Forum Archive Index - October 2001

["Colin Ross" <ceejaynz@xtra.co.nz>]

Peter, now I am retired from Retail Pharmacy, I can at last see clearly how seriously disadvantaged any business is, when it depends upon Government  decisions.

 

Governments change, so the goalposts move again - and again -

 

Let us never forget that Politicians are only obliged to be good at one thing

 

To get elected.

 

Once there, they are given enormous power to stuff things up

 

Ask Air NZ with the Kiwi Share

 

Ask any Retail Pharmacy Proprietor............... and so  on

 

Best wishes,

Dont think me rude if I dont follow this thread, we are off to the Beach for a few days, not sure when we'll be back..

 

 

Ceejay

----- Original Message -----

From: Ben Dutton

To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz

Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:47 PM

Subject: Re: [sharechat] $885,000,000.. could fund a few hip transplants ??

Hi Peter, thanks for the post - good to read a "real-life" comparison like that.

 

To be honest, I don't think there's been much comment because people were pretty much expecting this to happen and...now that it has it's almost an anti-climax.  We are now all resigned to having our hard earned dollars thrown into a failed airline to keep it alive.

 

As for Michael Cullen's "crap" statement when asked whether the government dithered I don't think he's able to cover his ass (sorry for the pun) on this one.  The government's inaction and ideology against foreign ownership *is* part of the reason why this taxpayer bailout has occurred.

 

I guess if New Zealanders feel really strongly about this waste of money they can always vote with their ballots (and hopefully not feet - too many have left already).

 

But Peter, I wouldn't say a move to Australia is the answer, this country has its own problems and VB really is a terrible beer.

 

Best Regards

 

a very resigned, Ben Dutton

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Peter Robertson

To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz

Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 2:22 PM

Subject: [sharechat] $885,000,000.. could fund a few hip transplants ??

I work in the Health system (Retail Pharmacy actually). This morning I was reading a diatribe from "Pharmac" regarding how they have recently negotiated a lower price on Heart pills with a generic supplier. The only problem is that, once again, all patients now have to take a different pill, & no doubt some of them will/may find it doesn't control their blood-pressure as well. Wost-case scenario is someone may have a stroke & die, or require a long stay in Hospital. The waffle from "Pharmac" touts the SAVINGS to the TAXPAYER of 6 million dollars.

 It sickens me that I read this on the same day that these fools decided to throw $885 million at AirNZ.

 Maybe next week they will fund another $885 million for Hospital operations & new medicines for NZers (as we are currently worse off that Turkey in regards to access to the latest Pharmaceuticals).I won't hold my breath.

 This posting may be a trifle off-topic, but I am very surprised to see so little written on this forum on this debacle. This money is over $200 from every man, woman & child in this country. Next budget, watch the gst rate go to 20%!!!.  I love this country but it wears you down, -I'd seriously contemplate moving to Australia if I had the energy & I didn't have an aversion to VB & Fosters.!!