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j2hyde
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Oli
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Mine certainly is at the moment... 
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sifter
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| Oli wrote: | | Mine certainly is at the moment... |
Me too!!!! Wanna go for a ride?!
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phunk
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 Yes.
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Nick_K
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I blame vorb.
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happybaboon
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Possibly when compared to places with sweatshops and slavery.... But compared to other 1st world nations I doubt we're any worse.
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phunk
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You know what productivity is dont you babs? and that on international comparisons we come out rather poorly?
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radical_edward
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If it became standard business practice to R&D your way to profit we might have a chance.
The standard NZ business practice of have one good idea then cutting costs to give apparent profit growth has been a losing strategy.
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happybaboon
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| phunk wrote: | | You know what productivity is dont you babs? and that on international comparisons we come out rather poorly? |
International comparisons to whom? Hard for us to compete with a nation where $1 buys you the labour necessary to produce 50 pairs of nike sneakers........ Unless we elect ACT, who will save us all by abolishing minimum wages so that we too may manufacture glorious high-end sneakers for the first-world!
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phunk
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| happybaboon wrote: | | phunk wrote: | | You know what productivity is dont you babs? and that on international comparisons we come out rather poorly? |
International comparisons to whom? Hard for us to compete with a nation where $1 buys you the labour necessary to produce 50 pairs of nike sneakers........ Unless we elect ACT, who will save us all by abolishing minimum wages so that we too may manufacture glorious high-end sneakers for the first-world! |
*Facepalm*
You could have just said 'no"
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Nick_K
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| phunk wrote: | | happybaboon wrote: | | phunk wrote: | | You know what productivity is dont you babs? and that on international comparisons we come out rather poorly? |
International comparisons to whom? Hard for us to compete with a nation where $1 buys you the labour necessary to produce 50 pairs of nike sneakers........ Unless we elect ACT, who will save us all by abolishing minimum wages so that we too may manufacture glorious high-end sneakers for the first-world! |
*Facepalm*
You could have just said 'no" |
Been then we wouldn't have got the lolz.
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Oli
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j2hyde
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Wow, this hasn't degenerated into a labour fanboi vs nat fanboi scomohzzle yet! Did anyone read the link?
It's somewhat sobering. And I so dislike being sober
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happybaboon
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| phunk wrote: | | happybaboon wrote: | | phunk wrote: | | You know what productivity is dont you babs? and that on international comparisons we come out rather poorly? |
International comparisons to whom? Hard for us to compete with a nation where $1 buys you the labour necessary to produce 50 pairs of nike sneakers........ Unless we elect ACT, who will save us all by abolishing minimum wages so that we too may manufacture glorious high-end sneakers for the first-world! |
*Facepalm*
You could have just said 'no" |
We're not going to increase the number of jobs available or the number of hours worked unless we reduce the price of labour or limit improved workplace conditions. In that case, less-than-maximised productivity is a worthwhile trade for the good working conditions that NZ workers enjoy.
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happybaboon
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| j2hyde wrote: | Wow, this hasn't degenerated into a labour fanboi vs nat fanboi scomohzzle yet! Did anyone read the link?
It's somewhat sobering. And I so dislike being sober |
It's conservative capitalist scaremongering....... It happens in election years, nothing to be afraid of 
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