| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 89746 | 2008-05-10 10:13:00 | Will You Vote National ? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 668019 | 2008-05-11 06:25:00 | No government should stay in longer than a couple of terms. After that they become arrogant ar....holes. No matter which colour politicians are only interested in their own wellbeing not ours. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 668020 | 2008-05-11 07:44:00 | OK. I have read this:- www.scoop.co.nz I also read another where Police will will be given wider powers over gangs and drugs. What do I believe? At this point I do not know. Vote carefully! But do vote if you are entitled to. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 668021 | 2008-05-11 07:53:00 | I might add that the National spokesman for finance seems to be very silent for some reason. I will still sit and wait. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 668022 | 2008-05-11 08:04:00 | Thatcher - strong leader, yes but a bad leader. The only good thing about Thatcher was me seeing the light and voting with my feet to NZ. I didn't leave until President his Holiness Tony came to power. And Yes she was a strong leader that did some unpopular things but not the wrong things. At least national have a broadband policy. National will spend 1.5 billion on a new network Not completely true they want a shared investment from big company who is big enough? Telecom, Vodafone or Telstra clear. If they don't want to play ball National will not be doing any spending and we are stuck with the same crappy broadband and a crappy government. :2cents: |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 668023 | 2008-05-11 08:04:00 | Try this one as well:- home.nzcity.co.nz This what I referred to earlier. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 668024 | 2008-05-11 08:19:00 | So I do wonder where 1.5 billion dollars are coming from to do the broadband bit. Oh. Had a wee think and I guess all those paying taxes will be paying even if they do not have or want the Internet. I do know some people whom do not have a computer far less even dial up. I also know some people whom have a computer and do not use the internet. It is easy to promise all sorts of things like tax cuts etc while you do not contol Treasury. The last National Goverment I voted for said they did not have the money to pay for the promises. I guess this is why I am still waiting. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 668025 | 2008-05-11 08:26:00 | So I do wonder where 1.5 billion dollars are coming from to do the broadband bit. Maybe it is coming out of the dole and the DPB - one can only hope, might force a few people out of bed in the morning:D |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 668026 | 2008-05-11 10:08:00 | Maybe it is coming out of the dole and the DPB - one can only hope, might force a few people out of bed in the morning:D He He. Or maybe they'll cut down on the number of civil servants. |
legod (4626) | ||
| 668027 | 2008-05-11 11:30:00 | So I do wonder where 1.5 billion dollars are coming from to do the broadband bit. Oh. Had a wee think and I guess all those paying taxes will be paying even if they do not have or want the Internet. I do know some people whom do not have a computer far less even dial up. I also know some people whom have a computer and do not use the internet. It is easy to promise all sorts of things like tax cuts etc while you do not contol Treasury. The last National Goverment I voted for said they did not have the money to pay for the promises. I guess this is why I am still waiting. Probably the same place, as the 1 billion they were going to spend on a new stadium. There are also many people paying taxes, who never use rail, never use the health system, never need the police etc. However any money the government spends must be seen as an investment in the country as a whole. A fibre optic network should be seen as a long term investment, and if it is built well, it should last at least 100 years, just like our old copper network. There is no doubt there will be major economic benefits. Look what Labour are doing in OZ with their future broadband, just a pity NZ is is such a 'ambulance at the bottom of the cliff' society with out a long term plan, because we are losing more and more NZers to Oz by the day. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 668028 | 2008-05-11 18:28:00 | He He. Or maybe they'll cut down on the number of civil servants. Somehow I doubt that. The government of the day has advisers and the public servants employ consultants who get paid to advise as well. The problem part is that the same old public servants advise whatever government gets in and we can't vote public servants out. Note how many times the treasury gets it wrong for example. Has anyone here worked for the Met office? They get paid for weather forecasting. Due to MMP and the list we can't even vote out the local Member of Parliament at times. I could discuss this more but for some reason I have decided to get out of bed and go to work. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | |||||