General Debate 11 September 2011

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Viking2

The correct way to treat a good wine…

Open the bottle to allow it to breathe.

If it doesn’t look like it’s breathing, give it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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September 11, 2011 8:34pm
Joseph Carpenter

Total NZ Government borrowings from 1/12/2008 to 31/7/2011 = NZ$37,485,000,000.00 ($37.5 billion).
Average interest rate on debt = 4.41%.
Total commitment imposed by National Government on NZ citizens to date for debt repayment = $53 billion.

National government debt per citizen = $12,300 (to 31/7/2011).
National government debt per nett taxpayer = $38,100.
Projected National government debt by 26/11/2011 per nett NZ taxpayer = $44,000 per.

Thanks for enslaving us National, think you can get it to $100,000+ per taxpayer by the end of your second term?
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September 11, 2011 9:26pm
adze

Yep cheers for posting the same thing in three different threads Joseph.
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September 11, 2011 9:37pm
hj

Deluded Returnees
Written by Alice Poon (潘慧嫻)
Wednesday, 07 September 2011

Hong Kong emigrants who fled the city for fear of Communist rule and subsequently returned to their place of origin realize they were deluded by a superficial calm.

In the years after Margaret Thatcher’s ominous Beijing visit, during which the iron lady took a fall down the steps outside the People’s Great Hall, Hong Kongers had spent most of their time worrying sick about the imminent draconian rule under the Communists and agitating over whether or not they should emigrate to Canada or Australia. Shortly after the 1997 handover, many of those who had emigrated chose to join the “return tide” back to Hong Kong when they saw that the way of life, systems and everything appeared to have remained intact, well in accordance with the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration signed in 1984.

Now, fourteen years have passed since the handover. Returnees have watched with their own eyes how fast Hong Kong has been speeding down the degradation highway, in terms of the freedoms they were used to in colonial days and the administration’s respect for civic rights, the robustness of the legal system, and the restraint exercised by the police force in times of turmoil. Instead of seeing “one country, two systems” being played out, they are witnessing that promise turned into tatters, with mainland’s master-slave mentality and paternalistic governing style replacing civilized, rational and open governance that is grounded in Hong Kong’s core values.
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3719&Itemid=320
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September 11, 2011 10:45pm
Lazybum

Joeseph, NZ may be in debt but I have my last mortgage payment coming out in 4 days, so I will be debt free.
How much of this debt is to pay for Interest Free Student Loans and other Labour bribes from 2005? Also, Phil wqants to increase debt even more if Labour win the election, thats all Labour know, spend, spend, spend.
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September 11, 2011 11:01pm
Viking2

How to make money Fast.

How many victims of this rort and scam?

Say 50 at $230 each. Good evenings work.
What a bunch of fucking arsewholes

Tow trucks leave fans $230 out of pocket
5:30 AM Monday Sep 12, 2011

Rugby fans who thought they were parked legally near the Albany park-and-ride were towed and forced to pay $230 to get their vehicles back after Friday night’s Rugby World Cup opening.

Confused car owners said they did not see any signs in the grass field near the Albany transport station saying it was not legal to park

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10751136

Another lying Len project I guess.
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September 12, 2011 7:04am
Manolo

Read and puke: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/the-years-of-shame/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto
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