…folks, here’s the problem with these types of farcical statements. Tolley is telling us that this drop in benefit numbers is somehow a good thing. What she isn’t telling you is how Tolley and these neoliberal welfare stormtroopers have gone about getting that reduction.
Nothing sums up how inncoulated the NZ population are to the debate about inequality than today’s Political Roundup in the NZ Herald by Bryce Edwards.
I’ve managed to annoy the sad old Standard and the weird old Whaleoil in the same week.
I must be doing something right.
It is welcome news that the terrible abuse of heroic whistleblower Chelsea Manning is coming to an end.
I think we should investigate a Vice Tax on the profits of the corporations selling these products. Instead of putting the cost of the product individually upon the end user, the Government should tax a super tax onto the Tobacco Industry.
Someone at ZB needs to be fired for allowing that, it is despicable. You are allowing a gloating arsehole who has goaded another human being into suicide because they were begging to go live on air to continue his favourite hateful fetish. This is what hate speech looks like folks…
The joint State of the Nation address is a very smart move by Labour and the Greens. The purpose of Unity and the symbolism of that Unity is what gives voters confidence to vote for them. No one wants to vote for a Party that looks like it’s going to rip itself to pieces 30 seconds after getting elected.
These bullshit social media pile ons for stating things that are actually true are alienating to everyone outside their echo chamber.
…when 2 NZers have more than the poorest 30% of the entire nation, the time for debate is over and the time to riot is upon us.
How grotesque a joke is our egalitarianism now?