If National wins ...

[fungus pudding]

el Z that's one thing that really grinds my gears about lefty commentators. They complained the whole time the dollar was high because manufacturing was suffering. Now they're complaining imports are going to cost too much. You can't have it both ways, but that is a typical lefty thought process, that they can.
It's complaining for the sake of complaining.

It's a trait of the permanently negative malcontent socialists. Of course everything is the gummint's fault, except when their permanently negative malcontent lot get their hands on everyone else's money through the occasional temporary madness of the voting public. then no matter how bad things are - they're perfect, as long as the producers, the innovators, the successful are being punished.

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It's a trait of the permanently negative malcontent socialists. Of course everything is the gummint's fault, except when their permanently negative malcontent lot get their hands on everyone else's money through the occasional temporary madness of the voting public. then no matter how bad things are - they're perfect, as long as the producers, the innovators, the successful are being punished.

More grumpier than usual FP Of course the producers, innovators, do not work alone. your much despised working man provides the infra structure to move the product to market. It could be argued the right do not have a permanent mandate to govern.
I see the far right in the National Party are having there say with regards to housing. Leave it to charity to provide social housing. The Govt. should not be involved

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More grumpier than usual FP Of course the producers, innovators, do not work alone. your much despised working man provides the infra structure to move the product to market. It could be argued the right do not have a permanent mandate to govern.
I see the far right in the National Party are having there say with regards to housing. Leave it to charity to provide social housing. The Govt. should not be involved

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If I'm grumpy it's almost certainly caused by your abuse of the English language. 'More grumpier' is a double comparative. 'There say' should be their say. Off to a charter school with a leaning towards grammar would be the answer for you.
Incidentally, I do not despise working men at all; perhaps with the odd exception. I have been a working man all my life.

[craic]

Sorry FP It is not their or there it is dare in " I dare to say that we might lose" The I is usually left out.

If I'm grumpy it's almost certainly caused by your abuse of the English language. 'More grumpier' is a double comparative. 'There say' should be their say. Off to a charter school with a leaning towards grammar would be the answer for you.
Incidentally, I do not despise working men at all; perhaps with the odd exception. I have been a working man all my life.

[westerly]

If I'm grumpy it's almost certainly caused by your abuse of the English language. 'More grumpier' is a double comparative. 'There say' should be their say. Off to a charter school with a leaning towards grammar would be the answer for you.
Incidentally, I do not despise working men at all; perhaps with the odd exception. I have been a working man all my life.

Shakespear. "more braver daughter" The tempest. "Most unkindest cut of all" Juluis Caesar. I am in good company. I will admit to i before e except after c with their.

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[elZorro]

It's a trait of the permanently negative malcontent socialists. Of course everything is the gummint's fault, except when their permanently negative malcontent lot get their hands on everyone else's money through the occasional temporary madness of the voting public. then no matter how bad things are - they're perfect, as long as the producers, the innovators, the successful are being punished.

I think you've gone temporarily mad, FP. When Labour were in for three terms recently (not an aberration), the pie was grown for all, old govt debts paid off, farmers and commercial property owners of scale each made millions in capital gains (on paper), unemployment down at 3.7% for a while, GDP/capita up, strong budget surpluses. A record number of SMEs were started, and then the GFC and a National Govt turned up. The stats show the economy has mostly been going backwards since, or at best is starting to get back to where we were already at, in 2008. Happy to be proved wrong on this, but I bet you won't try.

[nextbigthing]

I think you've gone temporarily mad, FP. When Labour were in for three terms recently (not an aberration), the pie was grown for all, old govt debts paid off, farmers and commercial property owners of scale each made millions in capital gains (on paper), unemployment down at 3.7% for a while, GDP/capita up, strong budget surpluses. A record number of SMEs were started, and then the GFC and a National Govt turned up. The stats show the economy has mostly been going backwards since, or at best is starting to get back to where we were already at, in 2008. Happy to be proved wrong on this, but I bet you won't try.

We've been through that argument el Z - with debating like that you'll make a great wife one day

[nextbigthing]

So, Andrew Little has thrown his hat into the ring. Interesting.

[fungus pudding]

Shakespear. "more braver daughter" The tempest. "Most unkindest cut of all" Juluis Caesar. I am in good company. I will admit to i before e except after c with their.

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But there, which you wrote, is an entirely different word. Obviously, I have no wish to be cruel, but 'Shakespear' [sic] should have an e on the end, and Juluis [sic] should have the I before u.

[westerly]

But there, which you wrote, is an entirely different word. Obviously, I have no wish to be cruel, but 'Shakespear' [sic] should have an e on the end, and Juluis [sic] should have the I before u.

Thank-you for that. You must be kept very busy correcting the spelling and grammar of those less educated.

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