Oh good one Key: saving jobs - Bullshit

[Skyryder]

Swazzi a NZcompany losses a two mill contract from the NZ Army to China.

Another 'talkfest' on saving jobs starts tomorrow. What's the bet that the focus will be on tourism: Keys port folio.

Skyryder

[Indiana_Jones]

It is retarded, but the government doesn't have control into the daily running of the armed forces does it?

One would like to think so....

I don't think you can slap the blame on Key for this one.

But yea, "job summit" = talking about something the government has little/no control over

-Indy

[Tank]

Swazzi a NZcompany losses a two mill contract from the NZ Army to China.

Another 'talkfest' on saving jobs starts tomorrow. What's the bet that the focus will be on tourism: Keys port folio.

Skyryder

It did say that there were long standing procurement requirements - Perhaps Swazzi simply wasnt up to the job.

[Mully]

It's more complicated than that - as the story in the paper explains.

Yes, though, I agree that Key should be standing up and demanding that they source all the gear locally where they can (like the US has done).

Although, they source it from Australia at the moment, who source it from NZ.

FTAs (set up by your beloved Labour party) mean that NZ companies can't be "protected" by cheap labour sources in China (unless you want to get into Dumping Duty, which I have no desire to debate with you, and doesn't apply to clothing anyway)

[Swoop]

I wonder when the contracts were advertised and what the conditions in them were. I would look more at the Looney Labourite Sect for that one.

Nice to see that the leader of the opposition (who?) is so highly rated in the polls...

[Mully]

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I don't think you can slap the blame on Key for this one.

Have you not met Skyryder?

[Skyryder]

It is retarded, but the government doesn't have control into the daily running of the armed forces does it?

This is not 'daily running.' Key talks about job retention. He once compare himself to Barack Obama. He needs to listen to this man too. Only yesterday Obama made a pledge to the American worker that 'American jobs were not going outside of America's borders.'

His comparison of Obama to himself is nothing more that pretenous twaddle from a money fiddler more interested in his own self interests than those of you and I.

Skyryder

[The Stranger:Me]

Have you not met Skyryder?

I must admit I haven't.
He does appear to be somewhat of an enigma though.
On the one hand coming across as sane, rational and reasoned, however when it comes to politics ALL that goes out the window in favour of rabid zealotry.
Most odd.

[Oakie]

more interested in his own self interests than those of you and I.

Would you like to provide some evidence to back up this outrageous statement?

[Skyryder]

It's more complicated than that - as the story in the paper explains.

Yes, though, I agree that Key should be standing up and demanding that they source all the gear locally where they can (like the US has done).

Although, they source it from Australia at the moment, who source it from NZ.

FTAs (set up by your beloved Labour party) mean that NZ companies can't be "protected" by cheap labour sources in China (unless you want to get into Dumping Duty, which I have no desire to debate with you, and doesn't apply to clothing anyway)

I have never supported Labours Free Trade Agreements as my post on here can demonstrate. On this score Labour never recieved any votes from myself because of this. Not to be confused with another issue but the so called family values that both the Nats and their Govt partners espouse so often are never demonstrated by the Govt in respect to their fellow New Zealanders.

I don't expect NZ buisness to hold this veiw in respect of buisness operations but I do expect the Govt and their departments to put the interests of the family of Kiwis first and foremost before all else. This outsourcing to China is akin to neglecting the Kiwi family that makes up our nation.


Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Would you like to provide some evidence to back up this outrageous statement?

The lie he told on TV news about his share numbers that he held. Good enough??
Skyyrder

[Str8 Jacket]

It did say that there were long standing procurement requirements - Perhaps Swazzi simply wasnt up to the job.

Yep, and Procurement is an interesting world. I work for Internal Affairs Procurement Unit and when our team chose BMW's (waits for the berating to begin) for the politicians the media had a field day, making all sorts of things up just to get a reaction from the public. Just like I guess they are doing now. No one except those involved in the process will really know what the real story is, though it is awful to see NZ's economy taking such huge blows at the moment.
Maybe another case of the media "sensationalising" an emotive topic right now to make money?...

[firefighter]

How about the fact, that because of huge budget cuts going on, and the need for upgrading the defence force still being there that maybe the contracts went to China as it was the only way the gummint could afford to maintain it, upgrade it from the state it's in - and to try and rescue it from falling further behind?

(you can thank uncle Helen for the state it's in at the moment by the fucken way she squandered it down to an absolute destitute state, now it needs masses of money to bring it back to the year 2000, never mind 2009)

Do you have any idea what they need to spend on Whenuapai's buildings alone just to get all the infastructure sound and current again?

[ManDownUnder]

Swazzi a NZcompany losses a two mill contract from the NZ Army to China.

Another 'talkfest' on saving jobs starts tomorrow. What's the bet that the focus will be on tourism: Keys port folio.

Skyryder

Yeah good point - we're at risk of going down the financial shitter... key should do nothing!

[Hitcher]

Just because a clothing company is based in Levin and owned by Grizzly Adams doesn't necessarily mean that it is an efficient, effective or reliable supplier.

New Zealanders generally have a preference to support local suppliers. I imagine that with all of the public scrutiny its purchasing decisions receive, that the NZDF is no exception to that.