tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4222215062036148040..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Christchurch earthquake: “a gift that keeps on giving”?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-53813694860106718112015-12-21T13:05:46.761+13:002015-12-21T13:05:46.761+13:00Mark [above] We all thought down here that the inf...Mark [above] We all thought down here that the influx of Money from overseas Insurer Goldstein in New York, would be a Gift. But even if you live in Hokianga you will notice the increased premiums which will be permanent. Goldstein is not Father Christmas he is clawing back now. Anyway the Gift that keeps on giving is not going to fix our roads and pavements, it never was and it will not now. paul scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675247055484136242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-23270015586610809902015-12-20T13:09:12.339+13:002015-12-20T13:09:12.339+13:00I understand the broken window fallacy, but I thin...I understand the broken window fallacy, but I think one thing you're not considering is that the majority of insurance payouts come from offshore. Therefore if someone gets their old dunger of a building replaced by a new building that meets the current building code, it can be a net benefit to the NZ economy. The broken window fallacy just means it can't be a net benefit to the world economy.MarkThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199883270652041621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-3010483865757198092015-12-19T15:43:35.720+13:002015-12-19T15:43:35.720+13:00
Yes // firstly we have to know that Christchurch...<br />Yes // firstly we have to know that Christchurch is a surreal place just now, surreal and sad .<br />It is a City possessed [ expression thanks to Lynley Hood] . <br />Well I have some news for this excitable CEO from the bloody Auckland Manufacturers Association.<br />I am going to put him on the back of my bicycle and ride his sorry arse around the broken pathways and roads of Christchurch:<br />After he begs for mercy along the gravel and decay , I drag him into the Hugh Pavletich Office , <br />There I expect Hugh to deliver a full hour lecture, with the fury of twenty years dealing with sickling idiots.<br />Then I throw him into the Avon river and hear the excitable one scream, then up to Cresswell’s office where he will read the entire works of Bastion by memory .<br />Then we send him to Greenland to keep the banished company of Geoffrey Palmer for the rest of his excitable life.<br /><br />Oh God Mayor Dalziel talking the other day about a rail link [ $NZ50 million or so ] for the ten people in Rangiora who want to be dropped off at 6am off at Hornby on a cruel winter day. <br />And oh yes there are 150,000 ratepayers here, $1000 each for their Convention centre , another $1000 each ratepayer for the Town hall, and who cares another $1000 each for a Sports stadium. <br />The stupidity of our Council, the Gift that keeps on Giving<br />paul scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675247055484136242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-27199259902416730202015-12-19T15:43:07.896+13:002015-12-19T15:43:07.896+13:00
Yes // firstly we have to know that Christchurch...<br />Yes // firstly we have to know that Christchurch is a surreal place just now, surreal and sad .<br />It is a City possessed [ expression thanks to Lynley Hood] . <br />Well I have some news for this excitable CEO from the bloody Auckland Manufacturers Association.<br />I am going to put him on the back of my bicycle and ride his sorry arse around the broken pathways and roads of Christchurch:<br />After he begs for mercy along the gravel and decay , I drag him into the Hugh Pavletich Office , <br />There I expect Hugh to deliver a full hour lecture, with the fury of twenty years dealing with sickling idiots.<br />Then I throw him into the Avon river and hear the excitable one scream, then up to Cresswell’s office where he will read the entire works of Bastion by memory .<br />Then we send him to Greenland to keep the banished company of Geoffrey Palmer for the rest of his excitable life.<br /><br />Oh God Mayor Dalziel talking the other day about a rail link [ $NZ50 million or so ] for the ten people in Rangiora who want to be dropped off at 6am off at Hornby on a cruel winter day. <br />And oh yes there are 150,000 ratepayers here, $1000 each for their Convention centre , another $1000 each ratepayer for the Town hall, and who cares another $1000 each for a Sports stadium. <br />The stupidity of our Council, the Gift that keeps on Giving<br />paul scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675247055484136242noreply@blogger.com