So we got a new Government, and a new Leader

[trustme]

I left NZ in 1984 . It was a great place to Live , didnt have a care in the world ,, Came back in 1993 and it was a spiteful country

We had more reaction to the Springbox tour than to the present douglas gave us ......( yes I was at Lancaster park and no I didnt watch the rugby ,,,)

Acc could be a fantastic scheme again
Stephen

I apologise for being somewhat selective with quotes from your post But
I don't remember pre 1984 with any great fondness

A devisive & bullying prime minister, who sent us broke
Wage & price freezes
Unions striking continuously, remember the ferries every school holidays.
A nation still split over the Springbok tour
A government that tried to control every facet of the economy with inport licenses, tarriffs, protections & subsidies

I did like my Hillman Super Minx though, mum hated it & made me park it down the road, It got stolen but the thief left it undamaged in the next suburb.
It was all I could afford , no Jap imports in those days, Those were the days. Yeah right

As an employer I was a hell of a lot better off when I went with the private ACC option that Labour got rid of

[Pixie]

We now have a govt comprising of people who have worked for a living.

As opposed to one that comprised of people who have aspired to do as little work as possible ( union activists and academics )

[Pixie]

No principles? What a load of over-generalising crap. Sounds like jealousy of wealth and success to me.

He's a pinko,what do you expect?

[Clockwork]

As an employer I was a hell of a lot better off when I went with the private ACC option that Labour got rid of

you may have been but were your employees?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

you may have been but were your employees?

having been both in the last few years... I would have been both as an employer and employee

[trustme]

having been both in the last few years... I would have been both as an employer and employee

Thankyou, same experience.

[alanzs]

We now have a govt comprising of people who have worked for a living.

As opposed to one that comprised of people who have aspired to do as little work as possible ( union activists and academics )

And I am sure we all consider Key a working man. And I am sure that they will have the best interest of the working man in everything thing they do. Yeah right.

[MotoGirl]

And I am sure we all consider Key a working man. And I am sure that they will have the best interest of the working man in everything thing they do. Yeah right.

And Helen Clark, the woman who has only ever studied and worked lecturing politics, understood the working class better? She was elected into parliament in 1981 (the year I was born) so it's no wonder she didn't have a clue considering it's now 27 years later.

[Finn]

10 minutes after voting, I was at the lights and witnessed this atrocity. I took the opportunity to wave in a "bye bye" fashion and got the most sour look back.

Thanks for nothing Helen.

[Skyryder]

By and large I agree with what you say, Skyryder does have a supply of good drugs, however privatisation of public services does not always work .
Take for example Bradfords deregulation of the power industry, did our power bills go down? , did they fuck!! It was a bullshit model & I could never see it resulting in lower prices & I think history bears me out.
The tertiary education system is run on a semi commercial basis, we have a bunch of private service providers all sucking on the public tit courtesy of student loans, is it really value for the money we pour in.?
We dont need to privatise,we need to streamline & cut out the BS
We have replaced commonsense with paperwork & bull shit, nobody wants to do anything they just want to clip the ticket on the way past.

If you go to the trouble and read my post you will 'note' that it was the 'public services' that my comments were directed at. Good drugs?? Nope but I can give you the name of my optician.

Skyryder

[Lias]

I voted National Elctorate, and ACT Party vote. I'm not particularly hopeful for this government, I trust John Key about as far as I can throw him and find him entirely too centrist for my liking.

I'm starting to think the only way were going to get a decent government is a coup d'etat and start shipping all the commie labour/green supporters to gulags.

[MisterD]

Just for a giggle, Danyl over at the Dim-post is at his satirical best on the demise of the Minister for Swanning Around Doing Nothing.

[Swoop]

10 minutes after voting, I was at the lights and witnessed this atrocity. I took the opportunity to wave in a "bye bye" fashion and got the most sour look back.

Thanks for nothing Helen.

That is scary.
The driver looks a lot like Rob Muldoon...

[madbikeboy]

I wouldn't be surprised if you're right. And I'm sure Mr Putin will be watching closely. If he flinches - bye-bye Georgia, Azerbijan, whateverelsestan.

I'll bet Turkey is watching too. I wouldn't take bets on Kurdistan .

I don't think he's got the balls for it, m'self, but I may be wrong, I thought JFK was a spoiled rich kid wimp.

He was. They had good intelligence on the Russians which made them confident enough to keep pushing for the backdown.

[Pussy]

10 minutes after voting, I was at the lights and witnessed this atrocity. I took the opportunity to wave in a "bye bye" fashion and got the most sour look back.

Thanks for nothing Helen.

You got a good camera, Finn! Pretty good quality shot, especially if the car was doing 180km/h....