to register every 6 months is a ‘hardship’….it’s too tough on them all?
Awwww diddums. (This is why Labour are still in the quagmire, the majority of NZ voters (both left and right) can see the ‘benefit forever, with no consequences’ is abhorrent and wrong.)
I am saying, they issued 20 odd thousand sanctions last year. If the majority comply ( Luxon’s words) how many more are serious offenders? I realise you don’t need numbers in 1 ZB land where you can whack off to pictures of Louise Upston, but some people like evidence.
Luxon said some MSD workers told him (beneficiaries aren’t being sanctioned) this is his evidence.
How many tighty righty?
Numbers that rort the system out of all beneficiaries?
And then give us the businesses and landlord tax evaders that cost us dearly. You know the ones, the donors too National that they won’t touch.
We know you are very loose with facts, so stump up.
Lol, stump up!
How very Victorian of you.
I don’t have to stump up anything, the stats over the St Jacinda years speak for themselves, all worse than when she was anointed PM
National are now in power, NZ will be in a much better place over the next 9-12 years whilst they govern.
Lol!. So as usual all wind, whinge and bluster, you have nothing. In a years time we will be bankrupt as the Government repays the pauper for its pathetic tax cuts. Herr Luxon will looking for a new job, as he has neither the skills nor intellect Jacinda has.
Are you sure of that I’m Probably Wrong. Austerity has basically stuffed the UK and this coalition’s policies seem remarkably similar.
Lol!
You too lazy to stat check tighty righty?
No, Squeaky is correct. We’re all going to have to learn to speak and think like Victorians because that’s where this govt. is taking us. Back to the punitive Victorian era when wealthy people were right all the time and poor people were wrong all the time.
They do not do fun or carrots or anything like that but it doesn’t worry they wealthy, they are collecting all the carrots for themselves.
They won’t have to walk the talk like the 90% of us. Luxon won’t have to lead by example, or his wealthy friends.
A leader shouldn’t be asking those he leads, to do anything that he wouldn’t be happy to do him/herself.
How does your boy stack up in that dept?
ROFL, what a dupe. The 90’s called they want their economic lies back.
The economy is already faltering under these wreckers: , unemployment is rising, inflation is not going away, trade is slowing down, rates – water bills are about to explode, and home ownership is dead for anyone under 30.
This far right government has no plans but to blame labour and call people slackers. Sheesh we’d be better off with 2 year olds in charge – then at least we could understand the idiocy.
right, buhahahaha keep the jokes coming lol
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350185590/far-right-activist-avoids-jail-firearm-charges
I’m right they let you off this time, maybe not next time.
The idea of “recidivist bludgers” only works if society is fragmenting, or in our case, consecutive governments deliberately tearing the place apart. I don’t expect you to understand that. Your problem has nothing to do with anyone else.
Luxon also had a train wreck interview on RNZ Ingrid had to say okay PM we have to go now, and she hardly got a word in. I thought he might run out of breath he was speed talking and he belted all this shite out of his mouth, and it still sounded like he was campaigning. How the fuck did this man become PM? oh! the rich paid 8 million plus for him to ruin our country.
Has someone actually fact checked what this bs artist says? How many new (in the last 6 years) central government regulations have actually been passed? Where is all this new red tape? It just like Willis and her bullshit comments about the state of the books. Apparently real people that invest in government bonds have a bit more of a clue.
Luxon also had a train wreck interview on RNZ Ingrid had to say okay PM we have to go now, and she hardly got a word in. I thought he might run out of breath he was speed talking and he belted all this shite out of his mouth, and it still sounded like he was campaigning. How the fuck did this man become PM? oh! the rich paid 8 million plus for him to ruin our country.
You too lazy to fact check Wheel?
I think you’ll find the answer is that Luxon is full of it, and there are not loads of newly introduced central government regulations that came in the last six years. You obviously have no clue but are happy for your PM to bs his way through, because he’s branded as right wing. You can actually be conservative and not a bs artist. It is possible, just not for Luxon.
If running the country into the ground is classed as getting back on track then the current government is well on the way to achieving its goal. As long as the 1% survive they will claim to be a success as they have consistently ignored the needs of most of the country whenever they have been in power.
Think you will find the 1% survive just fine no matter whos in power.
Luxon also had a train wreck interview on RNZ Ingrid had to say okay PM we have to go now, and she hardly got a word in. I thought he might run out of breath he was speed talking and he belted all this shite out of his mouth, and it still sounded like he was campaigning. How the fuck did this man become PM? oh! the rich paid 8 million plus for him to ruin our country.
Prime Minister Luxon wins more favour with every interview,he’s a person of integrity with honest intentions.
Well said Bob. I see another member is leaving the sinking ship that is the once proud Labour Party. He did a good job during gcovid but seemed to lose interest once Jacinda left and he was made to look silly by Hipkins .
buhahahha keep the jokes coming lol
Well that’s already proven to be untrue Bob.
What elitist, claptrap, nonsense but hey we expect that from Bob the no brain.
The Trev and Bob sideshow.
I can see you two sitting in a motel room with Shane Jones watching movies ewww.
Person of integrity…
Is that in Hawaii or Te puke Bob?