tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post3314589051497496143..comments2023-11-13T16:30:40.096+13:00Comments on Editing the Herald: Our lasting appreciationJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-7269871047696318342009-08-07T12:34:40.805+12:002009-08-07T12:34:40.805+12:00Barf! The Herald editor has some wierd, privileged...Barf! The Herald editor has some wierd, privileged, and comfortably well-off views about the NZ economy post-Muldoon. My Mum, Dad and brother were all on benefits at once in 1990 and my school age sister lived with me because I had a good job. Rogernomics was ugly. The poorest people bore the brunt unfairly throughout the 80's and National exacerbated it by cutting benefits to levels proven to be inadequate to survive on. Unemployment was rife for school leavers and university graduates and student loans piled more debt on younger workers. It seems like Roger Douglas is back to protect his creation as much as move it forward. Installing a capital gains tax (CGT) is necessary and he wasn't brave enough to instigate one - none of the politicians then or since have been. A CGT would affect his generation the most and makes very good sense on many other levels. I wonder whether he'd be as popular with his wealthy friends if he institued a CGT tho...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-83151612260300215872009-08-04T12:11:45.476+12:002009-08-04T12:11:45.476+12:00"medical certificate to buy margarine" t..."medical certificate to buy margarine" thats gold right there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435867855064927234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-64897059681610628712009-08-04T08:20:48.719+12:002009-08-04T08:20:48.719+12:00'Or Action Man?''Or Action Man?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-65905742666767264872009-08-03T20:34:48.170+12:002009-08-03T20:34:48.170+12:00Edit: or I'm thinking of the original article,...Edit: or I'm thinking of the original article, that the editiorial no doubt is plagari-'referenced' from.Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085535150306390444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-3553231761737636142009-08-03T20:33:12.963+12:002009-08-03T20:33:12.963+12:00Wait, wait, what?? I read that in the paper versio...Wait, wait, what?? I read that in the paper version but I SWEAR most of the last bit wasn't there.<br /><br /><br />Maybe my mind blanked it in horror.Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085535150306390444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-70099045174118450752009-08-03T16:46:44.615+12:002009-08-03T16:46:44.615+12:00It's a little off-topic, for sure... I guess t...It's a little off-topic, for sure... I guess they've been saving it up until Sir Roger made the news ("quick, we're behind our annual pro-free-market editorial targets, better shove something in now while it's vaguely relevant or Garth will have us fired and made into pies")<br /><br />You gotta love the irony in the conclusion:<br />"Politics is an ultimately thankless public service."gazzajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269126625443588798noreply@blogger.com