Must be all the right wing zealots leaving their existing jobs hoping for a cushy new number working for national , if the unthinkable happens.

I’ll take it slow GWW2, please feel free to ask more questions if I’m not making sense.

No, it’s not right wing zealots leaving their existing jobs hoping for a cushy new number working for national. It’s however quite possibly precipitated by people you would describe as right wing. The employers, the business owners. You see it’s a sad reality that unemployment rates have f##K all to do with employees and a lot to do with the number of jobs available. I know this is unconventional thinking for a partisan left wing person, particularly union people, but it’s actually true.

There has been a fair few businesses shutting down, large and small. I’m sure there will be more to come if interest rates don’t come down quickly of if the economy stays in recession for another one or more quarters. People shutting up shop and releasing workers adds to unemployment, it’s seldom driven by people leaving jobs on a whim as you might think.

The sad thing is Ghost that they are all used to the crap that comes from the current govt and by and large do not bother listening, the number one concern they all gave me was the rising cost of living and how that alone as going to decide where their vote went.

Nearly all (18 out of 20) said they would vote for the Nat’s because they will get bigger tax cuts.

Face it Ghost, its game, set and match to the Nat’s, take your medicine like a good little socialist and crawl back under that Rock of yours for the next nine or so years.

As someone who has no employment security at all, I can say, my work has slowed, but it doesn’t appear to be grinding to a halt.

Please explain how Bill English was caught red handed saying something different in public? National policy is not to sell state assets in the first term. Bill said he thought that KiwiBank might get sold eventually. These are completely compatable positions. Mike Williams you might recall totally denied that he said that he thought it was a ‘damn good idea’ to rort tax payer funded brochures, when in fact he did (and that is against the law too).

National Party deputy leader Bill English said Mr Williams should resign or be sacked.

“Mike Williams has been caught red-handed saying one thing behind closed doors and another thing to the public,” he said in a statement.

fat chance English will follow his own advice after being caught ‘red handed’

Mr English said Labour suffered from a “culture of deceit”.

3 times trumps one , and Williams was only talking about some pamplets.

Mr 20% will only bring disaster for national, cant wait

Oh and there can be many savings made by national . Who needs womens affairs, or maori affairs ? who needs a childrens commissioner, or race relations commissioner? The electricity commissioner could probably go too , the govt have installed a puppet there anyway so the point of the job is gone.

BAHAHAHAHAHA!! Yeah, because that defines the typical National supporter! We just LOOOOOVE expanding the bureacracy! Government jobs for all!!

You idiot.

getstaffed ,the productivity would go through the roof if a large oil field south of NZ was found and produced oil at $120 a barrell, while everything else remained unchanged

So the economy may not be as weak as some have thought

Employment measures inputs while productivity measures outputs.

Employment is useful for convincing the voters that the Govt is doing a good or bad job. Productivity (or rather increases in productivity) is useful for making sure NZ is a good place for my kids to live.