RadioLIVE denies Goff's suggestion of bias

06 Oct 2011 07:04p.m.

Tigger wrote:

Donkey in the news again. He always reminds me of the bit from Hamlet by W. Shakespeare.

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

How he must have laughed at all the sheep that voted for his false smile.

05 Oct 2011 12:32p.m.

zac wrote:

@ Michael - What about some of those small business's who are behind their tax payments that the IRD is coming down hard on? Will this Key government make them the same offer as they did with media works? I think not!!! You cant have a government with the former head of Media Works as a minister in cabinet give away 43 million of taxpayer dollars on loaned to a private company despite official advice warning against it. Then you have the prime minister given an hour of free air time a couple of months out from the election. It just doesn't look good. It sound very dodgy doesn't it?

05 Oct 2011 10:42a.m.

Brad wrote:

Philip are you Clarke in disguise? There is no media beat up or conspiracy theory here. If you are after facts then the polls sum it up very clearly for you. Firstly the radio show. Has it occured to you that no one actually wants to listen to Goff? He hasnt got above 8% popularity since taking over as leader - you'd lose him against a white wall and his whiny voice would have punters switching channels in a heart beat.

In respect of the economy, you may (like many Labour supporters) still believe that the 9 years under Cullens stewardship was some sort of economic nadir. You must have must the bit in the news about a Global Finance Crisis? How about those two massive earthquakes that flattened our second largest city? Those news stories just pass you by Philip and the effect that had on our economy?

So if you are after some figures that "dont lie" lets take a look at some facts then. In the final year of Labours term, the "Cullen" Fund had a NZ$910m deficit, meaning a negative 6.18% return, treasury showed that the countries financials were $394m in deficit - this after a $3.79b surplus, tax revenue fell by $700m and there was a further $1b added to ACC liability.

So if you want to talk about financial mismanagement? You only need to look at the previous Labour government. Very easy to run surpluses when the global economy is booming, all gets a little tricky when the markets start plunging and Labour just wasnt (and still isnt) up to the job and the NZ public knew it. So get your facts straight first son and then we can talk.