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Spiteski posted:I am not an economist... but that sounds absolutely bonkers right? Like, can someone explain this like I am an idiot? (I am) why there is a MINIMUM unemployment? The thought process is, if you don't have enough people unemployed, then businesses have to offer better money to get or retain staff. That means they have to charge more pushing prices up. Note that wages are around 20-35% of the costs of products (depending on industry), so even a wage increase of 10% should only cause a 2-3.5% increase in prices. And that is only if all the employees in a company get that increase. Also people will have more money to spend, increasing demand for products and companies look at this demand and figure they can further increase prices as they seem to be able to get away with it, hiding behind saying wages have increased, oh no  The solution that capitalism comes up with when companies start price gouging and making excessive profits is to punish workers. This punishment is to take money away from them to try and make them buy less. This is done by increasing interest rates. One of the things this does is increase mortgage rates, so people have less money to spend. It will also hopefully make more people unemployed so they also buy less. And businesses are more able to exploit workers. This is a good thing apparently.
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Slavvy posted:Modern civilisation is a piece of poo poo and needs to be destroyed, idk if being late for everything will achieve that though Don't worry it is.
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lol, have a sook, oval office.
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I've never met and do not know anything about any of those women, but can guarantee that if I did I would viscerally hate every single one of them. Just looking at that is making me angry.
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Firstscion posted:Did we forget about the 6 O'clock Swill? Oh come on. This isnt even slightly similar.
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Content to Hover posted:Since David Seymour has announced his support of the Mayor of Gore, I am now willing to admit that the council may have valid reasons why they are trying to oust him. Might be one of those situations where everyone involved sucks.
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Lobsterpillar posted:Theory? I thought it was pretty well established that they reached South America. They got all over the Pacific. I'm going to assume they meant theory, as in the theory of gravity, or theory of evolution.
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bike tory posted:ata mārie tātou 
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/wellington/300930431/why-tory-whanaus-dog-is-her-latest-headache Great work Stuff, really asking the important questions.
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klen dool posted:In residential properties, sure. 100% Weird hill to die on, buddy. Stuff framed it as "This is the latest in a number of controversies surrounding the mayor." Nowhere in the article did it say any of the staff had a problem with it, and you can bet your bottom dollar they went looking for someone who wasn't happy about it. And then they went on to rehash the bullshit story about the non-issue at a restaurant. It's pathetic lovely journalism, but you do you.
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Beartaco posted:What's with the attitude man. You make some good points but chill the gently caress out lol Someone was defending Stuff. I can't let that stand. Also dogs in non pet stores are great. Except restaurants, except if they're at tables outside and being chill. Also dogs in bars are also great.
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loving christ! https://twitter.com/David_Cormack/status/1684817381313634305?t=JNafUsEE2ex4WBnJXOvDfg&s=19
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bike tory posted:Can only speak to the current Auckland crowd, but by and large there seems to be more or less a consensus that comedy shouldn't punch down. Utopia was a documentary. https://youtu.be/pCzCJzwrB_c
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Progressive JPEG posted:if instead of a second mt vic tunnel they instead did a tunnel under/north of the basin reserve i think it'd be pretty good actually What if, and hear me out here, what if they just improved public transport and cycling options instead?
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gently caress all y'all feijoa haters. They are the best.
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echinopsis posted:i don’t know many deets but immediate sacking of whomever is a solid leader move imo quote:One candidate who likened vaccine mandates to concentration camps has resigned, while another who linked the Covid-19 vaccines to drownings has renounced the comments and apologised. So no sackings and one is still a candidate. ACT: The party of paedos and cookers.
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In better news, we have tui in our back yard for the first time in the 13 years we've lived here!
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bike tory posted:The benefits of higher benefits (lol) are for everyone too, not just for people getting money from the government. Higher benefits exert upward pressure on wages and lead to better working conditions and more productive businesses. That's because employers have to offer higher wages to attract people, people are able to spend longer looking for work rather than accepting a less desirable job, and the kind of businesses that are profitable in that environment have to be more productive. It has a positive structural impact on the economy. Additionally, with a UBI more people will try starting their own business, as they now have the security of the UBI so they can afford to take the risk.
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https://twitter.com/rugbyintel/status/1711207423233732817?t=l4iKBshlJBNk7MgWpFIB-A&s=19 He's really not very good at this.
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Confusedslight posted:https://twitter.com/PublicationsPro/status/1712964299466137811?s=20 Yeah, I just spent a couple of hours chainsawing and clearing up a tree that came down. It was the lucerne that kereru fed on, so I'm a bit annoyed.
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Went to vote, found another tree that has come down. This surely is a sign.
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Brain In A Jar posted:What exactly is Brooke van Velden’s hair situation And did she murder a homeless person on the way to the event?
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Progressive JPEG posted:what's wrong with the luxon tweet? 
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Ghostlight posted:you didn't know sanitarium is named that because it was a religious mental asylum whose owners invented corn flakes as part of their belief that bland food would stop masturbation urges? That's kellogs with the cornflakes masturbation thing.
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bike tory posted:We might finally be getting a government That's a pity.
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The feeling of malaise is overwhelming. It's all just so depressing. I don't understand how people vote for these cunts that are just going to make things worse.
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Wafflecopper posted:This means businesses can take on staff over a busy season (eg summer for hospo) and then go "sorry, you didn't pass your trial" when they're no longer needed They could do that anyway. You can make people redundant, you just can't hire someone to replace them immediately. The 90 trial period is straight up bullshit
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Don't you people understand? We absolutely must give massive tax breaks to landlords, therefore gently caress everyone and everything else.
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El Pollo Blanco posted:Considering it's a one page piece of legislation, labour probably should have put it through in 2020 Along with fair pay agreements, capital gains tax, wealth tax, and a poo poo load of other stuff. But you can't upset people who were never going to vote for you again anyway.
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The central library is fantastic, to be fair. And maybe the pool complex in town will be finished one day.
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Firstscion posted:May i interest you in Palmerston North? No you may not.
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I'm posting this out of context because frankly I don't think the context loving matters when this is what you're saying But don't you understand, if these fellas can't wear their patches they won't be able to do crimes. Or something. I'm not quite sure what the logic is. But it pleases the idiots who voted them in and is easy to implement and that's the important thing. Not if it actually has any impact, because doing things that work to reduce gang membership, like reducing poverty and not loving over people on benefits is apparently hard. Hateful, evil, stupid cunts, every single one of them.
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Varkk posted:Comedian Leigh Hart is a chud. Didn't we already know this? Or at least that he's a complete dick.
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sebmojo posted:Please don't threaten violence against actual humans, even where they are objectively awful What about Nazis? I always thought punching Nazis was objectively a good thing?
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What a loving condescending oval office! On top of that, sandwiches are the highest contributor to food waste in school lunches. Even more so when they'll be the cheapest, shittiest sandwiches known to humankind. Then they'll point to all the waste and cancel the programmes anyway. https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/07/when-it-comes-to-free-school-lunches-how-much-waste-can-we-live-with/
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