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#2990874 2-Nov-2022 09:21

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The other point is at least 100x more people die on the roads than have ever died from drinking contaminated water. If that is the argument you are trying to make to sell 3Water's than why don't I don't see Labour party supporters up in arms about the state of the highways? Suicide rates? We know Labour made a total mess of the $2b in funding they allocated to mantel health which appears to have been mainly swallowed up in the "system" somewhere and we have to rely on people like Mike King to raise money just so people can have access to a counsellor.

So yeah, if you are going to try the "what about people dying from dirty water" maybe start with the roads and suicides first, once that's fixed then let's sort the water.

Not everyone drives or has mental health issues. Everyone drinks water.

Completely irrelevant. The statement I made relates to people trying to claim 3Waters needs to go ahead due to people dying. On a $$ per death basis it's clear the roads and mental health are where the money should be spent first (if deaths is the claim being made to justify the spend).

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#2990884 2-Nov-2022 09:32

marmel:

Completely irrelevant. The statement I made relates to people trying to claim 3Waters needs to go ahead due to people dying. On a $$ per death basis it's clear the roads and mental health are where the money should be spent first (if deaths is the claim being made to justify the spend).

I agree in part. Having said that, it's exceptionally likely without serious action, water could become a *much* bigger problem in the not-too-distant future and heading that off at the pass is going to be less disruptive and less expensive overall. The reality is, we have 10 critical issues in NZ and fixing them all at once, would likely push us into bankruptcy. We have neither the financial resources, qualified leadership, nor people to do the work, and so we need a better plan around timing and priorities.

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#2991016 2-Nov-2022 14:59

Hey so here's me saying something positive.

The Govt has decided that BNPL schemes are to be regulated under the CCCFA.

This is excellent news.

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#2991017 2-Nov-2022 15:04

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marmel:

Completely irrelevant. The statement I made relates to people trying to claim 3Waters needs to go ahead due to people dying. On a $$ per death basis it's clear the roads and mental health are where the money should be spent first (if deaths is the claim being made to justify the spend).

I agree in part. Having said that, it's exceptionally likely without serious action, water could become a *much* bigger problem in the not-too-distant future and heading that off at the pass is going to be less disruptive and less expensive overall. The reality is, we have 10 critical issues in NZ and fixing them all at once, would likely push us into bankruptcy. We have neither the financial resources, qualified leadership, nor people to do the work, and so we need a better plan around timing and priorities.

I do sometimes wonder if NZ just doesn't have enough people to support proper infrastructure for a country of our size. But then if we encourage rampant immigration we have to have the infrastructure in place first. If we want the trains, light rail, decent roading network, properly funded Pharmac and the Health system etc we simply need more taxpayers to pay for it all.

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#2991020 2-Nov-2022 15:11

marmel:

I do sometimes wonder if NZ just doesn't have enough people to support proper infrastructure for a country of our size. But then if we encourage rampant immigration we have to have the infrastructure in place first. If we want the trains, light rail, decent roading network, properly funded Pharmac and the Health system etc we simply need more taxpayers to pay for it all.

This would hold some water if we didn't add hundreds of thousands of people without that stuff (especially transport) in the first place. We're already a long way behind what we should have, particularly in Auckland.

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#2991021 2-Nov-2022 15:15

GV27:

marmel:

I do sometimes wonder if NZ just doesn't have enough people to support proper infrastructure for a country of our size. But then if we encourage rampant immigration we have to have the infrastructure in place first. If we want the trains, light rail, decent roading network, properly funded Pharmac and the Health system etc we simply need more taxpayers to pay for it all.

This would hold some water if we didn't add hundreds of thousands of people without that stuff (especially transport) in the first place. We're already a long way behind what we should have, particularly in Auckland.

...and therein lies the dilemma. You need to immigrants to help pay for the infrastructure, but you need the infrastructure in place before they get here to avoid what happened in Auckland.

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#2991023 2-Nov-2022 15:17

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...and therein lies the dilemma. You need to immigrants to help pay for the infrastructure, but you need the infrastructure in place before they get here to avoid what happened in Auckland.

We already got the migration though. That doesn't change a fundamental inability to actually build the infrastructure to support it.

There's zero reason to think or believe that this might or will change in the future, and I think the people of Auckland probably want to see the rapid transit and all the other things they were promised they'd have already before they agree to do the heavy lifting for population growth for the rest of the country.

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#2991024 2-Nov-2022 15:20

GV27:

marmel:

...and therein lies the dilemma. You need to immigrants to help pay for the infrastructure, but you need the infrastructure in place before they get here to avoid what happened in Auckland.

We already got the migration though. That doesn't change a fundamental inability to actually build the infrastructure to support it.

There's zero reason to think or believe that this might or will change in the future, and I think the people of Auckland probably want to see the rapid transit and all the other things they were promised they'd have already before they agree to do the heavy lifting for population growth for the rest of the country.

Yes and that's where the election comes into it, Labour have shown they can't really build anything. On the other hand I'm not sure National are that keen on light rail either.

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#2991083 2-Nov-2022 15:40

They aren't. National - for as long as I can remember, anyway - have always been "roads, roads, roads".

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#2991094 2-Nov-2022 15:51

quickymart:

They aren't. National - for as long as I can remember, anyway - have always been "roads, roads, roads".

Better to have built something then waste endless money talking about building something though...

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#2991096 2-Nov-2022 15:53

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quickymart:

They aren't. National - for as long as I can remember, anyway - have always been "roads, roads, roads".

Better to have built something then waste endless money talking about building something though...

$16m spent in Wellington alone on roading 'consultants'.

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#2991104 2-Nov-2022 16:01

marmel:

$16m spent in Wellington alone on roading 'consultants'.

Its worse than that...

"The Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) transport plan has spent $35 million on consultants since 2017."

Then Auckland:

Written questions to Transport Minister Michael Wood reveal that to date, almost $66 million has been spent on the Auckland transport project.

Of that $66 million, $44 million – or roughly 66 per cent – was spent on "expert consultants".

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#2991106 2-Nov-2022 16:03

JPNZ:

marmel:

$16m spent in Wellington alone on roading 'consultants'.

Its worse than that...

"The Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) transport plan has spent $35 million on consultants since 2017."

Then Auckland:

Written questions to Transport Minister Michael Wood reveal that to date, almost $66 million has been spent on the Auckland transport project.

Of that $66 million, $44 million – or roughly 66 per cent – was spent on "expert consultants".

To be fair I don't think it's just a Labour issue though, people in politics seem to quickly forget the value of a dollar if it's public money.

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#2991202 2-Nov-2022 19:00

marmel:

I do sometimes wonder if NZ just doesn't have enough people to support proper infrastructure for a country of our size. But then if we encourage rampant immigration we have to have the infrastructure in place first. If we want the trains, light rail, decent roading network, properly funded Pharmac and the Health system etc we simply need more taxpayers to pay for it all.

Exactly. More taxpayers in a more congested environment is efficient. OR, we can be small, remote, enjoy the lifestyle benefits of good land size, everything is handy, we aren't on a nuke spreadsheet (or any spreadsheet). Ive travelled a lot as have many here, its ok in GodZone. But, you will never have a budget that keeps everyone happy. I'm happy with my own budget, the Government budget, is what it is (and I really hate that saying)

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#2991203 2-Nov-2022 19:01

GV27:

Hey so here's me saying something positive.

The Govt has decided that BNPL schemes are to be regulated under the CCCFA.

This is excellent news.

It will be blown away here, such as a Politics thread is. :-)

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