beware_the_cagers

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Opposition parties accused of racism over health equity claims - RNZ (www.rnz.co.nz)
 

Luxon again with the “look, what I really mean is…”

Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations in c/newzealand
[–] beware_the_cagers 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean yeah - it’s likely rage bait. The parking bit in the video said “some main roads” “certain hours”. The presenter couldn’t decide if it was pounds or dollars. The pre-roll ad was for “live shopping”. NZ Herald is pretty garbage tier and this just panders to their expected audience.

Apple discontinuing Apple Card financing for phones without carrier connection in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
[–] beware_the_cagers 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the 13 mini will return as the next SE

We have a chance to build a new community here. How do we avoid the mistakes of /r/newzealand? in c/newzealand
[–] beware_the_cagers 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can we get a header image for the community? Something not very tall, but uniquely NZ

RNZ reporter had been editing stories for several years without being queried in c/politics
[–] beware_the_cagers 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Surely he’s going with the “any publicity is good publicity” angle. Why the hell else would he be fine with his name (admittedly very generic name) getting into the google search results?

Luxon calls NZ a 'negative, wet, whiny' country in c/newzealand
[–] beware_the_cagers 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol. Chippy’s response made me chuckle

Where is the best place to discuss the Lemmy applications? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] beware_the_cagers 1 points 1 year ago

As is this one

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The media is unintentionally being unfair to the Greens’ wealth tax policy (self.politics)
 

I think journalists are unintentionally doing a disservice to the Greens’ wealth tax policy when they talk about in a single sentence. RNZ said something along the lines of “income guarantee, and tax changes, including a 2.5% wealth tax”.

In reality the wealth tax is only on wealth above a threshold that is set at $2m net per person. So few people will be hit by this, and those who are will be hit for less than they likely imagine. That’s a key part of it, I’d argue even more key than the actual %, yet if it gets glossed over it becomes a point by which people end up hating the policy, without even understanding the policy.