Remember the TPPA? Well now our government is involved in a new deal being secretly negotiated called RCEP ( but be careful not to say that acronym out loud…
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Author: Bryan Bruce
Politics,Polls and Property
In 1984,when the 4th Labour Government led by David Lange and Finance Minister Roger Douglas came to power and introduced neoliberal economics to our country, I was a teacher. …
Read/View MoreMy Land,YourLand,Our Land
It is a common human trait to be acquisitive – to acquire things for ourselves and exclude others. I’m not going to speculate on why so many of us…
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I see National MP Judith Collins has complained to the Auditor General about taxpayer funding being used to underwrite KiwiBuild homes. In the 1950’s and 60’s underwriting new home…
Read/View MoreSuicide and Economics
Suicide and EconomicsIn the year 2017 to 2018 , 329 people died on our roads . Almost one a day – which is bad. But last week we learned…
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Last week RNZ reported on two stories that should give us all pause to think about who we are , what we stand for and the ACTUAL rather than…
Read/View MoreA Life And Death Decision
David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill passed it’s second reading last week It now goes to the Committee of the Whole House where all members of Parliament consider…
Read/View MoreTwo Glimmers Of Hope
26 June 2019In the last 24hours I have read two articles that give me some hope that at long last we might be seeing the demise of the ME…
Read/View MoreHousing 101
The recent cabinet reshuffle in which Phil Twyford was moved sideways is at least some recognition by the Ardern government that their housing policy is failing. So if they’re…
Read/View MoreThe People’s Budget May 31st 2019
“Wellbeing” who would not be for it? But how can the lives of the many be made better if you don’t tax the wealthy? Is there really no more…
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