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New Zealand – Economic Capital of The World (1/12)
New Zealand’s days as a manufacturer of goods and dairy are well and truly numbered. The high cost and low margins are simply not sustainable. This is a twelve part series exploring what New Zealand might be able to do with strong leadership an...
RE: Why You Can’t Find Better Employees
The following is from Seth Simonds’ Blog. The article “Why You Can’t Find Better Employees” spoke volumes and demanded a comment. Here is the opening: Here’s a phrase you have probably used before: “It’s impossible to fin...
Death on my mind
Death has been on my mind a lot the last few weeks. It seems strangely morbid that I have become so fascinated with the harsh reality of life, being death. I don’t know why it has become so important lately. Obviously there is death all aro...
NZ Budget 2009
The major points and funding allocations from the 2009 Budget delivered today follow: THE UNWASHED * Super Fund contributions suspended: The Government will suspend automatic contributions to the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. A contribution of $2...
Fiscal Attitude: Death versus Life
How much does the world spend on “better” ways to kill people? Trillions of dollars every years. Yet people in Mumbai, or Wellington, or Madrid die every day for one simple reason. Lack of timely communication. Imagine an international, a...
Bootstrapping and Start-Up Culture
I have worked with loads of starts ups over the years, and even had quite a few myself. Something that always astonishes me is the cash burn these companies have. The money sack is literally being shovelled into the proverbial furnace at an amazing...
Unions want 9-day ‘top-up’
Of course they do. Here we stand at the brink of economic crisis, with many businesses teetering, and the unions have their greedy little paws out. How typical of New Zealand unions. So, what is the bottom line that the unionists seem to have complet...
5 on Monday
Welcome to this week’s 5 on Monday. February is nearly over, and there is only a few weeks left of day light savings. So, what was notable last week: not having a Tax debt is a wonderful feeling after so long section 92a brought people to fight fo...
David and Goliath - I Won.
I fought tooth and nail for tax justice back in 2004 (IRD ; The War Continues, Finally!, IRD - The Saga Continues, The Big Guns) I recently posted Moving To Spain Update I have some great news. I got what was originally agreed to. Right up until 20...
Moving to Spain Update
Having basically set a year for the big move to Spain, it seems to be approaching ever so quickly. At one point, 2011 seemed ages away, but not now. Resolving final issues with IRD, saving sufficient money to ensure Diane and I can be “autonomo...
‘mortgaging our children’
Sir Roger has recently offered a plan to save Government from ‘mortgaging our children’. “New Zealand needs lower spending and lower taxes.” This according to Sir Roger who introduced Rogernomics back in 1984 and continued thr...
Minimum Wage
New Zealand’s government has decided to increase the minimum wage to $12.50 per hour from 1 April 2009. Good on them, that’s 1% higher than inflation. For an annual income of $26,000 for a 40 hour week. Not very much, granted, but it...
IRD ; The War Continues.
I have had a long history with IRD, right back to when they stuffed up settlement of my Student Loan back in the early 90s. (“No one pays their student loan that quickly, our system could not handle it.” “No, we won’t pay th...
I can read it! Can you?
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Unions reject pay freeze talk
Of course they do. They have no idea what a business owner goes through during tight economic times. The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew Little, who I personally think is a complete fuck wit, said higher wages ...
Self-Employed Vs Employed
I remember reading a piece by Jim Rohn many years ago about money, employment and the likes. Although I can’t find the article, it did have a life-changing affect on me. The bottom line, in Jim Rohn’s opinion is that everyone is self-empl...
Kill Your Debt
In the early 2000s I came so close to bankruptcy that it was almost inevitable. However, through some very persuasive discussions, mistakes by some of the parties involved and sheer luck I ended up avoiding it. I even managed to keep a pretty clean...
Is the music industry dead?
I read some article ages ago (still trying to find it again, but that issue is for another time) about the state of the music industry. They were, and are, in deep shit. This is bad for the artists, and largely the executives of the various music...
5 Web-based Freelance Writing Jobs to Avoid
You must treat freelance writing as a professional business. Your time can not be replaced, make it worth while. If you take a contract with one of these five, beware, because you could find yourself broke, in trouble with the law or simply passed ov...
Recession? What Recession?
I have been 48 hours from bankruptcy twice in my life, once in 2003 and once in 1993. In 1993, it was a mear $300 cash that saved me. It is interesting that there are ten years between the two incidents. I also find it interesting that my credit ...
