Who, Martin Sneddon? Cricket NZ has some clout! Who knew?Originally Posted by want-a-harley
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Who, Martin Sneddon? Cricket NZ has some clout! Who knew?
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
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I heard on the radio recently that there's a huge trade imbalance with Tonga.
We sell them about 50 million dollars of NZ goods each year, but only import around 5 million in return.
So the aid is not so one-sided as it seems. They're effectively providing aid to our economy.
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The same news report mentioned thart NZ's total aid package to other countries was $500,000,000.
Thats a donation of $120 from every nNew Zealander to aid another country.
What could be done with that money here in NZ?
Possibly raise our health service to a more acceptable standard.
Not charge tolls on roads we have already paid for with our tax dollar.
Allow more investment in the education of our children.
I know its simplistic but why cant we look after our own first?
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
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Part of the deal, every government does it.
Do you realise how much we "donate" each year?
Donation to Tonga is just a drop.
Somewhere around $500 mill to $1 bill each year.
Wouldn't NZ be better off with 1/2 a bill each year aye?
Saddest part is a portion of it goes into corrupt politicians/government officials back pockets.
Where do you think so many of these coconut heads get their $100,000 cars, batches, travel around the world every year and 50 of their whanau members who don't work are so rich as well?
Well you guessed it right, from our tax money.
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We spend that on welfare in just 1 week. When will people realise that handouts don't work.
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As long a putting your hand out works then people will still do it.
Education of the correct type would assist in dispelling this ethos
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Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
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The NZ Army gets about the equivalent of 5.5 weeks of benefit payouts for a yearly budget.
$16million is nothing in NZ. It's a LOT of money in Tonga.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Mallicious Little Gnome
Agreed, it is a lot of money in Tonga but it is also a lot of money that could be spent in our country looking after our citizens.
Its only $4 per person in NZ but that is a loaf of breaD IN THE SUPERMARKET.
There was a program on the idiot box the other day talking about school breakfasts. People cant or dont give their kids breakfast in the morrning before school. This particular charity had taken it upon them selves to provide such.
How far would the Westpac resue helicopter service go with 16 mill? They get sod all from the govt as it is.
How far would 16 million go in cleaning up some of our cities suburbs?
I can think of a lot of ways this money would be better of being spent here in NZ
So we give the money and next year they are waiting for it just the same but this time asking for more.
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Mallicious Little Gnome
not bad for less than 3000 people
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Meeeeeeeeeh
Works for the bastards on the receiving end
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That's not how it works and you know it. Malicious little gnome.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Meeeeeeeeeh
You mean 20,000 Tongans
Mallicious Little Gnome
I know but I gotta keep a thread gonig somehow.
I lover the honourific.
"Malicious little Gnome".
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Mallicious Little Gnome
Completely slipped my mind.You mean 20,000 Tongans
Yes we could keep it here, spend it on the Tonganss that live here and save on the paperwork involved in crediting their government with it.
I would probably finish up there anyway as thos e here would send the cash home for their families
"When you think of it,
Lifes a bowl of ....MERDE"
Meeeeeeeeeh
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