Archive for January, 2010
Two Classes of Patient in Health System
In: Blog
29 Jan 2010Two District Health Boards – Otago and Southland – this week put forth a proposal which could see public hospital patients being given the option of paying for their treatment if it could not be funded through the public health system.
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Increasing Minimum Wage Will Cost Jobs
In: Press Releases
28 Jan 2010National’s decision to increase the minimum wage will cause unemployment among those that are least able to deal with the consequences, ACT Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today.
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Tax Report Good Effort Despite Handicap
In: Press Releases
22 Jan 2010The report of the Tax Working Group is an admirable effort to deal to the numerous distortions that crept into our tax system under Labour, but the only way to drastically improve our growth prospects is through lower levels of tax revenue, ACT Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today.
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- heidib: Interesting to see Rogernomics discussed in England. [...]
- Borzoi: It would be a helpful if Sir Roger would list a few of the countries which have done so well with th [...]
- Michael Davison: Well said again Roger [...]
- James: "Unemployment is not the legacy of Roger Douglas, it is the legacy of t he Unions." Nice line He [...]
- Steve Evans: A good speech but it is painful to see political parties described in the plural - "National have", [...]
- Wage Gap With Australia No Surprise
- Question for Oral Answer to John Key – Productivity
- We Need Student Loans, Not Student Handouts
- BBC Interview
- Reforming Public Services
- NZEI Misleading Public About Bulk Funding
- Mallard Wrong on Teacher Incentives
- Sir Roger’s Bill Pulled From Ballot
- Cycleway: Job Shuffling Not Job Creation
- Govt Spending Impoverishing Our Grandkids
