Forum Archive Index - July 2000

["graham perkins" <f_uker@hotmail.com>]

Rhys,

Youve missed the point small business grows, which in turn adds value to the 
economy. Without small business the economy stagnates exactly what it is 
doing now.

Cheers
>From: Rhys Lewis <rhys.lewis@zivo.co.nz>
>Reply-To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>To: "'sharechat@sharechat.co.nz'" <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
>Subject: RE: [sharechat] Jabba the Hut et. al.
>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:07:38 +1200
>
>You've got to be pretty hard to start up a business, and the fact that you
>weren't prepared to do it without a handout makes me wonder how successful
>the venture would have been.  As long as we pay taxes (and I'm not saying
>that we shouldn't!) someone is going to be given a wad of cash because they
>fit into the officially recognised deprived group.
>
>Do you really want someone like Jim Anderton deciding what industries
>deserve a handout?
>
>You will serve whoever is bank rolling you.  And at the end of the day you
>are better off in the hands of a venture capitalist than a bureaucrat.  At
>least the result will be swift.
>
>Rhys
>[discl. No votes in ACT/Lab/Nat/Green/NZ1/Alliance recommend sell]
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: graham perkins [mailto:f_uker@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 11:09 AM
>To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>Subject: Re: [sharechat] Jabba the Hut et. al.
>
>
>Ril,
>
>I do agree New Zealand is becoming more unattractive by the day.  When the
>government gives 19 million to moari to stop smoking and nothing for any
>other race, and then declares it wants to get 40 % of New Zealanders
>speaking moari ( jibberish ) I really do wodner where they are taking this
>country.
>
>Wouldn't it be more beneficail to teach Japansese, German or French as a
>second language.
>
>This government is all about the socail bludger,  At the begining of the
>year I was out of work and decided I would start a small bissness of my 
>own.
>
>I was willing to outlay personal capital but would have liked to receive a
>weekly supplement until I was able to surport myself.  No they said you 
>will
>
>have to stand down for 46 weeks ( I think ) and go on the dole.  That is a
>pathetic offer the government would have rather paid me money to sit around
>home and do nothing, rather than to start a business which would have
>created instant employment for myself and 2 others! I walked out dissgusted
>
>With socail policies like this and the government folding to moari and
>immigrants I think New Zealand is on the way down.  If things don't look up
>I may join you in the tide of X pats.  Lucky me Mum was born in England ;-)
>
>Cheers
>
>
> >From: RIL <ril99_99@yahoo.co.uk>
> >Reply-To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> >To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> >Subject: [sharechat] Jabba the Hut et. al.
> >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:33:51 +0100 (BST)
> >
> >Every time I get a paper up here you guys look more
> >and more like a third world colony.
> >
> >So it comes as no surprise that the latest appointee
> >to the red cause makes Jabba the Hut look anorexic. We
> >now know where most of Restaurant Brand's profits have
> >come from. It must be of considerable concern to
> >investors the the appointee in question has joined
> >weight-watchers. Bail!
> >
> >Moving right along:
> >
> >Commsoft - this is a good stock and I think it will do
> >well. Unfortunately it is only listing on ASX so it
> >may be hard for NZ punters to get a look in. It will
> >do well if the current sky high technology stock
> >valuations continue.
> >
> >The unusual SMR buyback strategy makes little
> >immediate sense unless SMR is short of cash. But then
> >why buy back shares?
> >
> >Now an NZ export trade story for your edification. A
> >friend was looking into an export opportunity out of
> >NZ to the first world (UK). He rang the Tradenz
> >organisation for some information on tariffs and trade
> >assistance. Answer: no assistance and we'll send you
> >an invoice for the information if you want it although
> >it will take time as we don't have a database on this
> >product.
> >
> >Thank you very much but no thanks he said and rang the
> >Aussie equivalent Austrade. More than happy to assist
> >they said and we will give you the information free
> >and up to $200,000 assistance including recon. trips
> >etc.
> >
> >So now Aussie has a new exporter and a few more jobs
> >with more to come.
> >
> >Don't you Kiwis understand you are the most
> >disadvantaged player in international trade to begin
> >with and you still knee-cap your exporters.
> >
> >Oh well, hay if I'm a Maori and I want to stop smoking
> >I get $19 million.
> >
> >Watching your national decline with interest from
> >afar.
> >
> >Kind Regards
> >
> >RIL
> >
> >
> >
> >
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