Leonard Lee

I dream of the future. My words are Whim, Wisdom, or Wit.

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@TaxpayersUnion Sack the entire council board. The majority of ratepayers would not agree if put to a vote.

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@TaxpayersUnion The issues with the current parliament and all the parties feels so systemic that the whole lot need to go...but there's nothing better to replace them with. Stuck, stuffed, and feeling hopeless.

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@NZNationalParty Don't spend the "savings" on anything else. It's a reduction of expenditure, not a surplus amount to be reallocated.

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We export most of our meats and produce. The price we pay locally is usually greater than the exported (international) price, as we don't get the same volume discounts.
Crazy that NZ meat and dairy sold in in the UK can cost the same or than here...even after being shipped halfway across the world.

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Finance costs (interest on debt) is 4th on the list, and there's an elephant sitting at the top.
Education should also be above health.

Defense spending is woeful, so Australia would need to bail us out.

The hole keeps getting deeper, and only radical reform will get the country out.

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@TaxpayersUnion It's a matter of math and accounting. The money has to come from somewhere.

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Language is a foundational element for integration and common ground. One of the first questions on the immigration sheet needs to ask if English is the first language, and maybe what language is spoken at home. No need to go to the next question otherwise.

I'm sure many have sat in an uber or taxi, to have the driver talking to someone on the phone in some non-English language. Could be anything from "what's for dinner?" To "I'm going to kidnap my passenger."

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@fake_medical @PeterMcCormack Yup. Ultimately high(er) price and low(er) volume. Demand and supply will be at some equilibrium. There just won't be fewer businesses (coffee shops) open at that level.

Perhaps only in the wealthiest areas.

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@techAU @TeslaAUNZ I reckon they have to train v14 for au/nz first. Probably isn't simple or it would have already been released.

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@KeeganLangeveld Here's the MO: "students" come here, live as cheaply as possible, work as much as possible, then remitt as much as possible back to India.

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It's a bad look when a political party or politician deletes and removes a post after it has been up for hours and has had lots of engagement.

The National Party has done it before, and now the PM Chris Luxon.

My criticisms are not of parties and politicians, but rather their actions and their policies.

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@QuickBuzzWorld @chrisluxonmp

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@QuickBuzzWorld @chrisluxonmp

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@NZNationalParty What are the sizes of the target markets? Not the population...most of them are poor.
Sounds like a raw deal to me, for what NZ is conceding.

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@TaxpayersUnion Not impossible, but highly improbable.

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@TaxpayersUnion Every dollar of public spending needs to be looked at like an investment, and have an acceptable RoI.

It's not free money. The opportunity cost is money tax payers would have otherwise spent within the economy on products and services that make their lives better.

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@SonofOmahu The only seasonings you need are: salt, white pepper, and a dash light soy sauce.
If craving more flavour, some chicken powder.