Slimwin, you don't have to look far to see columnists with a bent in the opposite direction. They swamp out any with a left persuasion, more's the pity. Anyway he did pick Steven Joyce, last I heard he was on the National team. Steven Joyce (ex marketing guru) and the pro-National lobby group Business NZ, all a bit too cosy for me.
I don't like their policies on innovation, destined to fail. Today I was driving past millions of dollars of R&D at a CRI. The gear was out in the rain waiting to be pulled apart for scrap parts. This is what could happen at the rebranded IRL in Auckland. Divvie that money up into smaller private sector businesses, is what I'd like to see.
National having trouble meeting their surplus forecasts, as many expected. These forecasts have been major election planks, which makes it all the more disappointing. More borrowing ahead.
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/f...y-6-5-bln.html
Why fuel excise taxes had to go up.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Petrol-price-...8/Default.aspx