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Pretty good column, even though it's (apparently) yesterday's news.

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Aug 15, 2022Liked by Bernard Hickey

I thought Nicola Willis was smarter than this

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Aug 15, 2022Liked by Bernard Hickey

The Kaka needs to get out to as many readers as possible this news is real honest and relevant

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Aug 15, 2022Liked by Bernard Hickey

I can't help thinking that National has become the party of big corporate business rather than small business (which is the bulk of NZ business). I'm sure small businesses would rather extra money to go into the hands of poorer Kiwis who will spend with them on groceries, shoes & clothes for the kids than straight into wealthy Kiwis investment portfolios. Wealth inequality is driving many nasty outcomes in NZ including ram raids, Voices for Freedom, people living in cars, full hospitals and domestic violence. We can all enjoy a better NZ if we all pay our fair share. See this morning's awesome Side Eye:https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/16-08-2022/the-side-eyes-two-new-zealands-the-table

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FYI an Update on the China beef fear article. The Meat Industry Association tells me this morning: "We were investigating this yesterday and it appears to be a false alarm as NZ product was being approved by GACC throughout the day and we have had no reports of any issues. MPI is aware and we expect will confirm the situation today."

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National have come out of the blocks early with their two recent policies and shown their venal rule for the wealthy and kill the poor (especially the youth) mentality they’re as dreadful as ever. Parsimonious on behalf of everyone else except themselves like rich folk are. Worse than Labour and a new baby faced assassin who’s been sheltered in Corporates his whole career makes no difference except he’s even more of a sexist bigot than John Key. The things these people say and do are utterly without conscience or reflection for consequences on others more vulnerable than themselves no empathy whatsoever. Just outright naked greed on behalf of the wealthy and privileged I’m glad they’re blowing it so badly already. No redeeming features whatsoever.

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Actually Bernard I want to know why Windfall taxes are not being proposed on banks and oil , energy and other companies and corporations who caused this mess, to mitigate it all, while being subsidised and enabled by successive Governments using taxpayer money. Reparations for total destruction are long overdue particularly given it has taken purposeful dissembling on them and our representatives against the public and our interests, they are paid to serve, in order it has gotten to a nearly too late doomsday scenario with the breakdown of society and institutions clearly evident.

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