The 2017 Election Thread

[Crasherfromwayback]

I see they have got rid of electric buses and replaced them with.... 44 gallon drum roll...diesel buses.

Who told you that?

[Crasherfromwayback]

I quite like the idea of councils being able to use GST from rates, council charges etc. for local infrastructure.... Central govt. doesn't deserve a cent of it.

Yep. Sounds good to me!

[Crasherfromwayback]

You voted for liarbour, so here come the taxes.

Not that you weren't warned this would happen.

Sorry mate. Even *if* certain extra taxes are introduced, surely it can't be as bad as National increasing GST right after the 2008 election, despite never mentioning a single word about doing so, in the run up to the election?

I mean...lets see...GST gets paid on every fucking thing you spend money on. Your fucking house (and you're no doubt spreading fear about CGT), petrol, food we need to survive. electricity, you fucking name it...and you want to wank on about a few extra taxes that may appear now? Seriously? When a rise in GST cripples every single cunt in NZ? Fuck off. Get a fucking grip.

[jasonu]

And North Shore types moaning about they pay for trains they don't get.....who do they think paid for the Harbour Bridge....the tooth fairy?

The bridge had toll booths so user pays.

[gsxr]

It has amused me today to see the moaning from Auckland - the fuel prices I see quoted are at least 10c per litre lower than I pay here.

Welcome to fuel price equality...

There is already a 5 cent tax on petrol the rest of the country pays for for roads for Auckland alone if it is actually apportioned to that or just goes into the big pot now. But that tax still exists even though many will never ever consider even visiting Auckland.
Everytime I have have spent in Auckland I have wasted a portion of my life

[Swoop]

If Auckland in the future gets charged extra money for fuel that the rest of the country curently subsidises, to pay for infrastructure the rest of the country also currently heavily subsidises, yet doesn’t use or need or want.

How quickly the regions forget the decades that Auckland was bled dry of road funding to prop up the rest of the country's roads. The spending on the motorway system is long overdue and is only just catching up now.
Personally I would like to see a policy of "no further spending on new roads" in Auckland, only maintaining what currently exists.
ALL other road funding gets diverted into public transport infrastructure.

As far as i can make out the Auckland economy is based on driving to cafes to be seen at said cafes drinking coffee.

You may need to get those glasses checked. Substantial industry and business is based in Auckland and failure of infrastructure would trickle on to the rest of the country.
It would be nice if a LOT of businesses would bugger off into the regions again and support those areas. Seriously.

The tax lie is similar to the poverty lie.

The approach of labour is that their tool kit only has one tool. They also like to use it.

Sorry mate. Even *if* certain extra taxes are introduced, surely it can't be as bad as National increasing GST right after the 2008 election, despite never mentioning a single word about doing so, in the run up to the election?

Absolutely, but if the coffers hadn't been emptied as their parting gift to NZ by Heilen Klerke and that cunt Cullen wasting it on a failed trainset, that would not have been needed.
It would be nice to see principles applied by labour, by reversing the GST decision (they ain't gonna do that) and other national decisions if they feel so aggrieved by them.

As for building 100,000 houses in 10yrs? That is one promise they will not keep either. Perhaps they don't realise the tradie shortage NZ has and foreign workers will be "Verboten!" by Winston.

Happy times ahead.

[husaberg]

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You may need to get those glasses checked. Substantial industry and business is based in Auckland and failure of infrastructure would trickle on to the rest of the country.
It would be nice if a LOT of businesses would bugger off into the regions again and support those areas. Seriously.


Absolutely, but if the coffers hadn't been emptied as their parting gift to NZ by Heilen Klerke and that cunt Cullen wasting it on a failed trainset, that would not have been needed.
It would be nice to see principles applied by labour, by reversing the GST decision (they ain't gonna do that) and other national decisions if they feel so aggrieved by them.

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Sorry to burst your bubble but Aucklands hardly an economic powerhouse, Aucklands GDP per capitia is barely above the national average.$58,717 vs $54,178.
Aucklands economy is substantially parasistic on the rest of the nation.
I would be intersted to see the figures to back up the asertion that Labour had emptied the coffers.
Quite the contary in fact they had paid off most of NZs substantial national debt, National spent the whole time borrowing adtitional money.

[eldog]

. The spending on the motorway system is long overdue and is only just catching up now..

It is far away from catching up.
The second Victoria tunnel was never implemented, like the northwestern which is in its second revision in ten years......

all planned for never ever put in properly.

bit like travelling anywhere out west

for public transport you should check out the Sydney metro upgrade and extension 8.6 billion

www.sydneymetro.info

[eldog]

Sorry to burst your bubble but Auclkands hardly an econonic powerhouse Aucklands GDP per capitia is barely above the national average.$58,717 vs $54,178.
Aucklands economy is substantially parasistic on the rest of the nation.
I would be intersted to see the figures to back up the asertion that Labour had emptied the coffers.
Quite the contary in fact they had paid off most of NZs substaintial national debt, National spent the whole time borrowing adtitional money.

Would like to see GPD based on the number of employed people not just the number of people.
plenty of unemployed, children workers, i am sure we could exploit

[husaberg]

Would like to see GPD based on the number of employed people not just the number of people.
plenty of unemployed, children workers, i am sure we could exploit

As Aucklands uemployment figure is only .1% less than the natonal av it wouldn't effect the GDP much.

[eldog]

As Aucklands uemployment figure is only .1% less than the natonal av it wouldn't effect the GDP much.

you could have fooled me
there seems to endless people doing nothing in south Auckland - day and night

[Crasherfromwayback]

Read this.........

http://www.noted.co.nz/currently/pol...rns-honeymoon/

[oldrider]

Three years of "Yes Minister" government as all the newcomers seek out parliamentary advice from their public servant advisers - should be interesting at least!

[jasonu]

Read this.........

http://www.noted.co.nz/currently/pol...rns-honeymoon/

Boo fucking hoo.
We are well used to that over here with out new Prez. The lib media hasn't stopped since he got in.

[Grumph]

Three years of "Yes Minister" government as all the newcomers seek out parliamentary advice from their public servant advisers - should be interesting at least!

Don't think so...This lot have come in with actual ideas and seem prepared to change things. I look forward with interest to seeing how it's done.

Boo fucking hoo.
We are well used to that over here with out new Prez. The lib media hasn't stopped since he got in.

Take another look, the world media hasn't stopped pointing and laughing at him yet - and it's going to take more than we've seen so far to change that.