Absolute Number on Benefits at All-Time High
Today New Zealand is carrying hundreds of thousands of people who are quite capable of carrying themselves. And would if such an easy alternative wasn’t presented.
Economy
NASA Did Not Invent Velcro
Public vs private innovation: the next time there is proposed legislation on the table to fund research and development, think twice about the history and the costs of state-funded innovation.
The Big Build That Impoverished Australia
Alongside the NDIS and other grandiose government spending, the NBN has crippled the economy, leaving Australians – both current and future generations – poorer.
NZDSOS-ACC Email Thread for the Record
That hasn’t aged well and perhaps ACC should chat to the Medical Council about recovering some of its costs.
Sunshine Through the Interstices
It is all the usual left-wing echo chamber. Broke lefty media people and loser socialist politicians are trying to pimp the poor.
Poor Leadership and Bad Advice
More than just a shortage of money is negatively affecting children in benefit-dependent homes. If poor children in working households have better outcomes, then increasing parental employment would be a better strategy than increasing benefits.
They’re Only Thinking of the Public Good
Queensland public servants screech, ‘Gimme, gimme, gimme!’
DOGE and Joe Dodge
The free-market miracles that transformed West Germany and Japan into economic powerhouses within a decade are so incredibly remarkable that one has to ask, “Why don’t Americans learn about them in public schools today?”
Not Even Beautiful Hawaii Is Immune to ‘Tax Flight’
The Aloha State is finally facing the problem.
Storm Clouds Gather for Tamihere
A likely reduction in Whānau Ora funding rattles Te Pāti Māori.
House Prices up or Down?
The consequences of these still-elevated house prices in terms of social distress are all around us. Solve that problem, and many other social problems melt away.
Cooking Books the Edmonds’ Way
Edmonds needs to look at the ingredients that go into making a successful recipe for the economy; otherwise, she might end up with no more than a burnt offering.