tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post6033842087261242804..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Real incomes decline in the top two deciles and rise in the lowerLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-45649582624530625162012-02-11T14:59:29.124+13:002012-02-11T14:59:29.124+13:00which are very grim
Grim? - why on earth are thos...<i> which are very grim</i><br /><br />Grim? - why on earth are those statistics grim? <br /><br /><i> median incomes of most suburbs were bunched tightly around the regional average</i><br /><br />That is <b>literally</b> a description of Communist Eastern Europe and the USSR. East Germany, Poland, Russia under the Soviets. And this was in 1986 - so the Richardson reforms had not yet taken hold. <br /><br /><i> median incomes of the city's 300-odd suburban census units spread widely across the income scale</i><br /><br />It's called freedom, and capitalism!! In the truest words the Greens have ever said: <b>the Rich Deserve More</b>. <br /><br /><i> Income inequality ... fell from 2004 to 2007 as a result of the WFF package</i> <br /><br />WFF which Key called <b>communism by stealth</b>. Everyone seems to think that was hyperbole - even Key himself. But it's not hyperbole: it is brutally accurate.<br /><br /><i> such as raising the minimum wage to two-thirds of the average wage</i><br /><br />And again this isn't communism-by-stealth: this is open communism. 2/3rds of the <b>mean</b> wage in NZ is pretty much the <b>median</b> wage: so this policy, literally is to <b>pay everyone the median wage</b>. <br /><br />Not communism-by-stealth. <br /><br />Not socialism.<br /><br />Not social democracy, or "third way", or "fair society", or whatever cute buzzwords are going around.<br /><br />This is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need"<br /><br />Marxist communism, pure and simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com