Awful truth, unknown to 99% of the population...
NZ Govt adopted an economic management model in the 1980s that MAKES SURE:
1. We always have tens of thousands of kiwis on the dole.
2. People with work / little work live in abject poverty that keeps them desperate for crap jobs. Why? [🧵 1/n]
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheGathering
#birding #birdsky
Musical Chairs
Carl Horsley
Good to constantly remember the 5 Laws of Stupidity from Cipolla (1976).
Seems relevant to much of the inexplicable stuff we see today. We presume nefarious competence but should remember that stupid people are found in all groups, including tech leaders and politicians...
Report author Shamubeel Eaqub said the research challenged the assumptions that stopping projects saved money.
"The surprising finding is how expensive pausing or cancelling projects really is. Delays create inflation costs, productivity losses and defer public benefits that compound over time."
A new report shows pausing, cancelling and delaying infrastructure projects has cost New Zealand an estimated $11.8 billion in the last 25 years.
Responsibilisation: a process in which responsibilities shift from the state to individuals or communities. This can lead to governments relying on unpaid or poorly paid community members to fulfill roles traditionally held by state agencies.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
the thing that’s been painfully obvious for years is that unchecked capital accumulation paired with gutting the social safety net and public goods was going to lead to commerce without customers. an economy built on consumption when no one has money to consume.
Jason Kemp
Carl Horsley
Joshua Erlich
Of all the things to waste money on, this is some of the dumbest. #nzpol
Health NZ staff face second email address change within months www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-nz...
The govt consulted a senior law professor who told them that legislating over Smith vs Fonterra would provide "immunity from accountability" for corporate defendants, and was inconsistent with its own Regulatory Standards Bill and common law rights They did it anyway. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government ministers say they have no plans to means-test disability support after introducing a bill that expects disabled New Zealanders to use resources and support available from family members fi...
A legal boffin who was consulted on the government's law change that would prevent companies from being sued over climate change explains his opposition.
“If you are running a country as a CEO of a business, then ‘customers’ who lack the ability to pay aren’t worthy of serious attention – the disabled, the homeless, those on welfare, children living in poverty – even if your own policies are responsible for their predicament.” #nzpol
“It’s the most damaging collection of legislative Treaty proposals I’ve seen in my career, breaching Te Tiriti on a scale and breadth that we haven’t yet witnessed in our lifetimes.” — Carwyn Jones.
Its starting.
Neoliberalism's attempt to make self-interest into a governing philosophy has proven to be a disaster, writes Dame Anne Salmond, but alternatives do exist
newsroom.co.nz
Health NZ’s 90,000 staff will shift to healthnz.govt.nz email addresses in October.
“It’s the most damaging collection of legislative Treaty proposals I’ve seen in my career, breaching Te Tiriti on a scale and breadth that we haven’t yet witnessed in our lifetimes.” — Carwyn Jones.
