tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post3045217232099641678..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Spending on welfare - "...engine of the domestic economy."Lindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-28538015413586674952009-11-01T20:47:24.674+13:002009-11-01T20:47:24.674+13:0030 cents of each welfare dollar goes where?30 cents of each welfare dollar goes where?plainblinglishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-73360139146953101172009-10-29T17:16:09.463+13:002009-10-29T17:16:09.463+13:00The Broken Window fallacy is alive and kicking it ...The Broken Window fallacy is alive and kicking it seems....kicking the crap out of the productive.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window<br /><br /><br />But the most damming reply to this nonsense is that its immoral....it enslaves one person to another.No ones "need"...really or imagined justifys the violation of the natuarl,individual rights of another to their person or property.<br /><br />What is immoral is also impracticle...reality makes it so...there are no contradictions in objective reality.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-60695545010512556772009-10-28T14:17:03.479+13:002009-10-28T14:17:03.479+13:00Very good, Mervyn. :)
Presumably the same Gordon...Very good, Mervyn. :)<br /><br />Presumably the same Gordon Campbell who used to spout the same eco-trash in 'The Listener'?<br /><br />And if so, perhaps he still does ...Susnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-15431010972375256132009-10-28T10:19:12.982+13:002009-10-28T10:19:12.982+13:00Burglary is actually a very important engine of th...Burglary is actually a very important engine of the domestic economy.<br />Insurance companies, privately funded, replace the stolen goods.<br />This maintains a bouyant retail sector.<br />The stolen goods are distributed to those on low incomes and benefits, raising their standard of living.<br />There are no real losers.<br />Retailers maintain a healthy turnover, good for profits, good for employment.<br />The burgled get new stuff.<br />The poor get better stuff than they had before.<br />The crims get cash for beer and drugs.<br />The insurance companies get more business (they make a profit).<br />The rich pricks pay less for premiums than the difference in the cost of their new stuff.<br />And the cops don't have to get out of their cars.<br />National needs to think again about reversing Labour's soft stance on criminal activity.<br /><br />MervynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-45260844573646177422009-10-27T20:52:50.409+13:002009-10-27T20:52:50.409+13:00"that spending on welfare is one of the engin..."that spending on welfare is one of the engines of the domestic economy"<br /><br /><br />That is as dumb as standing in a bucket and trying to lift it up!Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-37051656275107604212009-10-27T19:47:47.093+13:002009-10-27T19:47:47.093+13:00Ahh, this is the economic theory I was taught in h...Ahh, this is the economic theory I was taught in high school in the 80's. It was referred to as circulating money through the economy.<br /><br />They did not mention that it was actually stealing from the productive.<br /><br />I read an article recently from an Ethiopian women where she said the worst thing the western world can do for Africa is keep throwing money at it.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1222241/Starvation-threat-23-million-east-African-drought-victims.html<br /><br />Also, a good story from the UK on the poverty of spirit so ofter found in beneficiaries. We are doing no one any favours with all of these handouts:<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1222661/MEL-B-My-week-Apathy-City-living-family-benefits.htmlCBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-57817245346418302132009-10-27T16:19:18.400+13:002009-10-27T16:19:18.400+13:00The 'man' of course is Gordon Campbell.The 'man' of course is Gordon Campbell.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711087393689238053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-69692641284042043142009-10-27T16:17:55.267+13:002009-10-27T16:17:55.267+13:00The mans mad.The mans mad.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711087393689238053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-6370622018579039012009-10-27T15:11:56.412+13:002009-10-27T15:11:56.412+13:00And here comes the future:
McDonald's is pull...And here comes the future:<br /><br />McDonald's is pulling out of New Zealand next week, in a fresh blow to the island nation a year on from a financial crash that nearly left it bankrupt.<br /><br />The closure of the fast-food giant's three restaurants on Monday means New Zealand will become one of the few Western countries, including Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, without a McDonald's.<br /><br />John Ockerson, managing director of McBrands, holder of the McDonald's franchise in New Zealand, said the rising cost of importing ingredients and no sign of economic recovery meant the business was no longer financially viable.<br /><br />He said the cost of McDonald's ingredients, most of which are sourced from Australia, had doubled in the last 18 months as a result of severe depreciation of the New Zealand Dollar and high marginal tax rates.<br /><br />A Big Mac in Auckland sells for NZD10 (£3.22), but the 20% price rise required to make a decent profit would have increased it to NZD12 (£3.86), which would have made the New Zealand version of the burger the most expensive in the world.<br /><br />"I've sold more hamburgers in the last few months than ever before, but the cost is prohibitive. It just makes no sense," Ockerson told Reuters. <br /><br />McDonald's opened in Auckland in 1993. The company said in a statement that it would not seek a new partner in New Zealand owing to the state of the economy and the complexity of doing business in an island nation of just 4,000,000 people.<br /><br />New Zealand's government deficit exploded at the height of the global credit crisis, borrowing $1bn per month, devastating the country's economy and leaving it dependent on a $10bn aid package led by the International Monetary Fund.<br /><br />It is not the first time that McDonald's, which operates in more than 119 countries on six continents, has pulled out of a country. In 2002 it withdrew from seven countries, including Bolivia, which had poor profit margins, in a cost cutting exercise.<br /><br /><br />after http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/mcdonalds-to-quit-icelandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com