In just two years our PM @jacindaardern has done more for building New Zealand's positive international standing and reputation than some politicians have achieved across their entire political career. #nzpol
@MarkGraham_Akl interesting article..
i like his pithy descriptions of trump/the whistleblowers/sondiland etc..
his wrap up was a bit of a worry..
as he is clearly pushing the centrist p.o.v/anti-bernie..
so he lost me there..
Hey for anyone watching @StephenAtHome visiting NZ on @colbertlateshow & wants to know more about the country, we (@radionz) have made a fun YouTube series about the history of NZ. Please, take a look and RT. (No snakes in there either!).
https://t.co/ZzMMG5thoD
@volante_el @yeahnahbro55 @CitizenBomber yes - making the first twenty grand tax-free wd end te kafkaesque giving/taking away of the miserable stipends the poorest receive..
that also needs to be done..(we are international outliers in doing this..)
and the right shouldn't disagree with that - as they also wd get it..
@volante_el @yeahnahbro55 @CitizenBomber i agree that the effects of/from neoliberalism over the previous decades - have transferred money to the elites to the cost of the rest of us...and has 'done nothing for the economy'
but if the incomes of the poorest are increased - that money goes straight into retailers' tills.
@yeahnahbro55 @CitizenBomber and i wd support a rent-freeze for the next five years - to allow some sort of catch-up..
didyaknow the rentier-class only comprises 3-4% of the population..?
given that low number i am surprised that politicians are so scared of them - that they wield so much influence..
@yeahnahbro55 @CitizenBomber i am not defending the rentier-class in any way..
i view them as leeches..te rent-hikes of recent yrs > all greed
+ i was not accusing u of bene-bashing..
i was noting te hatred most nz'ers have 4 benes - overwhelming the economics 101 logic for raising benefit levels..