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Learned coding with AI. Built my wife a website. Just got the payments to work. Will update UX for better flow.

@c0nnect_d0ts @TheRabbitHole Fun fact. It’s happening in countries without the illegal immigration issue.

@TheRabbitHole Everything in red is directly tied to massive illegal immigration

Everything government touches becomes more expensive and unaffordable.

While without growth you cannot have meaningful increases on prosperity, the measurement of gfp per capita fails to consider cost of living. E.g.: per capita Chinese make less, but the average Chinese has a much cheaper market to shop in and can save a lot. By measuring just gdp per capita, you would classify them as much poorer. But, if you go live in China you’ll see that is not the case.

@_Ryan_Larson_ GDP and prosperity are tightly linked and without growth, you cannot have meaningful increases in prosperity: cremieux.xyz/p/the-boring-r…

Capitalism creates prosperity

@Handre I don’t know ANY person who only spends 6.4% of income on food. Unless they’re elite or in a geo-arbitrage situation. And this is not because of “choices”, it’s the market reality.

The free market has delivered humanity's greatest miracle: abundant food that gets cheaper every year while bureaucrats take credit and demand more control. Consider the numbers that make central planners squirm. In 1800, Americans spent 83% of their income on food. By 1900, down to 43%. Today? Just 6.4%. And that's for food of vastly superior quality, variety, and safety than our ancestors could dream of. No government program achieved this. Private farmers, seed companies, equipment manufacturers, and food processors did—all competing ruthlessly for your dollar. The Green Revolution of the 1960s perfectly captures this dynamic. Norman Borlaug (working for private foundations, not the UN) developed high-yield wheat varieties that tripled harvests across Mexico and India. Meanwhile, Fritz Haber's synthetic ammonia process—driven by industrial profit motives—made nitrogen fertilizer cheap and abundant. Population doomsayers like Paul Ehrlich predicted mass starvation. Instead, food production exploded. Markets work. Central planning kills. (Literally—see Ukraine 1932 or China 1959.) Politicians and NGOs now claim credit for "feeding the world" while simultaneously attacking the very mechanisms that made abundance possible. You want to end hunger? Get government the hell out of agriculture and let markets work their magic. Every intervention distorts price signals, rewards inefficiency, and makes food more expensive for the people who need it most.

@MHReddell Huh? Why good? I like how my local city has all electric buses. At least pockets of NZ are getting some things right in advance.

Be good to see local authorities RAISING public transport fares as a) the cost of the car alternative has risen and b) costs to local authorities with diesel fuelled buses will have risen quite a lot.

@teesider61 @AstroPuss @cath_nz Fair You understand the mission

@AstroPuss @cath_nz I can't yet, but it is my mission to spend as little as possible for the next 12 months and try to save enough to buy the EV. Not using fuel in the garden and kitchen, should save a few hundy a year

Reduced my petrol and gas usage by Using battery-powered garden tools Cooking on a wood stove Bathing in a wood fired bathtub Using a solar powered kettle, toaster & microwave Leaving only the car using petrol - working on getting an EV asap

@eduk8rdv8r @TaxpayersUnion 🤔 Didn’t know that. And for NZ you’re right. Been away for 10 years.

@SteeTweets @TaxpayersUnion Mate, the people who finance the Taxpayers Union make that much a day (or in the case of some an hour) and don't pay a fair tax rate. You need to read more.

The real debate isn’t Left vs Right, it’s whether or not the government should have limits.

@PedagogyMaxima Yup. And they charge because they know they can.

If you look under the hood of "public sector bloat" it's actually a bunch of private companies, many of them former public assets, extorting the Public sector in areas they have a monopoly in. especially prevalent in infrastructure. It's why 5km roads cost like 98 squillion

@ShangguanJiewen Not all Chinese can save that much of their income. But they are much more money savvy than westerners. 996 lifestyles has many leaving to. So, monetarily somewhat better. But, like everything, that comes at a cost(in this case a lifestyle cost)

The average American spends 400K on credit cards over their lifetime. The average Chinese saves 40% of their income, because life is so afforable. The US system isn't broken. It just, only works for the rich. Let's break it.

@saltyreigns Just from the fuel at the pump, or the whole economy?

I calculated the govt will be pocketing an additional NZD 600Million from the extra GST from fuel price hikes. They could provide relief if they wanted to

@wlaotearoa @TaxpayersUnion Link please

@TaxpayersUnion This is all just a massive coincidence

If higher taxes solved poverty, we’d have solved it by now.

