Labour accuses Luxon of using ‘taxpayers as personal ATM’ after charging Govt $1,000/week to live in apartment he owns, when Premier House was available, if ‘drafty, noisy and having small bathrooms’
As many people have pointed out, already, it's austerity for thee but not for me. They're perfectly happy to bash struggling beneficiary's but will also take any money they can squeeze from their parliamentary perks, while earning over 150k.
Michael Wood essentially lost his job because of a perceived conflict of interest with his $13000 of airport shares - it really doesn’t rate compared to the self interest of many parliamentarians getting to stifle any changes to property/profiteering rules
I like "Koru lounge Scrounger" but it is not as good as mine "Bald headed boardroom bandit"!
Tough about the Antarctic sea ice though. All the bullshit about the fragile economy from the above and " Nicotine Willis", cannot see existential threats even when "it bites them on the Bum"
Once again it’s Luxons political judgment any other politician would know better. As you point out the best and brightest know residential real estate is where it’s at, he made more from it than being CEO of Air New Zealand after all
The thing about those who feel they are entitled is that they firmly believe they deserve their entitlements and they are entitled to extend as well as protect them.
Ugh, nauseated by his dodging of questions and answering with the same words over and over again. Could the media request a tour through Premier House so we can all see how bad it is? I"m not opposed to anyone claiming what they're entitled to, but in this case it's bad optics given their message about cutting costs. An interesting point about his judgement - he really does walk into these things.
Totally agree about his parrot fashion responses and great to hear the journalists cutting through the bs. Same media trained / responses as JK, but far less versatile. Great suggestion re media tour of the house.
The CEO of 'NZ. Inc.' is far too important to engage intelligently with mere minions- just a shame that the minions are also the shareholders. Of course the ultimate ideal of his class is to modify the shareholder voting profile from 'one person one vote' to a 'per net capital worth' basis- just like in a real-life business. It's not fantasy- it's fascism.
Before my time I'm afraid- I was being tormented by the awful Margaret Thatcher at the time. Didn't Muldoon borrow a lot of overseas money for infrastructure (without a plan as to how to repay it though)? I believe that particular folly was the motivation behind a lot of the heavy-handed "fiscal responsibility" type legislation that followed.
How about let's change what they're entitled to? Any civilian who gets a job in a different city has to move there, and pay their rent/ mortgage in their new digs out of their own pay.
Excellent summary of the situation Bernard. The rental subsidies have so much to answer for. If only the subsidy had been used to support people into home ownership instead,
some people who are purchasing and living in their own residential property are receiving an accommodation supplement to pay some of their mortgage interest costs. I believe that if this availability was advertised throughout NZ then a considerably greater/larger number of people would apply for and receive this accommodation supplement.
Whoever picked up the phone to tell him "pay it back, it's a distraction" must have groaned when he used those exact words rather than some sort of humble apology and acknowledgement that in making the decision NOT TO USE THE FREE ACCOMMODATION THAT HE WAS ENTITLED TO AND WAS AVAILABLE, it was inappropriate then to claim an allowance.
I imagine groaning is a daily occurrence for his minders. He really does manage to put his foot in his mouth, despite talking so fast it's almost unintelligible - those lips flap at the speed of light.
Fwiw, it reminds me of someone telling a story leaving no gaps so nobody can question individual utterances. Sort of, telling lies, in fact.
a large number of "perks" of various kinds are available for/to NZ members of parliament and ex MPs. I should be grateful if someone would publish on the Kaka all of the "perks" that are
1) currently available for/to MPs and ex MPs and
2) a fully comprehensive list of all "perk" payments made to MPs and ex MPs (including spouses) during the past 12 months (or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available).
I think that would be excellent. Its time the NZ public appreciated that beneficiaries are in fact not living the high life in any way shape or form. That the public purse pays out far more to the Haves than the Have Nots......
Man you've done it again. Poured scorn on this Humpty puppet who as others have said repeats parrot fashion the lines he likely got from his spin doc. The bit that got me was his description that 'it was a distraction'. So one could assume that without the exposure the payments would have continued.
I think there are many more miles in the “entitlment” story. What about the entitlement to timely cancer treatment for those diagnosed? Humane treatment for people suffering mental health problems? There are endless other examples of people in NZ not being able to get what society deems they are entitled to.
Please take up some of these entitlement stories over the next couple of years.
Couldn’t the Reserve Bank just keep pushing the LVR limits up to solve this housing price issue? It doesn’t stop people owning multiple properties outright, but it does stop the mortgage leveraging that has caused much of the issues.
Why doesn’t the government pass a law forbidding one house being used as equity to buy another? Ah yeah, because it’s run by MPs who own multiple houses and want to maintain the status quo.
As many people have pointed out, already, it's austerity for thee but not for me. They're perfectly happy to bash struggling beneficiary's but will also take any money they can squeeze from their parliamentary perks, while earning over 150k.
Yes but they deserve their entitlements you see, whereas the needy haven’t “worked hard” to earn them.
