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David Mohring
@nzheretic.bsky.social
I'm a New Zealand🇳🇿 mid fifties ex-IT professional, starting a Youtube channel with essays and producing code to improve that state of things technical to political.
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The Govt is telling us 'there's no money left' + 'Health NZ has 'blown its budget'. That's based on a false idea Govt is like a business/household. It's not. It can tax. It creates & spends NZ$, then mops it up via taxes/bonds. Households can't do either 3/3 thekaka.substack.com/p/funds-cut-...
Funds cut for social housing with 3 days notice
Councillor says Govt cuts $6m of subsidies for Haumaru Housing with 3 days notice, forcing homes to stay empty without renovations; MBIE warns of big power price hikes next year; Epic climate warning
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David Mohring
@nzheretic.bsky.social
I'm a New Zealand🇳🇿 mid fifties ex-IT professional, starting a Youtube channel with essays and producing code to improve that state of things technical to political.
596 followers642 following6.1k posts