tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post7795800198372639600..comments2024-03-26T16:16:22.535+13:00Comments on AGAINST THE CURRENT: HI DE HI!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-49874714975243577322009-01-29T15:53:00.000+13:002009-01-29T15:53:00.000+13:00Nice to see thoughtful comments about Trotter, i.e...Nice to see thoughtful comments about Trotter, i.e. avoiding the use of the word chardonnay.Joe Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770796703598222277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-70339976876286812872009-01-28T11:49:00.000+13:002009-01-28T11:49:00.000+13:00And whats disconcerting is that the media routinel...And whats disconcerting is that the media routinely goes to Trotter for a 'left perspective'.Green Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455108847379022597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-30787747515352316502009-01-27T18:31:00.000+13:002009-01-27T18:31:00.000+13:00I read Trotter's latest post - which is his syndic...I read Trotter's latest post - which is his syndicated newspaper column - with a growing sense of disbelief. He's calling for ordinary New Zealander's to pay the price of an economic crisis not of their making! Unbelievable. This is a truly dismal column. <BR/><BR/>I was prepared to give Trotter the benefit of the doubt but this column reveals exactly whose side he's on - and it isn't the New Zealand working class. Trotter and Labour deserve each other.Steven Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352539377513132294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257493550531569180.post-57334209393184450162009-01-27T13:03:00.000+13:002009-01-27T13:03:00.000+13:00This is the sad thing about the state of New Zeala...This is the sad thing about the state of New Zealand politics, there is simply no representation in the corridors of power for the poor and underprivileged. At one point in time this might have been the greens but they've just become obsessive about changing the environment through shower heads and market solutions.<BR/><BR/>Now we've got a recession caused by greed and big business which will be used as an excuse to drive down wages and fatten profits. On top of taking wage decreases New Zealand workers will be propping up these failed businesses with their taxes, taxes that should be set aside to provide health care and education for those who need it.<BR/><BR/>And where has the Labour Party been in all this? Missing in Action. Labour never heeded the call for greater regulation in the finance market, infact its response was to prop up failing banks. So much for being a party for the workers.<BR/><BR/>This recession has nothing to do with New Zealand workers, it wasn't made by them, and they certainly didnt benefit from it, but now thanks to the identical responses from National and Labour, they'll be the ones paying for it.<BR/><BR/>In true Labour apologist style, Trotter in his latest blog (quote below) calls on 'all New Zealanders' to make sacrifices.<BR/><BR/>"But, if the Prime Minister ends this Phoney War against the recession by requiring genuine equality of sacrifice from all New Zealanders, then they will readily dedicate their "blood, toil, tears and sweat" to its defeat."<BR/><BR/>Last time I checked this crisis was created by the greed of a few, they should be the ones to pay for it.Green Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455108847379022597noreply@blogger.com