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| Last Updated: Aug 15th, 2008 - 11:26:43 |
Newsletters
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2006 Newsletters
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19 May 2006
Thought for the Day
When the price of oil rises to $40 per barrel it becomes economical to produce oil from; tar sands, Brazilian cane based ethanol, Gas-to-liquids, and Coal-to-liquids. Oil is now priced at $70 per barrel.
The Greens should stop panicing and peaking and let our politicians concentrate on getting steady economic growth of 4% or 5% per year.
May 2, 2006, 06:08
Newsletters
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2006 Newsletters
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19 May 2006
Hitching our Waka to their Rickshaw
From our conception Parties for Growth has been pushing for politicians to open their eyes and see what the rest of the world is accomplishing. Unfortunately the current administration, like so many previous ones, has its eyes fixed firmly on "Old Europe" and their crumbling welfare states.
One politician, however, has more to say on the subject and I am very pleased to reproduce here a speech given recently by John Key.
We keep saying that the best way to learn what we should be doing is to look around the world for useful examples. We are 4 million people. How do other countries of similar size achieve high growth rates?
It is good to see that some politicians are opening their eyes to find better ways for our future. We needn't worry about esoteric economic theories - just look to see what is successful!
May 19, 2006, 13:36
Newsletters
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2006 Newsletters
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19 May 2006
Post-Budget speech to Wellington Chamber of Commerce
And in response to what John Key is advocating we have Dr Cullen's budget. Will it "cut the mustard"?
Six years of Labour budgets have turned the "waka" around.
No longer are we growing at rates that will raise us up to the top half of the OECD or up to being level with Australia like we were 30 years ago. For the last half of last year we grew by -0.1% - yes, that's right minus! The "waka" is now sailing backwards. Will this budget get it surging forward at 4% or 5%?
Treasury keeps on revising its estimates of growth downwards - I suspect that they will continue this practice for a while yet! Why do I think this? Because all the incentives push in this direction. People follow the incentives and you and I are no different. What do you think?
Read what Dr. Cullen has to say.
May 18, 2006, 14:07
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