Not only an increase in unemployment and an increase in average working hours, but pay equity has become worse as well. Obviously by lowering wages and employment conditions things should dramatically improve..........
Toad - worse than poor in my opinion, especially given that Key and English are still insisting that everything is rosie. Shunda - focus! bsprout - fyi - the Farmageddon event is a revelation. I've never seen anything like it. I'll post on it later but for now, we are all fully engaged. I've photos and observations galore. Suffice to say make sure you have a seat booked for the next round! Back in Riverton tonight.
You must have your head in the sand 'toad'. Aussie pushed through the recession because of one industry - mining. You know what mining is don't you - the stuff that all you green fellas got up in arms about because it might have been done in a bit of DOC land. The only way to beat recession is to sell more than you buy, and there is your problem, we don't have enough to sell and we buy too much. Stop blaming the government and reduce your own debt!
'A bit of DOC land', Southernright? I'm certain the issues was Schedule4 protected national parks, not 'a bit of DOC land'. Perhaps those green fellas didn't make themselves clear enough. That was the land that politicians of all parties, along with the people of New Zealand decided, years ago, should be forever free from mining. That's the subject of the marches, as I recall. "The only way to beat recession is to sell more than you buy" you suggest, but then go on to unearth a far better plan, by advising Toad to 'buy less than he sells' I'm guessing he'll cheer you for that comment.
Southernright, I think the whole idea that we can catch up to Australia with mining is ridiculous. I am no fan of mining our conservation estate to prop up a way of living (buying more than we can afford) that is unsustainable. You seem to agree that reducing personal debt is a good idea, what about reducing our "debt" to the environment around us as well?
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Poor. A government with no clues about the economy at all.
Australia avoided recession through economic stimulus in response to the global financial crisis.
Our Government sat on its hands, in the deluded neo-liberal belief that the market would take care of it.
The problem is that the invisible hand has no brain - hence unemployment at 6.8% and tracking up.
Just imagine how bad it would be with Labour in charge!!
Heavens to murgatroyd!!
Not only an increase in unemployment and an increase in average working hours, but pay equity has become worse as well. Obviously by lowering wages and employment conditions things should dramatically improve..........
Toad - worse than poor in my opinion, especially given that Key and English are still insisting that everything is rosie.
Shunda - focus!
bsprout - fyi - the Farmageddon event is a revelation. I've never seen anything like it. I'll post on it later but for now, we are all fully engaged. I've photos and observations galore. Suffice to say make sure you have a seat booked for the next round!
Back in Riverton tonight.
You must have your head in the sand 'toad'. Aussie pushed through the recession because of one industry - mining. You know what mining is don't you - the stuff that all you green fellas got up in arms about because it might have been done in a bit of DOC land.
The only way to beat recession is to sell more than you buy, and there is your problem, we don't have enough to sell and we buy too much.
Stop blaming the government and reduce your own debt!
Good words Shunda - thats more like it!
'A bit of DOC land', Southernright?
I'm certain the issues was Schedule4 protected national parks, not 'a bit of DOC land'.
Perhaps those green fellas didn't make themselves clear enough. That was the land that politicians of all parties, along with the people of New Zealand decided, years ago, should be forever free from mining.
That's the subject of the marches, as I recall.
"The only way to beat recession is to sell more than you buy" you suggest, but then go on to unearth a far better plan, by advising Toad to 'buy less than he sells'
I'm guessing he'll cheer you for that comment.
More lowering of wages will be just the incentive people need to pay off debt. Am I right?
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Southernright, I think the whole idea that we can catch up to Australia with mining is ridiculous.
I am no fan of mining our conservation estate to prop up a way of living (buying more than we can afford) that is unsustainable.
You seem to agree that reducing personal debt is a good idea, what about reducing our "debt" to the environment around us as well?
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