tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post3357378668975409729..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: Finding Socialists in the darndest placesLucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-79462015004219110132007-05-01T20:02:00.000+12:002007-05-01T20:02:00.000+12:00Seems Cactus Kate is screening comments now, and b...Seems Cactus Kate is screening comments now, and blocking ones that expose her. Very Jordan-esque. Thought she was tougher than that.Seánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00105226003936491432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-65378513504525335172007-05-01T16:11:00.000+12:002007-05-01T16:11:00.000+12:00Rob, I totally agree. People should not be helped...Rob, I totally agree. People should not be helped into the housing market. Labour's latest proposal to help first home buyers with the deposit is just awful.<BR/><BR/>I don't think the bubble is going to burst too much. The cost of renovating or building new housing is more expensive than upgrading. If you can get a builder, that is. I'm sure alot of the activity in the market is people upgrading to a house that gives them what they need or want. We are seriously considering it ourselves, what with having to get a resource consent just to put in a bath.Lucia Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-62988918646462283412007-05-01T13:47:00.000+12:002007-05-01T13:47:00.000+12:00Lucyna,I don't disagree about it being particularl...Lucyna,<BR/><BR/>I don't disagree about it being particularly tough at the moment.<BR/><BR/>That is because this is a housing market bubble. <BR/><BR/>Helping more people into the market is only going to make the bubble bigger, and make a bigger mess when it pops.<BR/><BR/>They are better off not in the housing market at the moment. <BR/><BR/>Think of it this way: its a bit like people grizzling in mid-1987 that they don't have the money to invest in the local sharemarket, and that someone should help them do so...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397480700716013852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-90830735903238001082007-05-01T10:44:00.000+12:002007-05-01T10:44:00.000+12:00Rob,Of course each person ought to decide for them...Rob,<BR/><BR/>Of course each person ought to decide for themselves what they deserve and work to get it. The environment that we are in right now where it's almost impossible to afford a home for a new home buyer is driving a lot of couples who think their income ought to be sufficient and finding it is not, nuts, most likely. That's not the fault of the couples highlighted in the articles - there is a squeeze on everyone from all directions going on right now, with the government's policies right behind every squeeze from every direction.<BR/><BR/>Cactus has enough intelligence to figure that out, but rather than doing so, chooses to blame the couples instead.<BR/><BR/>If someone wants to get ahead in that middle income band, it's really difficult. They can go from getting quite alot of tax back, work harder, earn more money and get the same amount of money after tax or even less than before. There are people now who don't want pay-rises because of this problem.<BR/><BR/>This way of forcing the middle-income people to stay at an income level that really won't let anyone get ahead financially is unprecedented in NZ history.<BR/><BR/>I'd hate to be a potential first home buyer at this point, as even on the income we have, I doubt we'd be able to afford to buy something with a yard. And something with a yard is important if you have children - we owned an apartment in Sydney with two small balconies before we moved to NZ - it was fine with small children, but once they get big enough to run around you want to be able to push them outside to play.Lucia Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-78945342580574343122007-05-01T09:37:00.000+12:002007-05-01T09:37:00.000+12:00Cactus reminds me of a girl at primary school who ...Cactus reminds me of a girl at primary school who just wanted everyones attention. All the girls hated her so she tried to be a boy. Quite sad really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-44494913976361667362007-05-01T07:44:00.000+12:002007-05-01T07:44:00.000+12:00Funnily enough, I think your quotes from Cactus an...Funnily enough, I think your quotes from Cactus and Marx actually touch on the difference between Kate and the socialists.<BR/><BR/>Cactus asked "what kind of lifestlye do you think you deserve" and you quote quote in reply "from each according to his ability..." <BR/><BR/>The key difference is, who decides? Do you decide what you deserve, and then use your abilitities to earn it, or does some government allocate what it thinks you need? <BR/><BR/>That's the difference between freedom and socialism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397480700716013852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-81466945208760546332007-04-30T22:49:00.000+12:002007-04-30T22:49:00.000+12:00Surely Ma'am, you jest?GSurely Ma'am, you jest?<BR/><BR/>GCaptain Calculushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16464499433643907051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-12739747749588928252007-04-30T20:15:00.000+12:002007-04-30T20:15:00.000+12:00I wonder how Cactus Kate will feel when she is in ...I wonder how Cactus Kate will feel when she is in her dotage and the offspring of the "breeders" are changing her nappies and clipping her toenails.<BR/><BR/>She might appreciate that some people went to the effort to produce the next generation. <BR/><BR/>Or perhaps there will be nobody prepared to do it for her and she will have to wallow in her own excrement.Andreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04536593172412406428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-5273041392467022172007-04-30T20:14:00.000+12:002007-04-30T20:14:00.000+12:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jimmy Jangleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306646334904446706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-50430930046075675852007-04-30T19:51:00.000+12:002007-04-30T19:51:00.000+12:00Sounds like you need an exorcism, Pamziewamzie. (...Sounds like you need an exorcism, Pamziewamzie. (Your name looks so Polish, gets me every time.)Lucia Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-61918015091251412172007-04-30T19:01:00.000+12:002007-04-30T19:01:00.000+12:00Thanks Peasant, that was hilarious. I however am c...Thanks Peasant, that was hilarious. <BR/><BR/>I however am channeling the spirit of another heathen god, personifying bondage.<BR/><BR/>http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/evil_spirits.htmLittle Red Riding Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864304083493327692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-30198223422191758822007-04-30T18:10:00.000+12:002007-04-30T18:10:00.000+12:00Anothe reality check just bounced...Anothe reality check just bounced...Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-6680569806540284432007-04-30T17:48:00.000+12:002007-04-30T17:48:00.000+12:00Cactus Kate is a demented, lost soul, whose despit...Cactus Kate is a demented, lost soul, whose despite apparent intelligence is belied by her behaviour and the content of her spittle-flecked blog. Her ravings should not be considered as the output of a healthy mind; I avoid it because she seems to be channeling the spirit of Jezebel. She'd make an interesting case for <A HREF="http://onecosmos.blogspot.com/2007/04/ninth-commandment-of-nihilism-you-shall.html" REL="nofollow">the psychiatric's couch</A>.bruddahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897131063512083646noreply@blogger.com