Viper_NZ

We declared war on Germany, and the German state that was involved in that conflict no longer exists.

It might be worth a shot trying to get Germany to pay for it, but regardless, we just need to muck in and get it done.

The costs are only 1/2 of a flag referendum. Let's get on it!

The costs of an oil spill isn't just financial..

Gunning for those Men's Rights votes.

David Seymour - the man who'll defend a neo-nazi's right to free speech one week, and gag doctors from speaking on health issues the next.

Not only do they cost more, the greater surface area means your cold drink warms up faster.

Neat.

Words are great, but we really should be committing more support for Ukraine.

Disease isn’t contained by borders so - ‘Thanks’ from the rest of the world.

Seymour is saying the government is useless at owning things.

I’m saying the government owning state owned enterprises provides an additional revenue stream for the government coffers that doesn’t rely on taxes.

The fact that SOEs are run like any other corporation, just with the government as the shareholder, means they’re just as effective as any other corporate entity.

So Seymour is wrong.

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State owned enterprises are run like corporations but pay dividends to the government as shareholder. Eg, Kiwibank, NZ Post, Kiwirail, what’s left of the power companies etc.

It's no worse than anywhere else to be honest and mostly limited to older people.

Counterpoint: The more revenue the government earns from state owned enterprises, the less of a burden there will be on taxpayers.

Notifications etc I can understand if you don’t know how to use tech properly.

What I don’t understand is how every older person seems to have loud speakerphone conversations in public. They had landlines most of their lives so why do this?