tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post1893805139698455603..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Upton’s disaster continues to unwindPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-81126122935477550542017-03-31T00:35:04.160+13:002017-03-31T00:35:04.160+13:00Arggh even at my most sinister I can not do better...Arggh even at my most sinister I can not do better than the reports here on Upton .paul scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675247055484136242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-83485069012633582122017-03-30T19:18:43.098+13:002017-03-30T19:18:43.098+13:00Upton's vapid report demanded NZ tax diesel be...Upton's vapid report demanded NZ tax diesel because it "doesn't" and "that's bad" because other countries tax it, even though the reason NZ doesn't tax diesel (besides GST) is because of road user charges (i.e. the tax on petrol isn't some sort of environmental punishment like other countries, but is to pay for roads (and some is siphoned off for inefficient public transport)). <br /><br />The RMA was the first sign he was captured by the philosophy of environmentalism and has used it to assuage his once held belief in markets and free enterprise. Of course the role of Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment should be scrapped, but this is the country creating a Ministry of Vulnerable Children - having spent decades rewarding people for producing them.Libertyscotthttp://libertyscott.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-77734786327639128972017-03-30T13:23:47.286+13:002017-03-30T13:23:47.286+13:00This is right up there with Simon Power appointing...This is right up there with Simon Power appointing "Justice" Binnie to review the David Bain fiasco.Johnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462464283423035614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-19253740932818624152017-03-30T05:01:54.749+13:002017-03-30T05:01:54.749+13:00I think forces are now underway that will see the ...I think forces are now underway that will see the RMA removed and replaced with something else within a decade. Just like communism, it's collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions - and one day it will suddenly be gone. In normal case law, the application of rules becomes increasingly clearer over time as precedents are set. Under the RMA it's the opposite, as anything deemed to have an "effect" on either persons or nature can cast doubt on whether an activity is permitted, and the list of what's deemed an "effect" grows over time with precedent - until you reach a stage where there's doubt about virtually everything. We're very close to that stage now, and the conflict between that and the political need for affordable housing is becoming increasingly clear. The issue will be what it it replaced with. I'm sure we're not going to get our ideal, and anything that's seen as being light-handed in protecting the environment won't fly politically, but anything that makes the rules clearer and not delay projects years and years in pointless bureaucracy (as I've just experienced) will be an improvement. Commercially, it is not the toughness of the rules per se that is the main problem, it's the lack of clarity on what is and isn't allowed, and the complexity, delay and cost this creates.MarkThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199883270652041621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-25829662856887358812017-03-29T13:05:11.260+13:002017-03-29T13:05:11.260+13:00I am horrified that the traitor Upton is being con...I am horrified that the traitor Upton is being considered for any role apart from jail. One only needs to look at the role this lickspittle played in the Rio 92 and agenda 21. He has cost this country hundreds of millions of dollars to no gain. He should be hanging by his heels from a fence somewhere!<br /><br />Any polly that supports this weapons grade weasel will never get my vote.<br /><br />The whole thing should be defunded..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com