The NZ Police are calling for a reduction in the legal alcohol limit. It’s currently 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. They want it reduced to 50 milligrams.They insist this will reduce the road toll by 14 per year and save the country about $100 million per annum. Okay, great. I can [...]
Owning rental property is an addiction here in New Zealand. Just about everyone I know has a rental property. Some even rent or flat share in more “desirable” locations than they could afford to buy in but have one or two rentals in other suburbs. Yet with all these rental properties, the government sees very [...]
Tax. It’s a word that often instills emotion. Particularly if you are speaking to a small business owner. There are two distinct camps here in New Zealand. Well three if you include those that just don’t give a damn about anything. The first is that New Zealand is technically a low taxed country. This camp [...]
“Since 1990 the number of vehicles on the road has increased by 51% while Police reported injuries have dropped by 8%, road deaths have dropped by 52% and the number of days spent in hospital as a result of road crashes has dropped by 48%.” That looks pretty good to me. But the officials still [...]
Today, my own private revolution has started. Well, not really. I just ordered my WAG54GP2 Wireless ADSL2 VoIP Gateway. It’s a little expensive, without much change from $200. But, with the WorldXChange Xnet Fusion plan, we will be saving about $50 a month on telecommunications. In addition, I will be bringing the office phone for [...]
Global Warming. Just about every day there is a new piece of drivel in some paper or new bulletin about it. Costs are going to go up, coastal property prices are going to go down, we face economic ruin, the world is going to change. Come on people, cow farts affecting the climate? Get real! [...]
So, David Henderson is now a criminal. His crime; using cocaine or more accurately getting caught. His punishment, likely the loss of control of his successful international business and the inability to travel overseas ever again. Does a conviction for personal use of drugs justify the impact of that conviction has on society? When convicted, [...]