No change at ACC yet

[taff1954]

Sunday Star Times today. Apologies if it's a repost.

[Nasty]

Thanks for that ... will incorporate it well into what we are saying today at the Wellington/Wairarapa Protest!!

[short-circuit]

Sunday Star Times today. Apologies if it's a repost.

Yes - this is how far peaceful, polite and reasoned will get us.

Like I keep saying - fuck public perceptions it's about time for militant action

[Rayray401]

Sigh, we're low on cash, so lets just increase everyone's taxes, cos that'll solve the problem. Some how it seems to me that Government officials look for an easy way out instead of looking for long term solutions?

[Ronin]

Yes - this is how far peaceful, polite and reasoned will get us.

Like I keep saying - fuck public perceptions it's about time for militant action

Did you miss the bit where Ix and Stoney said it's just the beginning?

[YellowDog]

This is all such a pointless excercise. Any New Zealand Government will not have the skills or experience to make such critical decsions.

And as for us bikers, "add 2.5% onto GST", like 99% of us actually understand the national implications of such a change.

Perhaps a little honesty is required.

How about : "We, the New Zealand government, are totally incapable of addressing this serious issue and we therefore intend employing a professional firm of management consultants to study the Western World of heathcare and road usage with view to devising the ideal solution for the country"

All this reinventing the wheel stuff is going nowhere.

[NONONO]

Seems to me like the Sunday Star Times has a real beef with us and has taken a very pro Nat editorial line on this topic.
How about one of those petition things, something along the lines of;
'If the Sunday Star Times continues to publish one sided articles in favor of ACC rises, will you boycott the newspaper?".
Send the results in to the editor....
6000 people have REAL muscle.

[Pedrostt500]

I think it is time everybody right accross the vechicle spectrum organises that all cars trucks vans motorcycles etc put their vechicles registrations on hold as of the 1st of june.

Hurt em where it counts thats in their collections.

[Pedrostt500]

Seems to me like the Sunday Star Times has a real beef with us and has taken a very pro Nat editorial line on this topic.
How about one of those petition things, something along the lines of;
'If the Sunday Star Times continues to publish one sided articles in favor of ACC rises, will you boycott the newspaper?".
Send the results in to the editor....
6000 people have REAL muscle.

I think the Media is still in Honey Moon mode with the Nats, but the Public is Over them.

[PrincessBandit]

Did I read right (in the smallish print that the attachment was in) that ACC was called "the state insurer"? Hmmm, no ambiguity now regarding the compensation corporation vs. insurance scheme now is there.

[NONONO]

I think the Media is still in Honey Moon mode with the Nats, but the Public is Over them.

Not sure about your optimistic outlook re the Nats.
Election tomorrow, Nats win.

[taff1954]

Did I read right (in the smallish print that the attachment was in) that ACC was called "the state insurer"? Hmmm, no ambiguity now regarding the compensation corporation vs. insurance scheme now is there.

You read it correctly. It does indeed say "the state insurer" As you say, no ambiguity at all in the government / ACC stance.

[mashman]

Is this what BIKEOI asked, because i read it (first time around) as Motorcyclist/Angry bikers saying that levies would have to go up...?

"The only hope motorcyclists have left is if the cabinet decides to impose a more moderate increase. Smith hinted as much when angry bikers rallied on the steps of parliament, saying levies would have to go up but not as much as had been flagged.

Good luck today Nasty et al

[MSTRS:Me]

Well then. ACC have just set their battle lines. What are we going to do about it???

[Ixion]

No surprise. ACC were never going to change their attitude.

But they don't make the call, Nick Smith does.

That's why we're targeting him , not ACC.

Alos, the underlying dynamic is that there is a battle going on between John Judge and Nick Smith. Judge wanting to take a hard line "privatise and be damned" , Smith (and probably Key) with an eye on the electoral effects of such an approach.

Makes it all the more important we roll bikes into Nat party events , like tomorrow night.