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ublic Address 01/12/09 - Keith Ng on the Taskforce
Public Address 01/12/09 - Keith Ng on the Taskforce and live from the Tax Working Group
From the floor of the Tax Working
Group | Dec 01, 2009 09:58
Keith Ng had less government
for breakfast.
Update #1: Dull morning so far here at the
TWG. Where's Don Brash to spice things up when you need him?
Bill English make a dig at government spending, saying that
the productivity for the rest of the economy is sound,
it'the productivity of the public sector that needs
to...
http://publicaddress.net/6331
Taskforce
2025: A Space Odyssey | Dec 01, 2009 00:00
Keith Ng had
less government for breakfast.
The answer is less
government. What's the question again? The report is quite
spectacular in how far it goes beyond the frontiers of
right-wingedness. Whereas normal right-wingers say that the
government shouldn't pick winners by backing specific
industries or technologies or companies, Brash & Co have
taken this several steps further: The government shouldn't
even aim for goals like "more savings" or "more research" or
"diversify exports", because that's basically trying to pick
winners.
http://publicaddress.net/6329
A
Nightmarish Moment | Dec 01, 2009 00:54
David Haywood
from Christchurch
For years I have suffered nightmares in
which I am giving a speech to a large crowd of onlookers.
The sequence of events is always the same: I forget what I
am supposed to say, fall into a complete panic, and then
begin to talk utter rubbish. In an interesting...
http://publicaddress.net/6330
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