Tax on the rich...

Tax on rich...

The government in France will impose higher taxes on the rich as part of new measures to cut the deficit.


France's economy is slowing and forecasts of activity have been revised downwards from 2.25% to 1.75% in 2012
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Financial markets have already questioned France's AAA credit rating and the austerity package aims to cut the deficit by 12 billion euros over two years, to 4.5% of GDP
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A 2% tax increase on those earning more than 500,000 euros per year follows a call by some of the wealthiest people in France for the government to tackle the deficit by raising taxes on the rich.

Now that is a real good idea and should be done in NZ too!

Acknowledgements:@ Radio NZ  2011, 

Public service cuts should be a thing of the past...

How often do we have to put up with National Party BS that the Public Service is bloated and should be slashed? It is far from bloated and when Labour returns to power it will be extended once again. So many services are corruptly farmed out to friends of the National Party for financial gain not public service.

There have been and will continue to be further rounds of cuts to the Public Service. At present they are amalgamating a number of departments to cut costs and services. They go hand in glove!

In 1985 there was a public service worker for every 38 kiwis, now there is one for every 94 Kiwis. A bloated Public Service?  Yeah right!

If you believe that there should be an adequate and capable Public Service working in the interests of all New Zealanders, make sure your voice is heard in November 2011 - and make sure your vote counts too!

In 1985 - 85423 public servants.

In 2010 - 46822 public servants

In 2011 - even fewer

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Key tight lipped on Israeli spy claim - what really happened?

John Key tight lipped on Israeli spy claim - what really happened?



The Prime Minister's refusing to be drawn into any detailed comment on whether there's been a security breach by Mossad agents in New Zealand.



The Security Intelligence Service has been reported as having suspicions about the activities of a group of Israelis during the quake aftermath.



Among the suspicious activities reported include the discovery of five passports on an Israeli earthquake victim, his comrades fleeing the country the same day of the event, and a confrontation between armed New Zealand police and an unaccredited Israeli search and rescue team.



John Key, who's in San Francisco, has confirmed the Israeli Prime Minister rang him four times on the day of the quake and also confirmed three Israelis who escaped from a van buried in the rubble left the country within 12 hours.



But Mr Key wouldn't be drawn into commenting about one of the Israelis who died in the quake having five passports or the possibility of Mossad agents working in New Zealand again, saying that's not in the public interest.



"If I thought it was in the national interest to discuss those matters, I would," he says. "In the case of the previous Government where there was misuse of New Zealand passports, that was deemed to be in the national interest."



When Mossad agents were caught in 2004, Helen Clark reacted angrily - eventually cutting off diplomatic ties with Israel that have only recently been restored.



Mr Key also says he's had no advice or reason to believe that the police intelligence systems have been intercepted or there's been any untoward behaviour in regards to the police systems.



Newstalk ZB sources have confirmed that the SAS was deployed to the red zone and issued live rounds in connection with a "possible threat".



That's thought to be the presence of an unaccredited Israeli rescue squad.



Southland Times Editor Fred Tulett, the journalist behind the story of Israeli spies, is unshakable in his conviction his facts are accurate.



He says the initial information given to him was checked with other sources, including an intelligence agency source.



Mr Tulett also put the allegations to Israeli Ambassador Shemi Tzur.



"He said he was angry and upset at the suggestions that these were Israeli spies or that any of them were Israeli spies, and that's not surprising of course," he told Newstalk ZB.



He says there were too many unusual things going on.



Meanwhile security expert Paul Buchanan believes the police and SIS have reason to be concerned about reports of possible Israeli spies in Christchurch during the February earthquake.



"One has to wonder what was going on," he told Newstalk ZB's Susan Wood. "To have known the fact that the survivors left the country immediately and there were high powered Israeli overtures to the New Zealand Government to bring in a search and rescue team, and as it turns out an unauthorised search and rescue team was sent here and actually detained by the police when they were in the red zone."



Paul Buchanan says given the young age of the suspects - in their early 20s - it's highly likely they were involved in identity theft



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Acknowledgements: Juliette Sivertsen, Barry Soper and Newstalk ZB Staff

Women wearing burquas refused entry onto NZ buses

Women wearing burquas refused entry onto NZ buses...

The two bus drivers who refused to accept passengers on their buses because they wore burquas didn't do anything wrong. If I was a bus driver and had a potential passenger wearing a burqua, hoody with dark glasses or a person with a handkerchief around their face, I would refuse them admittance too until they removed them. As far as Muslims wearing burquas goes, remember the adage, "when in Rome do as the Romans do." NZ is not a Muslim country, but we should remember also that the burqua is a cultural requirement, not the Prophet's. I don't have a problem with head scarves, because some Christian sects still wear them.
 
