Last Updated: Nov 19th, 2009 - 11:07:39 Newsletters : 2005 Newsletters : 15 July 2005 Thought for the Day Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are. U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Jul 14, 2005, 16:11 Newsletters : 2005 Newsletters : 15 July 2005 Letters to the Editor It is very encouraging to see that some of our letters to the Editor of the Dominion Post are being published. For those of you who missed them I have reproduced them here. Jul 15, 2005, 10:04 Newsletters : 2005 Newsletters : 15 July 2005 Is Economic Growth a Turn-on, or a Turn-off? We have a Growth and Innovation Advisory Board. I am always suspicious of Government run institutions designed to make our lives better as they so often have the opposite effect. Still, they exist, so what do they think? Here is a piece illustrating their view of New Zealanders and our search for values in life and how we relate these values to the need for economic development. They sound a bit doubtful about their own assertions when they say "If you think this sounds a bit like smoke and mirrors, look around and we see the truth of it everyday" but it is worth reading the item if only to see how our government is spending your taxes and what they produce as a result. Is it useful? You be the judge. Jul 11, 2005, 13:53 Newsletters : 2005 Newsletters : 15 July 2005 New Zealand’s Tax System New Zealand’s tax system: A view from afar By Veronique de Rugy Published in The New Zealand Herald on 4 July, 2005. Are the Labour Government's policies taking us back to the "bad old days"? Jul 11, 2005, 11:01