My pay rise and your petrol charges

[JimO]

So......to those of you who voted for Key and Co because he was "nice"

Merry ducking christmas

do you think Labour wouldnt/hasnt done the same

[slofox]

More petrol tax?

How sur-fucking-prising.

[oneofsix]

Step hen. Saw the three headline nicely positioned to give a biased impression. Slap another 9c on petrol, excuse roads. Dear John reckons he is still on target to balance the books, bet that 9c per litre will help, and the MPs look like they will get a pay rise

What does the MPs pay rise really tell me, that the "higher salaries" in NZ have gone up so the MPs salary has to go up to keep pace. So where has the extra money from low wages and employment subsides gone? not to the people who need it but to those that already have it and now the MPs get their reward.

Vote Green and they will put up tax on petrol even more but by hell they will shake up the "system" at the same time.

Not to forget the new road will not be to free up traffic flow for the plebs but to allow the trucking companies to run more and bigger trucks, this is what the road of national significances is about.

[Woodman]

1.5% ?? Must have been a pretty crap performance appraisal.

Wonder what a politicians performance even appraisal looks like?

[Brian d marge]

Just like those that voted Labour to get free student loans aye.

Thanks for that.

heheee student loans, one dreamed that one up, when one hit the gin

the best part of that was , it goes on the books as an asset ......classic,

should do that with health and housing , borrow the money then add tonic , sorry interest or at least a fee for being amused

Signed

Ceasars byatch

Stephen

[Macontour]

Well we certainly wont be putting out fire with gasoline then.

Its a bit slow but fits.

[BoristheBiter]

Step hen. Saw the three headline nicely positioned to give a biased impression. Slap another 9c on petrol, excuse roads. Dear John reckons he is still on target to balance the books, bet that 9c per litre will help, and the MPs look like they will get a pay rise

What does the MPs pay rise really tell me, that the "higher salaries" in NZ have gone up so the MPs salary has to go up to keep pace. So where has the extra money from low wages and employment subsides gone? not to the people who need it but to those that already have it and now the MPs get their reward.

Vote Green and they will put up tax on petrol even more but by hell they will shake up the "system" at the same time.

Not to forget the new road will not be to free up traffic flow for the plebs but to allow the trucking companies to run more and bigger trucks, this is what the road of national significances is about.

Do you honestly believe that the greens would go anything different?
As has been said before, they are all basically the same, a political party trying to stay in power. yes they change a few things but someone will pay more, someone less and the gruberment will still get their pay rises every year.

In the end most vote for the party that costs them less.

[oneofsix]

Do you honestly believe that the greens would go anything different?
As has been said before, they are all basically the same, a political party trying to stay in power. yes they change a few things but someone will pay more, someone less and the gruberment will still get their pay rises every year.

In the end most vote for the party that costs them less.

There you ask a complicated question. With their current policies I don't believe they will get in power because the policies are that little bit too different. But if they did then it would mean the way to stay there was their different policies so to answer your question at the level it is asked, rather than take all the other variables into account, yes. Oh and I neither said someone wouldn't pay more and some one less or that the MPs wouldn't get their pay rises, the difference would be in who does what paying and why. Middle ground tax payers will always pay more, just differently.

[willytheekid]

Meh!...don't know about you lot...but im sticking to the PLAN!

...sooon my furry friends....SOON!

[skippa1]

Oh yes, Labour would be SO much better...pffft!

wot ^ said

[Tigadee]

...if the greens were in charge, they'd put it up and say it's for the buses instead.

While saving the trees, and whales, and stopping nuclear power, mineral rights or some shit like that...

[skippa1]

it all comes down to the fact that there is only so much money to go around. Law and order, health, welfare, education, they all want/need more...... $0.03 a litre each year is going to add $0.51 per tank for me. A grand total of $26.52/year. One less lotto ticket or whatever. Big deal. The funding has to come from somewhere.

[BoristheBiter]

There you ask a complicated question. With their current policies I don't believe they will get in power because the policies are that little bit too different. But if they did then it would mean the way to stay there was their different policies so to answer your question at the level it is asked, rather than take all the other variables into account, yes. Oh and I neither said someone wouldn't pay more and some one less or that the MPs wouldn't get their pay rises, the difference would be in who does what paying and why. Middle ground tax payers will always pay more, just differently.

And really it wont change as most have to bastardize their manifesto to get support so it all ends up so watered down as to mean nothing.

[oneofsix]

And really it wont change as most have to bastardize their manifesto to get support so it all ends up so watered down as to mean nothing.

Almost nothing. Most of what the gruberment does is oversea influenced however each party brings their own flavour. A little more welfare for Labour, a little more farm and business for National and I would expect a little more anti-industry (including farming) pro whatever the current environmental band wagon is for Greens. A reshuffle of the pigs at the trough, enough to make it amusing.

[MisterD]

On balance, I'll suck up the petrol tax increase in preference to the "set printing presses to infinity" economic policy proposed by the Greens and about to be implemented in Japan...