The 2017 Election Thread

[sidecar bob]

You mean like what National did for the West Coast when they forced a SOE to borrow money to buy a Lemon (Pike) then borrow huge amount's pay to pay them a dividend.Thus forcing them into insolvency, then failed to bail them out like they did for a rich overseas multinational (Rio Tinto in southland) which resulted in the loss of about 1500 of 100K plus a year jobs in a population of 30,000 people.

No no, this is labour, they don't do that kind of dopey shit, that's why we voted for them.

[husaberg]

No no, this is labour, they don't do that kind of dopey shit, that's why we voted for them.

People voted for Labour as they were the lesser of the evils.
If they had voted National we would now be discussing why they were selling all the gas and oil reserves to the Chinese. Rather than a simple reservable moratorium on exploration. Have you considered that the deals national made with the overseas multinationals might not have been the best for all of NZ.

[Ocean1]

No no, this is labour, they don't do that kind of dopey shit, that's why we voted for them.

We didn't.

[Katman]

We didn't.

Well enough of us did.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Well enough of us did.

Fuck yeah!!!! Finally!

[Swoop]

People voted for Labour as they were the lesser of the evils.

In some way that's correct.
When they get together with other losers they "win".
Now the whole population loses.

[Crasherfromwayback]

In some way that's correct.
When they get together with other losers they "win".
Now the whole population loses.

Do you need a hanky mate?

[jasonu]

Do you need a hanky mate?

'cause Norman told you to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnpbcSASuMc

[Swoop]

Do you need a hanky mate?

Nope. Just following the leftist S.O.P.

[Ocean1]

Aye. Given the solid monopoly they have and the continual trickle of rumors like that it's hard not to be deeply suspicious of many local/regional council eh?

I'd like to see a breakdown of the costs that put a developed section on the market for $400k for example. A mate has developed complete suburbs and reckons $100k is about it, and that's including the council's extremely inflated charges.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...ke-get-in-line

"I would only make $20,000 or $30,000 from a house and they were designed that way so first-home buyers could get into properties. We would make about $250,000 per subdivided section."

[Crasherfromwayback]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...ke-get-in-line

"I would only make $20,000 or $30,000 from a house and they were designed that way so first-home buyers could get into properties. We would make about $250,000 per subdivided section."

I went to college with him and his lil brother. Were dodgy as fuck even back then.

[Woodman]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...ke-get-in-line

"I would only make $20,000 or $30,000 from a house and they were designed that way so first-home buyers could get into properties. We would make about $250,000 per subdivided section."

He is claiming a pretty big margin with the sections there. Wonder how accurate that is considering the dodginess of the guy.

[sidecar bob]

Northland chums might not be labours biggest fans at the moment. https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/loc...nds-light-rail

[Voltaire]

Northland chums might not be labours biggest fans at the moment. https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/loc...nds-light-rail

If the rest of the country begrudges all the roading money spent in Auckland, they can jolly well do 70KMPH too.

I do find the idea of putting light rail from the CBD down Dominion Road to the Airport slightly odd. I would have thought extending it from Onehunga or further South with proper rail a better idea.

At the end of the day the roads are not really suitable for 100 k separated by 100mm of paint.

[Graystone]

If the rest of the country begrudges all the roading money spent in Auckland, they can jolly well do 70KMPH too.

I do find the idea of putting light rail from the CBD down Dominion Road to the Airport slightly odd. I would have thought extending it from Onehunga or further South with proper rail a better idea.

At the end of the day the roads are not really suitable for 100 k separated by 100mm of paint.

Fucking northlanders do just that. In God's Waiting Room we're not unfamiliar with slow drivers, but a recent trip up north was surprising just how slow the normal speed is. Don't they realise the target is 100? Just do the speed limit and they won't need the extra pair of lanes...