Labour govt 2020-23

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Other information from OECD:

https://www.oecd.org/economy/new-zea...omic-snapshot/

They show that public infrastructure projects are slated for 2021-22 @ 1% of GDP.

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A big part of the prob is the relying on cheap overseas labour , no need for businesses to be more productive.The model has to change, pay kiwis more and train them, up skill them, improve efficiencies, systems etc, havnt had to bother with cheap overseas labour.

Yes wages and salaries should be rising when we assume the borders are closed.

If they are not now, they never will, and it points to broader issues with the labour market.

[Bjauck]

Yes wages and salaries should be rising when we assume the borders are closed.

If they are not now, they never will, and it points to broader issues with the labour market.

Apart from tinkering around the edges, Labour is continuing the NZ low productivity Labour/expensive land paradigm. It looks likely to continue as expensive real estate sucks up so much investment seeking the best after tax returns.

[jonu]

The trans-madness continues, with an article that should have been headlined "Man ruled ineligible for Women's race."

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...olympic-trials

[Balance]

Apart from tinkering around the edges, Labour is continuing the NZ low productivity Labour/expensive land paradigm. It looks likely to continue as expensive real estate sucks up so much investment seeking the best after tax returns.

A prime example of how incompetent & woke this F team of nincompoops really is :

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...dget-2019.html

$1.9 billion for mental health & result after 3 years is 5 extra beds!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...s-govt-signoff

Run down mental health facility waiting for government sign off since August 2020.

What has Cindy been so busy with to defer a decision?

Making big promises, delivering bugger all, Implementing woke initiatives and looking for more disasters - that’s her forte.

[Bjauck]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/hea...s-govt-signoff

Run down mental health facility waiting for government sign off since August 2020.

What has Cindy been so busy with to defer a decision?

Making big promises, delivering bugger all, Implementing woke initiatives and looking for more disasters - that’s her forte.

I don't agree with some of their fiscal policies however at least they are more awake to some social issues that previous governments had left on snooze control. Mental Health and Housing continue to be two of the many areas that have been perennial bugbears.

[BlackPeter]

A big part of the prob is the relying on cheap overseas labour , no need for businesses to be more productive.The model has to change, pay kiwis more and train them, up skill them, improve efficiencies, systems etc, havnt had to bother with cheap overseas labour.

Not even close.

Plenty of economies around the world who use (as well) cheap labour and have still a high quality education system. To pick just two random examples: Germany has its cheap labour mainly from Eastern Europe (like Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria), Singapore has its cheap labour mainly from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Both countries have outstanding education systems and a (per capita) economy ways better than New Zealand.

Now - I am not saying, it is good that they take advantage of cheap labour, but it is clearly not the issue here.

The problem is that we in New Zealand choose to deteriorate our education system because it was easy, convenient and politically correct. Easier to just give in to the teachers unions and hire teacher who are aligned with them and talk the unions rubbish instead of hiring quality teachers who know their stuff and are able to teach. Easier to put people in charge of the teachers college who teach their students that maths is not important. The idiot I am talking about is as far as I know still in charge ...

Much easier to mainstream on the lowest possible level and give every student at the end of the year a certificate for attending instead of making the hard decisions and work with students individually, improving the weak as well as the good ones ... and much easier to reward in class the mentally challenged troublemakers and push the level of all students to the lowest common denominator.

Our education system is more and more geared to produce the lowest level of quality with the highest possible cost ... and the problem is political correctness and unions self interest. Never worry about a teachers ability to teach as long as they sing from the unions song sheet. Don't pick people who might rock the boat, who cares as long as we are world best in New Zealand, isn't it?

New Zealand still teaches reading in a quite stupid way using the whole word method, which the rest of the world stopped using 30 years ago (after a short stunt trying it) ... just because it was a Kiwi developing this braindead method. The result are less people able to read and write than we otherwise would have. We developed a mass production of dyslexic people and even give people who can't read university degrees (providing a reader / writer to get them through the exams). Obviously - nobody will give these people afterwards a job given they need to hire a reader / writer on top of them.

That's producing ideological rubbish, not the labour our economy would need to improve.

We need to get our education back to the basics - teach our students to read, to write and to do maths ... no need, though to have a computer in every class. Cheap labour is not the problem. Laziness, braindead ideology and political correctness is.

[Bjauck]

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We need to get our education back to the basics - teach our students to read, to write and to do maths ... no need, though to have a computer in every class. Cheap labour is not the problem. Laziness, braindead ideology and political correctness is.

Well put. NZ has only put one part of the process into practice - the cheap imported labour.

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Dearest Jacinda ................................

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Dearest Jacinda ................................

https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/...prime-minister

And Cindy will ignore the truth and not answer. Because she needs the Maori vote to stay in power so she must give them everything they want.

Grubby politics by a grubby woman.