Goodbye Hubbard

[Usarka]

why the fuck are people complaining about aucklanders not paying for something inside auckland that they dont want.

if you feckers want it then pay for it. if you don't then whats the problem.

stop crying about jaffas, go and have some sniff sniff snifters

[peasea]

hey look, something we agree on!

bugger the world cup, it's a profit making enterprise and should not be a burden on those who are not rugby fans and certainly not on aucklanders alone.

while we're at it, don't fund the amerika's cup.................

All of those things should be self funding, government cash should be spent on more pressing things like the dole or legal aid for gun-toting 'terrorists'. (Actually, in reality I was thinking schools and hospitals....)

I don't like ball sports, never have, rugby makes my stomach turn but if you want to play it, go right ahead. However, I don't think that rate payers should have their already too-high rates plundered to underwrite what is essentially a money-spinner for the IRB. Sure, they talk about the good of the community etc etc, and the money that will be generated in the area. I doubt that any of those dollars will be used as cash rebates for the people who might have been extorted to get the ball rolling (pun intended) if it had gone ahead.

The IRB just wants to line its own pockets to make up for previous fiscal blunderings and excesses.

[MisterD]

Johny Reid, currently leading A1GP, no taxpayer funding. Very articulate when interviewed, clear concise non bastardised English, and doesnt trash hotel rooms.

Somehow I just can't take that seriously....just watching the rear spoilers go by....Great Britain, Germany, France, Fisher & Paykel....eh?

[Delerium]

Ha ha, fair one... but even if a private company is investing, its still not taxpayer cash.

[idleidolidyll]

Nope. Not quite right. You mis-read my post - I never claimed Cullen said he was going to lower taxes, I said he promised to raise the thresholds at which the various tax rates kick in, which is effectively lowering tax. And here's your reference.

that's not actually proof Sanx, it's OTHER people telling us what Cullen is supposed to have said.

However, suppose I accept it as proof; that still doesn't make it a broken verbal contract. If Labour were to leave government without doing it in that electoral term, THEN he would have broken a contract.

As this stands, he still has a year to run and a year to do as you say he said he'd do.

[Robert Taylor]

Yes, but one third of the population lives in Auckland. It's the single biggest contributor to government coffers. It's had chronic under-investment for the last thirty odd years and now that lack of investment is starting to choke the city.

And when the single biggest market in the country slowly grinds to a halt, the rest of the economy suffers.

This wasnt technically a dig at Aucklanders as such, but it is relevant to point out that 67% of Kiwis live outside of Auckland and EVERYONE is important. Wouldnt it make a lot more sense to have a lot more industry out of Auckland so that it is not bursting its seams?

[idleidolidyll]

This wasnt technically a dig at Aucklanders as such, but it is relevant to point out that 67% of Kiwis live outside of Auckland and EVERYONE is important. Wouldnt it make a lot more sense to have a lot more industry out of Auckland so that it is not bursting its seams?

sure, after you've moved it we'll start funding ex backwaters but until then lets deal with reality

[Skyryder]

Yep we are all Kiwis at heart.

You guys have got Banks. Down my neck of the woods we have another silver tounge. I don't know whose the worst. A snake oil salesman or a flake. Bit like Paris realy............both girls.

Skyyrder

[Robert Taylor]

sure, after you've moved it we'll start funding ex backwaters but until then lets deal with reality

Id argue the pont with you but my capitalist endeavours beckon and I have less idle time than you!

[idleidolidyll]

Id argue the pont with you but my capitalist endeavours beckon and I have less idle time than you!

as i said before, work life balance is a real problem for far too many capitalists

dying rich from a heart attack at 55 is a waste of a life

my own capitalist endeavors probably take far less time and are quite rewarding

[peasea]

Id argue the pont with you but my capitalist endeavours beckon and I have less idle time than you!

NEVER! EVER! argue the pont.
Corrrzzz if you doooooooo
The PONT....IFF will get you from behind.


(And you wouldn't like that.)

[Robert Taylor]

NEVER! EVER! argue the pont.
Corrrzzz if you doooooooo
The PONT....IFF will get you from behind.


(And you wouldn't like that.)

My spelling mistake. But this one eyed lefty with way too much idle time certainly has an argumentative disposition. He should appear at Speakers corner in Hyde Park. The communist mayor of London would doubtless love him.

[peasea]

My spelling mistake. But this one eyed lefty with way too much idle time certainly has an argumentative disposition. He should appear at Speakers corner in Hyde Park. The communist mayor of London would doubtless love him.

Mate; just got back here. Where do these people find their time?

Takin' the piss, as usual, hard to find the staff...........