Michael Wood essentially lost his job because of a perceived conflict of interest with his $13000 of airport shares - it really doesn’t rate compared to the self interest of many parliamentarians getting to stifle any changes to property/profiteering rules
Thank you Bernard,
I like "Koru lounge Scrounger" but it is not as good as mine "Bald headed boardroom bandit"!
Tough about the Antarctic sea ice though. All the bullshit about the fragile economy from the above and " Nicotine Willis", cannot see existential threats even when "it bites them on the Bum"
Patrick Medlicott
Funny that Jacinda was raising a toddler in Premier house.
Once again it’s Luxons political judgment any other politician would know better. As you point out the best and brightest know residential real estate is where it’s at, he made more from it than being CEO of Air New Zealand after all
The thing about those who feel they are entitled is that they firmly believe they deserve their entitlements and they are entitled to extend as well as protect them.
Ugh, nauseated by his dodging of questions and answering with the same words over and over again. Could the media request a tour through Premier House so we can all see how bad it is? I"m not opposed to anyone claiming what they're entitled to, but in this case it's bad optics given their message about cutting costs. An interesting point about his judgement - he really does walk into these things.
Totally agree about his parrot fashion responses and great to hear the journalists cutting through the bs. Same media trained / responses as JK, but far less versatile. Great suggestion re media tour of the house.
The CEO of 'NZ. Inc.' is far too important to engage intelligently with mere minions- just a shame that the minions are also the shareholders. Of course the ultimate ideal of his class is to modify the shareholder voting profile from 'one person one vote' to a 'per net capital worth' basis- just like in a real-life business. It's not fantasy- it's fascism.
Yes Kevin, reminds me very much of the Muldoon era.
Before my time I'm afraid- I was being tormented by the awful Margaret Thatcher at the time. Didn't Muldoon borrow a lot of overseas money for infrastructure (without a plan as to how to repay it though)? I believe that particular folly was the motivation behind a lot of the heavy-handed "fiscal responsibility" type legislation that followed.
How about let's change what they're entitled to? Any civilian who gets a job in a different city has to move there, and pay their rent/ mortgage in their new digs out of their own pay.
Please open this up so we can all share it widely.
Excellent summary of the situation Bernard. The rental subsidies have so much to answer for. If only the subsidy had been used to support people into home ownership instead,
some people who are purchasing and living in their own residential property are receiving an accommodation supplement to pay some of their mortgage interest costs. I believe that if this availability was advertised throughout NZ then a considerably greater/larger number of people would apply for and receive this accommodation supplement.
Wow. I had no idea. First home buyers?
Whoever picked up the phone to tell him "pay it back, it's a distraction" must have groaned when he used those exact words rather than some sort of humble apology and acknowledgement that in making the decision NOT TO USE THE FREE ACCOMMODATION THAT HE WAS ENTITLED TO AND WAS AVAILABLE, it was inappropriate then to claim an allowance.
I imagine groaning is a daily occurrence for his minders. He really does manage to put his foot in his mouth, despite talking so fast it's almost unintelligible - those lips flap at the speed of light.
Fwiw, it reminds me of someone telling a story leaving no gaps so nobody can question individual utterances. Sort of, telling lies, in fact.
I just cant even. The entitlement greed of these people...... It just blows my mind and makes me think of guillotines
a large number of "perks" of various kinds are available for/to NZ members of parliament and ex MPs. I should be grateful if someone would publish on the Kaka all of the "perks" that are
1) currently available for/to MPs and ex MPs and
2) a fully comprehensive list of all "perk" payments made to MPs and ex MPs (including spouses) during the past 12 months (or the most recent 12 months for which figures are available).
I think that would be excellent. Its time the NZ public appreciated that beneficiaries are in fact not living the high life in any way shape or form. That the public purse pays out far more to the Haves than the Have Nots......
Man you've done it again. Poured scorn on this Humpty puppet who as others have said repeats parrot fashion the lines he likely got from his spin doc. The bit that got me was his description that 'it was a distraction'. So one could assume that without the exposure the payments would have continued.
Ka pai Mark Dalder. Ka pai Bernard.
Great post, Bernard! Please open it up.
I think there are many more miles in the “entitlment” story. What about the entitlement to timely cancer treatment for those diagnosed? Humane treatment for people suffering mental health problems? There are endless other examples of people in NZ not being able to get what society deems they are entitled to.
Please take up some of these entitlement stories over the next couple of years.
I'd be fascinated to see a list of MP's who don't claim these 'entitlements'
Ditto
One has to wonder how much worse Luxon's detachment would be if Hamish Rutherford wasn't carefully curating this dumpster fire?
Couldn’t the Reserve Bank just keep pushing the LVR limits up to solve this housing price issue? It doesn’t stop people owning multiple properties outright, but it does stop the mortgage leveraging that has caused much of the issues.
Why doesn’t the government pass a law forbidding one house being used as equity to buy another? Ah yeah, because it’s run by MPs who own multiple houses and want to maintain the status quo.