I don't appreciate the comments emanating from Saudi Arabia either about the veiled threats about 'paying students' from that country. We don't like being intimidated by people who won't even let their women drive in their home country.
 

But John Key is such a gutless wonder he won't stick up for NZ citizens either! Strange from a prime minister of Jewish descent too? 

Will there be Mana in the House...

There will be MANA in the house ? At long last!

"Something very important happened on Saturday night. For the first time in nearly a century, a revolutionary was elected to the New Zealand Parliament." - Chris Trotter, 28 June 2011



At 2pm on Thursday 14 July 2011, Hone Harawira will be called back into the house where he will be sworn in and take his seat as the leader of MANA, Movement of the People.



Following his swearing in, Hone will give his first speech as MANA leader and its first MP. All supporters of MANA are invited to join with his whanau from the Tai Tokerau to celebrate this wonderful occasion

Voxy NZ

KR says:

Well, thats the opinion of Voxy, but I'm waiting for the general elections. A good win there for Mr Mana could well see a change in the political system here in NZ. A wonderful occasion? I think that is a little premature. The great political redeemer, champion of the poor? I remember Hone as the rascist big-mouth Maori seperatist son of Titiiwhai the rabid female rabble-rouser with a doubtful past . Does a leopard change its spots? Bullshit and jellybeans, perhaps!

Hone and Mana - become a leader with real mana...

Hone and Mana- become a leader with real mana...

Please view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O13SpVjePY


Well that was the easy part Hone Harawira. You have done all the talking, the big-mouthing and the audacious. You are no longer a Maori Party MP for the North - Te Tai Tokerau, but leader of the Mana Party. You now claim to be the representative of the poor and disadvantaged, Maori or Pakeha. Well there are just a few months to the general elections.  You took a margin of thousands and reduced it to hundreds. You now have real opposition in the form of Labour's Kelvin Davis, and you will be out of a job if you lose to him in November. If you win and win well, you could be joined by some compadres in the House of Representatives. You could also be a catalyst for change in government. Phil Goff said he won't work with you in a coalition, but if Goff found he could become prime minister,  he'll find some place on the front benches for the leader of Mana with some real mana?

Cameron Slater acts like a badly unbalanced person.

Small photo of a very small minded person...

"Whaleoil" blogger Cameron Slater - now says he does not intend to publish details of Labour Party donors.



A database containing about 18,000 supporters' personal information could be freely downloaded from Labour's website until the problem was fixed over the weekend.



Mr Slater - son of former National Party president and power broker John Slater - obtained a copy of the data and has said he would name supporters on his website.



Today he blogged that he had changed his mind.



"I have decided to with­hold the vast bulk of mate­r­ial that I found, because I absolutely agree that as the law stands, every­day New Zealan­der should be free to con­tribute to polit­i­cal par­ties with­out fear of their name being made public," he said.



Labour deputy leader Annette King yesterday warned against releasing such information.



"He might want to hurt the Labour Party on behalf of the National Party, but it might be wise if he thought about other innocent people who are not expecting to see their personal information out in public," she said.



"I have to say I have no time for his style of politics and the sort of things that he's prepared to do."



Labour accused the National Party of downloading the data from its head office and tipping off Slater, calling it a "politically motivated attack" -- an allegation National has denied.



Slater said people should know about Labour's slack management.



"I thought it impor­tant that New Zealan­ders were made aware of the appalling treat­ment that the Labour Party gave to people’s con­fi­den­tial infor­ma­tion through their wide open website.



"Google and at least nine other bots (web robots) have archived mate­r­ial on the same open Labour site that has been in the news this past week and my post on how this occurred has gen­er­ated unan­i­mous con­dem­na­tion of Labour among the IT community."



Slater named two donors including a Labour staffer who he has accused of using Par­lia­men­tary resources to do party business. Today he said the staffer had used a Parliamentary funded email address.



Ms King said the party constantly reminded staff to be careful about such matters.



"I don't believe they've used them inappropriately outside the rules, but we will keep a very careful eye on what happened, just as every political party should do," she said.

The Clown of NZ politics...


The Privacy Commissioner has raised concerns about the information and was monitoring the situation while Labour had apologised to affected supporters.


KR says:  Cameron Slater is badly in need of psychiatric treatment - its obvious he is badly unbalanced, and being a National supporter its understandable because they are badly unbalanced people, from John Key down. Anybody who is supportive of Don Brash has to be.badly, badly around the twist. LOL

Acknowledgements: NBR