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Debt Reality Is About to Whack Australia [Updated]

Debt Reality Is About to Whack Australia [Updated]

Forget the media lies about President Donald Trump telling Americans to inject bleach and other such Trump-deranged fake news. The biggest delusions, exaggerations and outright bullshit about the Wuhan Plague have been peddled by the so-called “experts”: scientists, public health bureaucrats and supposedly sober and responsible politicians. Even

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Malthusian Environmentalists Are Still Losers

Malthusian Environmentalists Are Still Losers

In a classic sketch from Beyond the Fringe, a group of cultists gather for their predicted end of the world. When it fails to occur on schedule, the cult leader remarks, Well, it’s not quite the conflagration I’d been banking on. Never mind, lads, same time tomorrow… we

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Labour Lacks Strong Leadership

Labour Lacks Strong Leadership

An article in the Business section of the Weekend Herald caught my eye. It was a comment piece written by Bruce Cotterill. Cotterill is a company director and an adviser to business leaders. The question he asked was – Where are leaders as NZ crumbles? That’s what really caught my

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man playing flute in front cobras

Cobras, Rats and Air Pollution: How the Government ‘Helps’

One of the most damaging conceits of socialists and big government enthusiasts is that the government, any government, has the ability to run a complex economy like a well-oiled machine. In reality, market forces are the consequences of millions, if not billions, of individuals making independent decisions. When bureaucrats

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Tax Is Love

Tax Is Love

We all hope fervently for a Judith Collins-led National government after the election, but the polls still indicate otherwise. It ain’t over until it is over, but Labour, led by Jacinda Ardern, still have a strong lead, and Jacinda’s personal ratings are still through the roof. If

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Tweet of the Day

Tweet of the Day

“Who put together the 5 key principles around their [Labour’s] economic plan…whoever wrote these principles hand back your degree” @TheAMShowNZ @nzlabour #nzpol pic.twitter.com/aFAvub5txq — The Orwellian ?? (@TheOrwellianNZ) September 21, 2020 If you enjoyed this BFD article please share it.

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Taxing Our Way To Prosperity

Taxing Our Way To Prosperity

National has received some very loud criticism for suggesting that they will reduce taxes if they are elected into government next month. The intention of the policy is stimulatory, of course, aimed at encouraging people to spend their extra money within the economy. In many ways, this policy is likely

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