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Mining by the Numbers

by Whaleoil on July 20, 2010

When faced with the hard decisions the government has chosen wrong everytime.

300,000 oppose the smacking law and the Government ignores them. 37,000 whining green eco-terrorists and meddling actresses moan to the government they flip flop like wet noodles.

The ETS will cost every New Zealander $350 million per annum, mining currently earns NZ $1.1 billion in export dollars, expanding mining could have made that number at least five time larger.

25,000 new jobs would have been created in mining, but the government chose cowardice.

National chose to fail New Zealand

National chose to fail New Zealand

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  • http://whaleoil.gotcha.co.nz/members/donkey/ donkey

    or is John Key now just letting the will of the people run thru = all part of the master plan? who knows but some people in this country are very narrow mined – we need the money, and have the resource so why not use it

  • positan

    They say it’s the little things that cause political change. If that’s true, I’m one of the affected. I’ve supported National almost all my voting life but this mining backdown, coming on top of their broken promise to repeal the anti-smacking legislation, has just about finished me. I’m going to go ACT in future.

    I’ve always voted for sensible, responsible government, never for a party that’d watch its back with regard to the electorate instead of keeping focus on what was necessary and right – so I feel very let down by the reported actions of Key and McCully in steering the caucus to this decision. It’s the sort of blatant manipulation we saw so often under Clark.

    Given the soaring rates of crime, and juvenile crime in particular, the anti-smacking law needed to be dumped back in 2008, literally as soon as National was elected. Just look at what hasn’t happened.

    Now with the country’s dire need for funds as a direct result of Labour’s incompetence and lunacy – mining seemed like a pretty sensible option to raise a lot of cash fairly quickly. Labour has always left the country’s coffers empty and, with the current rate of borrowing continuing unabated, it looks like we’ll still be deeply in debt by the time what’s left of Labour at present has re-constituted itself – somewhere around 2030. Today we’re exporting expertise and just cultivating Labour attitudes and dependency.

    National desperately needs MPs with Ruth Richardson’s resolve – MPs who know what has to be done and wouldn’t bend to any sort of persuading nonsense like Green rabble influences.

    I think the mining decision is the beginning of the end of Key’s popularity with the electorate. It’s been a gutless cop-out.

  • theresaj

    Most of the people working in the mines on the West Coast , S.I. seem to be foreigners. They are requiring all sorts of social assistance from the locals because they don’t know the NZ systems; but then jobs for migrants seems to be John Key’s thing. He said the 90 day thing will be good for migrants..he went on about his pizza delivery man and how the 90 day thing will be good for him etc etc..
    When did jobs for Indians and every other possible migrant come ahead of jobs for NZers? John Key has really shown his hand this time.

  • jimbob

    I think Key is on the campaign trail already.

  • gaskranken

    The shark is pouring on the charm once again, this is just further proof that he still walks like a trader, still talks like a trader, and sees the debating chamber as his trading floor.

    Brownlee sell, green buy….