Elections are coming up. What are we thinking?

[SPman]

Capitalism gets into deep trouble when the price of financial assets becomes completely disconnected from economic reality and common sense. What ensues is rampant speculation in which financial gamblers careen from one hot money play to the next, leaving the financial system distorted and unstable—a proverbial train wreck waiting to happen.

That’s where we are now.....

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...ss-speculation

Looks like Europe is starting to implode - deflation is rife in France, Italy, Portugal..Germany is about the only country keeping it's nose above financial water....yet the stock markets high rarely been higher....?

More Headlines......

Asian Property Prices Are Falling "As If There's A Global Financial Crisis"...http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...nancial-crisis

CRASH2: the roadsigns become so frequent, people can’t see them for looking....http://hat4uk.wordpress.com/2014/08/...m-for-looking/

USDJPY (And Nikkei) Surge Higher as Japanese Car Sales Collapse To 3-Year Lows....http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-01/usdjpy-and-nikkei-surge-higher-japanese-car-sales-collapse-3-year-lows

All looking like business as usual....

If I were National, I don't think I'd want to win......just take the money (oops - already done that) and run.......

[MisterD]

Looks like Europe is starting to implode - deflation is rife in France, Italy, Portugal..Germany is about the only country keeping it's nose above financial water....yet the stock markets high rarely been higher....?

None of which is any surprise to anyone who listens to people that know what they're talking about, like Peter Schiff. Printing money out of thin air, 0% interest rates, resulting in a Government bubble to mask the underlying problems.

On the bright side, we haven't had a Labour or Green finance minister printing money to try to race the $US to the bottom and our currency is about as commodity-backed as it gets in the modern world (except it's milk rather than gold) so if we don't do anything silly we'll be ok down here. I've said it before, James Cameron didn't buy half the Wairarapa just because he likes making films here, buying productive land in a stable country like NZ is investment advice straight out of Peter Schiff's books.

[Banditbandit]

Interesting - On this poll as it currently is we would have a Labour-lead Government - (hang about while I work out the figures again )

[Banditbandit]

Interesting - On this poll as it currently is we would have a New Government - made up of Labour, the Greens, NZFirst, Maori party.

At 13.73%, 15.69%, 16.67% and 4.9 %, that's a total of 50.99% of the vote. Add the Mana/Internet party's 10.78% (If the main parties were that stupid) and that's more than 60% of the vote ..

Could be an interesting argument about who leads this as Labour only comes in third ..

The Nats, Act and Maori party only come to 49.02% ...

So - KBers are essentially left-leaning ... just like the rest of the country ..

[MisterD]

So - KBers are essentially left-leaning ... just like the National Party ..

Fixed it etc.

[Banditbandit]

Fixed it etc.

Only on the world stage - not in Godzone .. and DonKey would have a heart attack at the thought, while Slateroil would crucify you ..

[MisterD]

and DonKey would have a heart attack at the thought,

The man who, in opposition, called Working for Families "communinism by stealth" and has, in government, done nothing to unravel it and is adding more "free" doctors visits and government subsidies for homebuyers this time around? I don't think even he believes that there's any "right" component to his claimed "centre-right".

ACT are the only remotely right-wing party in this country.

[oldrider]

ACT are the only remotely right-wing party in this country.

True and they only just make it over the line!

[mashman]

Key firms up tax cuts policy... bribery for the stupid of the general public.

[gjm]

Key firms up tax cuts policy... bribery for the stupid of the general public.

Fuck.

That's how they got in last time.

[MisterD]

bribery for the stupid of the general public.

At least it's "bribery" with the idea of getting to keep your own money, rather than bribery with the idea of getting given someone elses.

[mashman]

Fuck.

That's how they got in last time.

Fool me once......

At least it's "bribery" with the idea of getting to keep your own money, rather than bribery with the idea of getting given someone elses.

Like I said, for the stupid of the general public

[oldrider]

Key firms up tax cuts policy... bribery for the stupid of the general public.

Like Helen Clarks bribes to the so called leaders of tomorrow! (stupid is a bit subjective in this isn't it)

Fuck.

That's how they got in last time.

That's generally how they all get in ... it's getting "in" that is important to them!

At least it's "bribery" with the idea of getting to keep your own money, rather than bribery with the idea of getting given someone elses.

True! ... Stealing less of the electorates private money so that they can decide what to spend it on themselves sounds like good government to me!

They wouldn't have to steal any if they changed the monetary system to "social credit" and stopped being strangled by this "social debt" system!

[MisterD]

True! ... Stealing less of the electorates private money so that they can decide what to spend it on themselves sounds like good government to me!

First thing I've heard Key say in ages that actually made me think he's got a right wing instinct buried somewhere (from last night's evisceration of Cunliffe): "Kiwis work hard for their money, they can spend it better than we can."

[oldrider]

First thing I've heard Key say in ages that actually made me think he's got a right wing instinct buried somewhere (from last night's evisceration of Cunliffe): "Kiwis work hard for their money, they can spend it better than we can."

Key has to float like a butterfly sting like a bee because New Zealand is a socialist country by default! (hangup from religious colonisation)

The butterfly has to appeal to the left wing voters to stay in power and the bee enacts right wing policy that keeps the country moving forward on an even keel!