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Schoolyard squabble
23 August 2005
In a much - publicised TV debate, Helen and Don point-scored over whose tax cuts are bigger and who should receive them, while the real financial issue facing this country was ignored...
Auckland’s Rate Revolt.
18 August 2005
Minister of Finance Michael Cullen is to blame for Auckland’s rates revolt, according to newly elected NZ Democratic Party president John Pemberton...
Invest in children – they are the future.
17 August 2005
While Labour and National squabble over childcare schemes to lure the young parent vote, Democrats for social credit candidate for Tauranga Katherine Ransom would like to see real support for parents who wish to stay at home...
From Farm Wear to Street Wear
9 August 2005
John Pemberton, an AgriQuality Officer well known to local farmers as their TB testing man, will shortly trade his overalls in for tidy gear as he embarks on another election campaign for the Democrats for social credit...
It’s all in the family!
9 August 2005
The Pemberton-Ransom clan have decided to make it a family affair this election, by fielding two generations of candidates representing Democrats for social credit. Right here in Matamata there are three members of the family standing as list candidates...
A great concept or an election bribe?
26 July 2005
“Labour takes a small step in the right direction” say the Democrats for social credit Finance Spokesman John Pemberton. “The concept of interest free loans is a great one..
John Key will not find the pot of gold at the end of an Irish rainbow
22 July 2005
“National’s finance spokesman has to resort to dreams of Irish gold, to try and out shine Labour” says Democrats for social credit Finance Spokesman John Pemberton. “He will wake to a nightmare of long term poverty”...
One Tiny Little Tax - One huge step forward for Business
5 July 2005
“Labour and National can only mouth sweet nothings into the ears of the business community about compliance issues – and ‘nothing’ is the result,” says ‘Democrats for social credit’ Finance Spokesman John Pemberton...
The brain drain is a problem; the Balance of Payments drain is a disaster.
28 June 2005
“The current account deficit at March 2005 of $10.3 billion reflects the long term price we pay for the sale of valuable New Zealand assets to overseas interests, and a massive unrestrained spending spree on cheap imported goods,” says Democrat Finance spokesman John Pemberton...
Tax cuts vs public spending call puts Parties in a bind
22 June 2005
“Voters’ call for tax cuts puts all other parties in a bind,” says John Pemberton, the ‘Democrats for social credit’ Finance Spokesman...
Key Finance Role for Waikato Democrat
20 June 2005
The Democrat Executive has appointed Matamata biosecurity field officer John Pemberton to the key position of Finance Spokesman, Party Leader Stephnie de Ruyter announced today...
Cullen’s budget: another day, another million dollars in debt
20 May 2005
“Where are the solutions in this budget to student debt, household debt, local body debt, corporate debt, national debt?” asks John Pemberton, Democrats Finance Spokesman...
Student Loan Scheme An Absurdity
31 January 2005
“Government expects our children to pay for our retirement, but saddles them with a growing burden of debt before they start...”
Grow or die paradigm
12 April 2005
Deirdre Kent hits the nail on the head when she says "we are trapped in an
economic system that is consuming our planet host." The whole "grow or die"
paradigm serves to enrich 10% of the population, at a rising cost to the
rest of us, and to our future.
LETıS STOP BEING LOSERS
25 April 2005
Most of us are losers in this hard-nosed world, it seems.
Sandra Patersonıs little daughter may have learned some valuable lessons about supply and demand, wages and profits in selling her feijoas at the gate, but the most chilling sentence in Ms. Patersonıs article is the quote from Rich Dad Poor Dad "Employees lose; owners and investors win." (Weekend Herald, 23 April 2005.)
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