Posts by Gareth Ward
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Re TiVo - the initial Herald article was outright wrong. It's now been updated.
Short story:
- You can only buy the box through Telecom
- Anyone with ANY broadband account can use it like a normal PVR (EPGs, recording etc)
- But only Telecom has the deal for the broadband-driven things like movies on demand. -
Taxpayer to insulate Maori homes under ETS deal.
That's f*&*#ng appalling - we sold out our climate change response just to get free insulation for "our" people?
The fact that insulation is being provided specifically to Maori on different terms is bad enough in itself -
I wonder if Key's kids have been bad and he's punishing them?
"Eat your peas or I'll water down Superannuation funding to cripple the economy just as you are reaching peak earning power"
"Touch that paint and not only will I do nothing to stop from the world from dangerously warming in your lifetime but I'll give the money I could of used sorting your Super needs to encourage industry to make it worse"Guess you can't smack anymore...
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Ta muchly to I/S and George for le number crunching.
Does anyone know if ACT supports this?
I was thinking exactly that this morning - putting aside whether or not "it" exists or how the world should respond if it does; given that we have a Kyoto (and Copenhagen) liability, does ACT agree with massive taxpayer subsidisation of industry?
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Intrigued by the huge gap between doctor-assisted suicide and just suicide (+18% vs - 48%)
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Thanks I/S - one other thing, they reference ~$400m over the four year period, not p.a. Agree with that?
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George could you explain the workings behind that $1b number?
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So far, based on Herald and Stuff frontpages it's the latter.
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The way this story goes will be intriguing to follow. Does the media take the "electricity is cheaper for a bit, business is saved" line, or the "it costs taxpayers $430m a year and emissions won't come down as much" line.
I/S - is the $430m fiscal cost they reference above and beyond projections for the Labour ETS? Or inclusive of that?
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I'd struggle to vote Labour if it really were to turn wholesale to the "old school socialist economic platform" that Danyl is recommending
As would I. The second-term of the last Labour Govt was their highlight for me - what with Kiwisavers and prefunded Supers and (poor, but something) R&D credits and CUs and the core of WFF (even if the edges needed work).
I fear we end up with a conservative (i.e. hands off and leave the economy to stagnate in a 1980s stylee) vs "unionist" (can't think of right term but screw the fat cats, care ONLY about redistribution not creation etc) option for economic policy in our political landscape. All power to those who fall into those lines, but it ain't doing much for me.