Nick Smith's lies

[Taz]

It shouldn't read "An Suzuki DR650" It should read "A Suzuki DR650"

Just saying

[mashman]

Heavier bikes are more dangerous/ increase the risk of an accident?

Something along those lines...
We need someone who can write shorthand to come along to these events ><

Dictaphone?

[Hanne]

Do you need permission to record with one of those?

[MSTRS:Me]

ACC is bankrupt.
We made a profit of only $1.2B in our just-out report.

[mashman]

Do you need permission to record with one of those?

Christ knows. You'd only say no for deniability, as the written word isn't worth shit these days print away!!!

[skidMark]

With the amount he lies we could have a novel to hand out.

I liked the one i saw...

regarding biker ACC: "we have figures from the last 10 years which we know are accurate"

a week later regarding global warming: "we cannot go off some of these figures as they are up to 10 years old and are too dated to be accurate"

hang on?

[skidMark]

ACC is bankrupt.
We made a profit of only $1.2B in our just-out report.

Why is what is effectively a government department.... making profit?

[skidMark]

Do you need permission to record with one of those?

no if its spoken in public you can record whatever the hell you want and share it with the world.

[FastBikeGear]

ACC is bankrupt.
We made a profit of only $1.2B in our just-out report.

Yes but due to changes in future liability planning/accounting methodologies your liabilities just went through the roof.

[Bend-it]

It shouldn't read "An Suzuki DR650" It should read "A Suzuki DR650"

Just saying

Amended... thanks!

Feel free to use wherever you want and spread it far and wide... amend it, chop and change, new wording, further defacement etc... all fair game...

Human knowlegde belongs to the world!!

[FastBikeGear]

We need someone who can write shorthand to come along to these events ><

No we need to all take our video cameras.

[Dealer]

How much does a billboard cost to rent in Auckland?
I would be willing to contribute $10 or $20 towards advertising.
What about a half page spread in the herald?

[bogan]

I dont quite understand the bronz meeting one?

Also, you should put what the dr650 and r6 weight comparitively as well. A good effort, having that lying douchebag on my screen just for the time it took to read the flyer sickened me!

[Hanne]

Yeah include weight, if only to rebut Nick Smith's claims about weight = dangerous. (Dr in 600+ category but lighter, R6 apparently "safer".... TUI billboard )

[MSTRS:Me]

Why is what is effectively a government department.... making profit?

Because they collect more in levies and from investments than they spend. The difference is the profit. This profit is to be used in future payments of ongoing claims from accidents occurring in any year from here on. What they call 'fully funded'. This most recent profit will be much less than it might otherwise have been because of the recession. Extrapolate that (as a minimum) profit each year into the future and it will take approx 13 years to amass enough money to sustain the fully funded model. Nick the Dick wants to achieve that status by 2014 (or 2019 at latest) so he needs more now. That's why he says ACC is broke.
We say that we (and the rest of NZ) don't want the fully funded model. We were very happy with the original scheme that collected enough year by year to pay all new and current claims in that year, with a bit left over to offset inflation.
Fully funding is just maybe a better way to go, but not at the expense of us, with huge levies being applied in all areas of collection. The current rate/s (with that profit of $1.2B) should be sufficient, and will achieve the fully funded model. It will just take a little longer than 5 years.
Here endeth the lesson.
And apologies to any that didn't need it.