Labour / NZ First Government

[dobby41]

Think about having to assess everyone's net wealth annually including the paintings on the wall, vehicles, ip, etc, then ask yourself how do you tax someone with plenty of assets and limited income; a common situation. The answers tell you why wealth taxes have never been sucessful, and never will be.

That 'one person' is a Minister of the Crown. Not some random member of the public or even the party. There has to be a suspicion that a bottom line has been discussed in the Green caucus, beggars belief the Minister made it up completely out of the blue. Of course it may have been the Minister's wishful thinking. There's been a bit of that in her party of late.

She didn't make a Minister reply - she made a campaigning hopeful reply.
People will believe whom the wish and Shaw will be more than a little pissed at her for muddying this up.

[dobby41]

Happy to let you dig yourself in deeper before I respond.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islami...ersy_in_France

I are so like the politicians you despise.
Always looking for the wiggle room.
You said

Countries like France & even Turkey ban the hijab - guess Cindy thinks she knows better than them?

At the end of the article on France that you show we get

In 2010, a public debate arose and France passed a law that bans the wearing of full-face covering, including but not limited to burqas and niqābs, in public. The law was constitutionally cleared so that it came into force in April 2011. That debate and ban are separate from the above-discussed debate on the hijab in public schools, in that the new law does not pertain to Islamic scarves but rather to the much rarer full-face versions, as well as other full-face coverings (such as masks and balaclavas), and in that the new law applies to all citizens in public spaces regardless of religion or claimed tradition (and regardless of gender).

So, in a narrow view you are right - France banned the Hijab in France in Public Schools.
Not in general public.
Maybe you meant to talk about 'only in public schools' and just implied that it was in all France.
I doubt it but would expect you to try to wriggle out of being straight-up!

[Zaphod]

The energy spent formulating a policy on stickers applied to apples, plastic cutlery and single-use coffee cups, would have been better spent on addressing the long-standing issue on recycling large electronic equipment. Fly tipping has become an issue with large electronics as people seek to avoid the recycling fees. Building the fee into the cost at purchase would allow these items to be dropped off at recycling depots 'free of charge', which psychologically would have a significant impact.

No matter, if I want another TV or PC (albeit one I need to repair), I can continue to shop locally in the bushes down the road.

[Balance]

She didn't make a Minister reply - she made a campaigning hopeful reply.
People will believe whom the wish and Shaw will be more than a little pissed at her for muddying this up.

No, she did not - she relayed a bottom line Green election Policy.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12366702

You can be very sure that if Labour had embrace the idea that James ‘Green School’ Shaw would have come out swinging that the wealth tax is a bottom line.

The kite flying crashed and the Greens retreated, like with the Green School & lately, with Tiwai.

[Balance]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12369025

Feeling the pressure, Cindy lets her mask slip - coming in low and dirty, ahead of the Leaders’ Debate tonight.

Don’t you love it when Cindy gets nasty & talks dirty? 😜

She is quite the tigress when she wants to be! Meow! 😺

[fungus pudding]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12369025

Feeling the pressure, Cindy lets her mask slip - coming in low and dirty, ahead of the Leaders’ Debate tonight.

Don’t you love it when Cindy gets nasty & talks dirty? ��

She is quite the tigress when she wants to be! Meow! ��

Jacinda's alright. I quite like her. Completely useless, but charismatic.

[dobby41]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12369025

Feeling the pressure, Cindy lets her mask slip - coming in low and dirty, ahead of the Leaders’ Debate tonight.

Don’t you love it when Cindy gets nasty & talks dirty? ��

She is quite the tigress when she wants to be! Meow! ��

Good for her.
All the crocodile tears from Judith - pot calling the kettle black.
Meanwhile there is a total lack of discussion on actual policy.

[westerly]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12369025

Feeling the pressure, Cindy lets her mask slip - coming in low and dirty, ahead of the Leaders’ Debate tonight.

Don’t you love it when Cindy gets nasty & talks dirty? 😜

She is quite the tigress when she wants to be! Meow! 😺

“Then Prime Minister John Key initiated an inquiry, which found that while Collins had provided information about Feeley to WhaleOil blogger Cameron Slater, "there was nothing improper about the provision of this information".
From the same article. I think Judith protest too much. Dealing with Whaleoil?

westerly

[Balance]

“Then Prime Minister John Key initiated an inquiry, which found that while Collins had provided information about Feeley to WhaleOil blogger Cameron Slater, "there was nothing improper about the provision of this information".
From the same article. I think Judith protest too much. Dealing with Whaleoil?

westerly

What’s wrong with Whaleoil?

[fungus pudding]

What’s wrong with Whaleoil?

It can go rancid.