National - FFS!

[Bjauck]

Well over half of those on the social housing waiting list have no children and almost all of those are singles. They are seldom the overcrowding problem you mention. Not to say they don't have health or social issues though.

Social housing is really really expensive for taxpayers. There are other options, but when the only tool is a hammer ....

There can be social housing for single people too. Lots of singles can be stuffed into a rental property.

Sure but then the arbitrary decision to not to have a CGT for so long has been expensive for GST and income earning taxpayers too!

[Balance]

There can be social housing for single people too. Lots of singles can be stuffed into a rental property.

Sure but then the arbitrary decision to not to have a CGT for so long has been expensive for GST and income earning taxpayers too!

Yup - friend ran a 50 rooms complex in Otahuhu for single people for a number of years. He was almost a basket case of nerves and stress by the time he quit.

[moka]

Change in policy from National.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...nt-policy?rm=a
National goes cold on international student policy.
National leader Judith Collins is distancing herself from her party’s earlier stand on allowing international students to isolate in university accommodation, refusing to endorse it as a current policy.
Asked if she thought the private sector should play a greater role in border isolation, as ACT has proposed, Collins said no.
Brownlee also declined to endorse the earlier policy, instead telling media all would be made clear when the new border policy was released later this week.

[dobby41]

Change in policy from National.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...nt-policy?rm=a
National goes cold on international student policy.
National leader Judith Collins is distancing herself from her party’s earlier stand on allowing international students to isolate in university accommodation, refusing to endorse it as a current policy.
Asked if she thought the private sector should play a greater role in border isolation, as ACT has proposed, Collins said no.
Brownlee also declined to endorse the earlier policy, instead telling media all would be made clear when the new border policy was released later this week.

How can a policy be the best thing one minute then, wham, it's no good?
How would you trust any policy?

[Balance]

How can a policy be the best thing one minute then, wham, it's no good?
How would you trust any policy?

Good question!

Kiwibuild?

CGT?

[artemis]

Good question!
Kiwibuild?
CGT?

Of course both of those policies were years in the planning and widely published as policy, including in at least two Labour manifestos. And both involved huge financial cost or revenue, not to mention very significant impact on intentions and markets.

Compare and contrast. Or not if too embarrassing.

[dobby41]

Nationals covid border policy
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...ecurity-policy

One interesting take is the need to all returnees to have a negative test before boarding to come home - not a bad idea and has been raised before.
Another is requiring returnees and boarder workers to have the covid card. Only really useful if 80% (or something) of the population have one. At best it will save them looking at the CCTV (this is also Labour's plan now). Along with that, though, will be pushing the current covid app use.
Judith suggested that rather than lock down a city they would lock down streets or suburbs etc - much like didn't work in Melbourne.

Nothing really radical that I can see.

[tim23]

Yup - friend ran a 50 rooms complex in Otahuhu for single people for a number of years. He was almost a basket case of nerves and stress by the time he quit.

Didn't realise Mike Hosking ran a 50 room complex...You are right he is a basket case though!

[Balance]

Didn't realise Mike Hosking ran a 50 room complex...You are right he is a basket case though!

They are all like you, woke pixie dusted to the core with shrines to Comrade Cindy in their rooms apparently. 🤣

Can you practise the Cindy doctrine of being kind and take down the shrines for the sake of the new manager?

[tim23]

They are all like you, woke pixie dusted to the core with shrines to Comrade Cindy in their rooms apparently. ��

Can you practise the Cindy doctrine of being kind and take down the shrines for the sake of the new manager?

You will have to translate that garbage into something resembling English because I have no idea what your message is?