And now I’m easing back into podcasting, so I start with a couple items from the NZ news. Then, it’s on to the new ongoing topic. From there, a voicemail message allows me to expand on topics I talked about in the first part.
I’ll soon revisit the topic of moving to New Zealand, something I talked about years ago. Curious about any aspect of moving to New Zealand? Let me know!
Links for this episode
A new tactic – My blog post on the BSA complaint
The Tory Trifecta – My blog post on National Party supporters’ reactions to the industrial dispute at the Ports of Auckland
Random Realities
Blood of Prey (Salem Hills Chronicles)
Tom the Ramble Redhead’s fundraising page for the “Hustle up the Hancock” fundraiser
Random Realities
Blood of Prey (Salem Hills Chronicles)
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Our provincial gov. is in love with PPPs too. The idea is it allows the cost of a school (or whatever) to be moved out of the debt column, and into the operating expenses column. I think it costs *more* in the end (can a private company borrow money at lower interest than a govt? Plus it has to make a profit.), and after the lease is up the public doesn’t own the facility. So you still wind up paying $x/year for mumph years for the school, but it’s a lease instead of a loan, so it never counts as debt. In either case it is an obligation.
This is the result of over-simplifying to “all debt is bad” instead of acknowledging different kinds of debt. For an individual for e.g. going into debt for food or entertainment is bad; being in debt for a house you continue to live in is OK.