Comments on: Hooton is half right http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/ hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:59:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: greengeek http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-53019 greengeek Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:54:10 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-53019 <blockquote>Could we not guarantee free education, health care and superannuation for our citizens while still hovering in the top, like the Netherlands? </blockquote> That takes money Frog. Without a capitalist agenda guaranteeing income, we are destined to be more like Fiji rather than like any of the Scandinavian or European countries. You forget that we are saddled with a huge component of Pacific cultural baggage. Even if you consider that to be a good thing, there is no way you can pretend that we can build a Euro-style country upon it.

Could we not guarantee free education, health care and superannuation for our citizens while still hovering in the top, like the Netherlands?

That takes money Frog.

Without a capitalist agenda guaranteeing income, we are destined to be more like Fiji rather than like any of the Scandinavian or European countries.

You forget that we are saddled with a huge component of Pacific cultural baggage.

Even if you consider that to be a good thing, there is no way you can pretend that we can build a Euro-style country upon it.

]]> By: StephenR http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-51119 StephenR Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:38:48 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-51119 Volvo in Sweden eh. huh. I bet those blooooody Swedes think they're so <i> great </i>. Volvo in Sweden eh. huh. I bet those blooooody Swedes think they’re so great .

]]> By: Kevyn http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-51109 Kevyn Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:37:02 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-51109 Stephen, And F&P was our Electrolux/Dishlex. If we could work out why Ford kept Volvo in Sweden we might work out what we have been doing wrong. Stephen, And F&P was our Electrolux/Dishlex. If we could work out why Ford kept Volvo in Sweden we might work out what we have been doing wrong.

]]> By: big bro http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50936 big bro Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:38:39 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50936 Frog Just what are the "tired old failed policies" that National had, and how many of their reforms have the current corrupt govt changed? Frog

Just what are the “tired old failed policies” that National had, and how many of their reforms have the current corrupt govt changed?

]]> By: StephenR http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50806 StephenR Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:52:56 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50806 Apparently our 'Nokia' was 'Navman', but that got sold to some Americans who then took it apart... Apparently our ‘Nokia’ was ‘Navman’, but that got sold to some Americans who then took it apart…

]]> By: big bro http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50794 big bro Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:29:42 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50794 Valis "The left stoops so low compared to the right" Glad you agree, would you like me to list a few examples? Valis

“The left stoops so low compared to the right”

Glad you agree, would you like me to list a few examples?

]]> By: big bro http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50793 big bro Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:28:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50793 Frog I am well aware what you said however still does not mean that any party who supported the EFA can claim it has principles. As for donations, well in a perfect world I would agree with you however we both know that any company or businessman who dared to donate a sum of money to the right would be attacked, vandalized and abused by rabid lefties and pinko's, so for that reason I would favour keeping donations anonymous, after all it is my money and I will do with it what I like. While we are discussing this issue it might be a good idea if you actually told us the real reason you are against big donations, we both know it is because you dislike the ease with which the Nat's can raise money (which is where your support of this piece of envy legislation comes from) compared to the Greens and of course the fact that ultimately you want ME (and all other tax payers) to pay for your electioneering. Frog

I am well aware what you said however still does not mean that any party who supported the EFA can claim it has principles.

As for donations, well in a perfect world I would agree with you however we both know that any company or businessman who dared to donate a sum of money to the right would be attacked, vandalized and abused by rabid lefties and pinko’s, so for that reason I would favour keeping donations anonymous, after all it is my money and I will do with it what I like.

While we are discussing this issue it might be a good idea if you actually told us the real reason you are against big donations, we both know it is because you dislike the ease with which the Nat’s can raise money (which is where your support of this piece of envy legislation comes from) compared to the Greens and of course the fact that ultimately you want ME (and all other tax payers) to pay for your electioneering.

]]> By: Valis http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50790 Valis Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:24:03 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50790 And more and more from big bro, where will it stop? The left stoops so low compared to the right - yeah right. My comment was reflecting on the circles we go around in with you and only one or two others really. Personally, I can't imagine spending so much time on a right wing blog just kicking dirt, but if this is the best thing you have to do, you should expect to get baited occasionally. And more and more from big bro, where will it stop? The left stoops so low compared to the right - yeah right. My comment was reflecting on the circles we go around in with you and only one or two others really. Personally, I can’t imagine spending so much time on a right wing blog just kicking dirt, but if this is the best thing you have to do, you should expect to get baited occasionally.

]]> By: frog http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50788 frog Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:12:04 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50788 big bro - I didn't ask what you thought of the EFA. I asked if you supported the principle of fully transparent donations to political parties. (Assuming we have a threshold for small, gold coin type donations.) What say ye? big bro - I didn’t ask what you thought of the EFA. I asked if you supported the principle of fully transparent donations to political parties. (Assuming we have a threshold for small, gold coin type donations.) What say ye?

]]> By: big bro http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50787 big bro Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:41:37 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2008/07/27/hooton-is-half-right/#comment-50787 Valis "‘Round and ’round we go, the usual crap from big bro" Further confirmation that the left revert to abuse when faced with opposition, mind you at least I will not be the one who is crying into my herbal tea on election night when the Greens fail to make the threshold. Valis

“‘Round and ’round we go, the usual crap from big bro”

Further confirmation that the left revert to abuse when faced with opposition, mind you at least I will not be the one who is crying into my herbal tea on election night when the Greens fail to make the threshold.

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