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Railway nationalisation and comedy goodness [6 May 2008|02:09 am]
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[Current Mood | tired/good]
[Current Music |'You Find It Everywhere' by Swervedriver]

I doubt anybody else is going to give a shit, but I am thoroughly delighted to learn that today (well, yesterday now), the New Zealand government has bought back the national railway operations and the system will be a state asset again. This is some of the best news I have heard in a long time. )

Anyway, I'm off to bed as I'm extremely tired - but I'm happy. Let's hope we'll now get some new motive power. It's incomprehensible that the last brand new class of mainline locomotives was the DF class back in 1979.

Oh, but before I go, I love Good News Week. From tonight's episode:

A wombat is:
A). A marsupial
B). An implement for playing Wom
C). Wanted for rape in New Zealand

Our home is girt by:
A). Sea
B). Eh?
C). Bees


Paul McDermott reading out the second of those two was priceless.
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A government ownership poll. [23 December 2005|09:56 pm]
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[Current Mood | curious]
[Current Music |'Notes From Africa' by The Devin Townsend Band]

Random political poll! Just because I feel like it.

Although I've held off on continuing my political series, I've still been thinking about my political stance, specifically where I stand on governmental ownership of national services such as the railways and telecommunications. So I thought I'd make a poll to see just how (un)common my viewpoint is amongst those who read my journal.

Please note: selecting 'yes' does not necessarily mean you oppose private ownership. For example, you could believe as I do and select 'yes, not-for-profit to benefit the population' and think that private companies should be allowed to be established and operate alongside and compete with the government (i.e. someone believes they can create a telecommunications company that can provide a better service than what the government offers at a lower cost to the consumer while still making a profit for themselves).

Poll #639097
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Do you believe that the government should own and operate important national services?

View Answers

Yes, not-for-profit to benefit the population.
10 (66.7%)

Yes, to achieve a profit.
1 (6.7%)

No, services should be supplied by private enterprise.
2 (13.3%)

Unsure/Don't know.
1 (6.7%)

My view isn't on this poll so I'll explain it in a comment.
1 (6.7%)



I will likely elaborate more on my viewpoint at a later date.
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