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Kotare Sep 10th 2016 6:27 pm

Re: What an embarrassment this man is....
 

Originally Posted by Justcol (Post 12048561)
You've had two opportunities to vote him out already !!

He made a decision to better himself and support his single parent mother after watching her struggle to pay off debts that were left to her by his father. Lived in a caravan for a while, then a state house,left alone at night while his mum went to work. A hard life doesn't always involve doing low paid work.

Decided as a kid that he would a) make a million dollars and b) become prime minister. walked away from a chance at potentially one of the biggest jobs in the world, Global CEO of Merrill Lynch.

Under his leadership two global recessions practically pass by NZ without causing a ripple or any major job losses, NZ economy rates as one of the most stable in the world. Despite all the protests, no one is drilling for oil or digging up DOC land, he wasn't responsible for the Rena disaster or the Christchurch earthquake, although the way people whinge about it you'd think both events were all his fault

Vote for Andrew Little if you think he can do better, its a democracy after all, but don't start bleating on about how crap he is a year or two down the line when the greens and the racist NZ first and Mana party are calling all the shots

:goodpost:

I was going to respond in kind but managed to restrain myself (hard to believe I know) ;)

LoCarb Sep 10th 2016 7:06 pm

Re: What an embarrassment this man is....
 

Originally Posted by Kotare (Post 12048660)
:goodpost:

I was going to respond in kind but managed to restrain myself (hard to believe I know) ;)

OK, so that's two votes for JK then :lol:

SSky Sep 10th 2016 7:46 pm

Re: What an embarrassment this man is....
 

Originally Posted by Justcol (Post 12048561)
You've had two opportunities to vote him out already !!

He made a decision to better himself and support his single parent mother after watching her struggle to pay off debts that were left to her by his father. Lived in a caravan for a while, then a state house,left alone at night while his mum went to work. A hard life doesn't always involve doing low paid work.


Decided as a kid that he would a) make a million dollars and b) become prime minister. walked away from a chance at potentially one of the biggest jobs in the world, Global CEO of Merrill Lynch.


Under his leadership two global recessions practically pass by NZ without causing a ripple or any major job losses, NZ economy rates as one of the most stable in the world. Despite all the protests, no one is drilling for oil or digging up DOC land, he wasn't responsible for the Rena disaster or the Christchurch earthquake, although the way people whinge about it you'd think both events were all his fault


Vote for Andrew Little if you think he can do better, its a democracy after all, but don't start bleating on about how crap he is a year or two down the line when the greens and the racist NZ first and Mana party are calling all the shots

Deary me, talking politics always gets people bristling doesn't it, I don't really care what he did as he grew up, I just care about what is happening to the country now so yep I'll be voting against the national party once again come the next election.

LoCarb Sep 10th 2016 9:33 pm

Re: What an embarrassment this man is....
 

Originally Posted by Justcol (Post 12048561)

He made a decision to better himself and support his single parent mother after watching her struggle to pay off debts that were left to her by his father. Lived in a caravan for a while, then a state house,left alone at night while his mum went to work. A hard life doesn't always involve doing low paid work.

But this is why I find his attitude so unconscionable.
He has no sympathy for the poor and only greases-up to the wealthy class.

What gets my goat: wants to get rid of state housing that he himself benefited from!

Tom H Sep 10th 2016 9:47 pm

Re: What an embarrassment this man is....
 

Originally Posted by LoCarb (Post 12046469)
Got it in one. Roll on TPP.

Is that definitely happening????

I'm sure Mr Trump and Mrs Clinton have promised to veto it. Like the TTIP deal, I read congress are delaying signing it off because of it.

LoCarb Sep 20th 2016 8:20 pm

Re: What an embarrassment this man is....
 

Originally Posted by Justcol (Post 12048561)
He made a decision to better himself and support his single parent mother after watching her struggle to pay off debts that were left to her by his father. Lived in a caravan for a while, then a state house,left alone at night while his mum went to work. A hard life doesn't always involve doing low paid work.


Had to post this.
JK to a tee....

"The reality is that you don’t have to be smart to make a lot of money. All you need is greed. And that can’t be taught in business schools. In fact, when I went to work as a balance-of-payments analyst at Chase Manhattan in 1964, I was told that the best currency traders came from the Brooklyn or Hong Kong slums. Their entire life was devoted to making money, to rise into the class of the proverbial Babbitts of our time: nouveau riches lacking in real culture or intellectual curiosity."

Celebrating the One Percent: Is Inequality Really Good for the Economy? | Michael Hudson


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