tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post4693922060488011424..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: The mutant descendant of the 1980s and the 1990s - funMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-28540326386753990432009-01-16T20:54:00.000+13:002009-01-16T20:54:00.000+13:00I don't quite understand what a solo mum benefits ...I don't quite understand what a solo mum benefits from voting right. Particularly if the pregnancy wasn't planned (let's say that was caused by her parents having the freedom to send her to any school they wanted, and that school had the freedom to not teach contraception). She doesn't have the choice to take time off work because there wouldn't be paid parental leave. She also doesn't have the choice to risk leaving the job because he pays her next to nothing (with there being no minimum wage and all), and anyway, if she did the employer would be free to fire her for not having sex with him under the 90 day probation period, and she wouldn't have the choice of appealing it. <BR/><BR/>She doesn't have the choice of leaving work because the DPB has been cut significantly, as have all benefits. Obviously, there's no Working For Families to help out. But on the contrary, once she gives birth, she has no choice but to leave work because she can't afford a babysitter, and even if she can sort out some day care, her boss has the freedom to deny flexible working hours, meaning that a daycare centre is not a choice for her. <BR/><BR/>If she does somehow manage to stay employed, she may very well get fired because the pregnancy has taken its toll on her body and mind, and she is now underperforming; her boss is free to do this. Also, she can't get another job because other employers are free to deny her a job simply because she's a woman and therefore has the possibility of getting pregnant; not to mention their reluctance to hire someone with a dependant and no one else to help out with that child. <BR/><BR/>So there's freedom here, but it's not hers. There's choice, but not hers. I can't see what options she's had, and how voting for the write will help her be free and prosper. <BR/><BR/>The right will help some people get more options; they'll get the freedom to limit others' choices.notafeministhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205186654218357996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-20001763046791697032009-01-09T13:51:00.000+13:002009-01-09T13:51:00.000+13:00Only slumlords ?Slumladies are just as bad. Althou...Only slumlords ?<BR/>Slumladies are just as bad. Although to paraphrase Bob Jones, no one forces anyone to rent anything/anywhere. Needs must I know, but no one needs to stay a victim of ratbags...<BR/>James, well said.Ayrdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12277759681727009183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-65234809693308307302009-01-02T16:44:00.000+13:002009-01-02T16:44:00.000+13:00Actually Roger Douglas doesn't want to have contro...Actually Roger Douglas doesn't want to have control over your life...thats something lefties and fascists want....ACT is the LEAST interfering of the parties in Parliment....they just want you to be free and prosper....got a problem with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-39412309515705535172008-11-17T15:42:00.000+13:002008-11-17T15:42:00.000+13:00It was against University fees and the proposed in...It was against University fees and the proposed introduction of "education vouchers" in New Zealand, wasn't it? The one in 1997 where the cops went nuts arresting people for no reason?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-91811738441223085462008-11-15T20:07:00.000+13:002008-11-15T20:07:00.000+13:00Can I ask what the protest on the steps of Parliam...Can I ask what the protest on the steps of Parliament was about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-79771587634940003312008-11-13T21:26:00.000+13:002008-11-13T21:26:00.000+13:00I think it's an activist thing. I've meet a few of...I think it's an activist thing. I've meet a few of her ilk in my time and they struck me as obcessive, hate-filled and intolerant.<BR/><BR/>Frightening people indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-14061885526553948422008-11-13T08:12:00.000+13:002008-11-13T08:12:00.000+13:00Maia hates a lot or people. You should read a year...Maia hates a lot or people. You should read a years worth of her posts...ouchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-3396719937965701112008-11-11T00:32:00.000+13:002008-11-11T00:32:00.000+13:00The vote count is interesing. National increased i...The vote count is interesing. National increased its vote by about 60,000. Labour's vote declined by about 200,000. Mos of those votes didn't go to National. Some went to the Greens and the rest appear to have stayed home.Steve Withershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221815213521767405noreply@blogger.com