@nickofnz @TaxpayersUnion This

@TaxpayersUnion We kinda did, back when the rich were taxed more fairly.

It was more to show you a snippet. I studied this in uni for a semester, and then been reading up lately about parts I didn’t know about. Did you study the māori text? Or do you believe only English is right? Clearly there is a difference in the languages. And really think about it, why would they cede when they were asking Britain to sort the white people who were causing problems in the islands? “Hey, your people are causing problems, can you take control of us for me?” Makes absolute zilch sense. It clearly states Britain was to govern her subjects, the ones that Māori were fed up of.

@SteeTweets @HobsonsPledgeNZ You need to research deeper than little wee Grok. You clearly haven't done your research if you have to ask Grok.

This is part of the Hobson’s Pledge submission to the Environment Committee on the Planning and Natural Environment Bills. Don Brash explains why the proposed Bills fall short of the coalition’s promises and why we must move toward a system that treats every NZer as an equal.

“Before 1840: In 1835, 52 Māori chiefs signed He Whakaputanga (Declaration of Independence), asserting sovereign power resided with them as United Tribes; no foreign laws allowed. Britain formally acknowledged it in 1836.” This alone shows that they had an intention to continue sovereignty. Again, I’m not saying go back to old division. But, you’re ignoring facts, intention and language.

@SteeTweets @HobsonsPledgeNZ Clearly it is you who needs to brush up on your history. Maori ceded sovereignty and the fact that that is even questioned is bizarre. It was settled in 1840 and ever since. You really need to go do your research into these matters. Not a partnership, never was, never will be.

@grok @sassenews @HobsonsPledgeNZ After situation doesn’t explain anything of particular. Be more specific about the events which show practiced sovereignty after treaty.

Here are key events: Before 1840: In 1835, 52 Māori chiefs signed He Whakaputanga (Declaration of Independence), asserting sovereign power resided with them as United Tribes; no foreign laws allowed. Britain formally acknowledged it in 1836. After: Most signed te reo Māori text granting 'kawanatanga' (governance) but guaranteeing 'tino rangatiratanga' (full chieftainship). Waitangi Tribunal found signatories did not cede sovereignty—Britain didn't clearly explain intent. Hone Heke's 1844-45 flagstaff protests resisted British authority, sparking Northern War. Interpretations differ.

You need to brush up on your history. They never ceded. The maori version of the treaty was signed by hundreds of maoris. The english version? 30. And before and after the treaty chiefs declared about their sovereignty. But, we are here now and must learn how to move forward together.

@HobsonsPledgeNZ Great work. Thank you. Given Maori ceded sovereignty & the treaty is not, was not & never will be a partnership, the fraud & indoctrination needs to be halted and readdressed. If not, NZ will become a south africa 2.0. Push back to reality for all NZers & equality is imperative.

@TahiBlue @black13830 You should watch mike okay’s travel through that part of China on youtube. I also lived in China. Tbh, whatever China did back then (which a lot was lied about in the west) it has worked out for the better in that part of the country.

@black13830 Dear China How are the Uighur getting on? Have you sterilised enough of them yet that they won't breed? Are the re-education camps successful? Your best mates Aotearoa

Dear China, Please don't give up on us. We have been hijacked by unwise pirates and are working to overthrow them on 7 November. Your friends, Aotearoa New Zealand

@saltyreigns I’d like NZ politics to stop blaming the other side for everything

I get that the economy was a dogs breakfast & that the recovery has been harder than expected. But I’m fucked off at the gaslighting from national who insist we are doing better than we are. I’m fucked off thst they have ignored every other problem in NZ nzherald.co.nz/business/gdp-n…

@PBJBTC @chrisluxonmp Glad you see the nuance of it. Shows you’re more competent than many. I rekon if it nears $4 the gov will do something. Sucks, hard times.

@SteeTweets @chrisluxonmp I get your point. It’s valid. In short I think they should just use it to stabilise current prices. It’s a level for the to stay at $3 but not $4

If you’re feeling concerned about petrol prices, you’re not alone. We know it’s tough, and the last thing any household needs right now is more pressure on the budget. While these pressures are global, New Zealand is in a stronger position to handle the impact of conflict in the Middle East than we were two years ago, because of the steps we have taken to rebuild the economy. We will continue to manage the economy responsibly and support Kiwis through this unpredictable time, delivering the steady economic management needed to minimise the impact on households.