10/10 Grunta....

You all miss the point entirely. When this government is cutting costs in every direction it is not appropiate to do sh*t like this, it is hypocritical expecting everyone else to cut costs except them!

Grunta wrote: And just back to Rocko's original point - how convenient is it to forget that Key donates his salary to charity, apparently picks up heaps of his expenses... etc   This was a beat-up from an desperate opposition in tatters and mediocre media with nothing much to report  - politics aside, I can't for the life of me see why anyone could get upset over the Prime Minister making sure he's as available for as many important events and functions as possible. Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't but good on him for what is clearly a full on commitment - bet he doesn't get much time for fishing!

Ah Terry, you are so far of the mark its amusing.

good on ya terry66, glad im not the only one who can see through the crock of s**t that is john key and national

English pissed me of tonite when asked, are parliamentarians going to cut their tax payer funded supper when they cut the Kiwi saver, Answer as expected NO. I see that for $1.00  they contribute the tax payer puts in $2.50.

Hardly fair is it.

Maybe if the Labour party never bought votes with things like abolishing interest on student loans, or bringing in working for families, or buying back a broken arsed railways, or the Greenies stop hugging tree's so the gov can get minerals.

Does the government need to make cutbacks in services etc? Probably.... how much damage has been done in this chch eq? That has to be paid for from somewhere.
Did Helen have protection when she went on holidays? I bet she did. It is like Labour saying she never had any in parliament.... but then there came that whole string of pics of Uncle Helen in parliament with her minders in the background.
Did dip. protection go over budget. Yep. Is that good? Nope. Did they ever go over budget under Labour... yep, in fact more so. Oh how soon Labour hopes we forget!
Is the economy in the loo.... quite likely. Why? Too small a population and too much infrastructure and welfare needs to be shared around. Will increasing the basic wage help? Nope. It just means more small businesses will either go under or stop hiring.
We look with jealousy at the prosperity in Aussie, and rightly so. However, their wealth comes from mining the huge natural resources they have freely to hand in that vast continent. That is what is propping up their whole economy. If they were no longer allowed to mine ores, then I wonder how long they would last before the effluvula impacted the oscillatory ventilation aid.
We in this wee land are not allowed to even know what may be here, oh dear no precious!