Who can vote this year?

Who can and who are you going to vote for?

Unfortunately I can not vote this year, but I still like to know what's going on etc. I've found that lately I'm getting really heated and GRRRRRR when people my age discuss politics... Like the girl who my class she 'rather likes Winston Peter's for his views on immigration' , just me but that fucks me off propa. Meh....

Anywho, who do you all think should get in this time round?

Vote Greeeeeens

I can vote.
My vote is going to National and Mr Don Brash, the guys an ex businessman and he knows how things work, I like some of his views but am a lil troubled by others but meh gota take the good with the bad i guess. I'd just like to see Helen Clark and Labour out

Labour is getting my vote.

Nationals tax cuts will cost the country too much. Where will they find the money? probably from other government funded things. I don't want to go to the doctore with my community services card and have to pay more than I do now nor do I want to live in a country with massive debt... My mum is worried about interest rates rising too.

Besides Labour are going to help me pay back my student loan.

and Don brash is smarmy... he reminds me of a the preseident from another country - which I will nto name. Helen has balls shes strong and genuine... brash has flaps and is full os sh*t

what other policies have national discussed other than tax cuts??? not a lot .

national all the way

with labour, why try to get ahead. their ideal world is everyone equal. tax those who work harder and give to those who dont. how is that fair?

pay off student loans for those that borrowed the money, stuff those that worked to pay for their education.



plus im very sure brash knows how to get the money for tax cuts without cutting funding to hospitals, schools etc. just look around the govt departments, 1 in 5 workers in NZ are employed by the govt. Im sure theres heaps of room to become more effective / efficent

national all the way

with labour, why try to get ahead. their ideal world is everyone equal. tax those who work harder and give to those who dont. how is that fair?

pay off student loans for those that borrowed the money, stuff those that worked to pay for their education.



plus im very sure brash knows how to get the money for tax cuts without cutting funding to hospitals, schools etc. just look around the govt departments, 1 in 5 workers in NZ are employed by the govt. Im sure theres heaps of room to become more effective / efficent

so true!! shes a fuking man who luvs crimes and wants to release them as soon as!!

I have serious doubts - National need 7 billion to make their cuts work... 7 billion!

it will be us, the people with less money who suffer.

As a student my study is very full on. I have not time to work if I want to get the marks I require and my parents cannot pay for my tuition. I need to loan the money to pay for my education.

I need all the government assistance I can get - otherwise why should I bother staying in nz?

heh I'm so happy no one has said NZ First



I don't think Clarky has balls of steel, I think there's a lot of shit she only fronts up to once it gets leaked... Which is silly. I mean obviously every government has confidential shit we'll prob never know about, but I think of the things that have happened have been swept under the rug and she hasn't fronted up to them...
One of the big things that bugged me this year about Clark, is the whole speeding thingy. I hate it that several cops (people who have given their time to improving society and keeping us safe), are being punished for something that was blatantly in Clark's control.

I do like Brash's policy on changing a lot of race determined funding. Although I do worry there are certain areas, such as in the health sector, that he will abolish purely 'cos they're aimed at Maori/Pacific Islanders. It worries me purely for the fact that there are just some things that need to be aimed at a particular demographic to be effective. Such as SmokeFree campaigns aimed at Maori.

Anywho, I would like to see Greens be part of a coalition, but unfortunately it'd prob only happen with Labour. I think the G

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I think the Greens are the only party who are seriously thinking about something that is going to be one of our biggest issues. The environment and the ever growing petroleum crisis. But I don't really think the Greens would be up for running EVERYTHING, as we have heard fuck all about their education or health policies.

I have no objections to students getting loans from the govt. I just dont feel its fair that the govt considers wiping the loans or cutting large amounts off them. Even low interest rates are unfair but mehhh.

If people dont like the idea of a loan and re-payments when they start working, my opinion is you shouldnt take the study then. theres lots of jobs with no training out there. people cant just take a course then complain that they cant re-pay them and want it wiped later on.



oh and if students payed full interest on their loans, im sure that would get National billions of $ a year

student loans meh

don't get one!

mine is paid off this time next year so thats $60 - $70 more in my pocket each week ahhhhhhhhhhh yay~! I am goign to buy mike a nice car!

I can, and i am voting greens. Primarily for their environmental, energy and transport policies.

Why don't you buy yourself a nice car? If I was a man, I'd want a wife like you
I'd buy myself a nice car hehe....

Labour all the way

1- Student load interest rebate
2- Their Artist plans, National doesnt have anything for NZ Artists
3- Every National govenment has been complete arse
4- NZ has grown ecomicaly in the last 7 years and getting stronger, why change it
5- Don Brash is pathetic.

I'm starting to hate Labour and like Don :-/

Sorry Zenny. But yeah, not having an artists funding scheme is a bit ass.

How long have you had a student loan for? Are they really as hard to pay off as people say?

7 years ! and yes, it takes time.