Off-topic but……. I asked yesterday whether the ability to submit images in Wordpress had been switched off for this site? I saw an image in one thread a while ago but nothing since.

I ask because I wanted to submit a couple of poster pictures on the Obama threads.

[DPF: I have not changed anything in relation to that]

Philbest: Well if you earn $20,000 in Australia soon you will pay zero tax!

We have been calling for tax cuts for 5 years or more because they have been affordable and justified for 5 years or more.

It is like a person with a broken leg screaming out for someone to set it for days, and finally when the medic decides to do it, the leg has already healed itself at an awkward angle. That cast isnt going to do anything anymore. Would you vote that medic, Health Carer of the Year?

What about the other medic that has been calling for the leg to be set for these days as well? When he finally gets the opportunity to help he cant just set the bone and put a cast on it, even though that is what he has been calling for for days.

He has to rebreak the leg to set it correctly. And now you and your sort will blame the new medic for all the pain and suffering caused by the previous guys incompetence/malice, demand that he be fired, and that the student of the previous medic be given the job.

Why would people vote for Our Hero Mr John Key if he won’t even deliver The Tax Cut That Will Fix Everything?

National should announce that due to the imprudence of the current Finance Minister, the country can no longer afford to cut taxes. Furthermore, National will work in their first term to tighten the belts of government to avoid the need to send the country into debt to pay for the tax cuts Cullen has recklessly made unaffordable and allow continued saving for our collective retirement.

Really pull the rug out from under Labour.

Cullen has gone through a dangerous mid-life crisis while still in power and has spent the countries retirement funds on a flashy sports car to impress/punish a spouse who has fallen out of love with him in the last few years.

Kimble is exactly right – I was talking about the possibility that the underlying inflation rate would head to 4-4.5%, which would look like a 5% inflation rate in September because of a one off fall in the price level in September 2007. Furthermore, I wasn’t just blaming tax cuts – I was also assuming that fuel prices would push up towards $150 and that the price of meat would start to climb strongly.

However, the psychological impact of an inflation number of 5% would probably have quite an impact – and is something the RBNZ will be mindful of when delivering its MPS on the 5th of June. I think Alan Bollard is best qualified to tell us the inflation risks though – and although the tax cuts were significantly higher than those placed in the RBNZ March forecasts I can still see them cutting rates this year if they believe credit condition are still artificially tight (as tight global credit conditions have lifted interest rates without any RBNZ action).