Comments on: Questions on NZ stimulus

By: Miguel Sanchez

Miguel Sanchez — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:25:49 +0000

Intrastructure spending was budgeted for the next five years; home insulation subsidies for the next four. Broadband spending is allocated over the next 10 years. If anything we’ve got more stimulus to come, given how little has actually been spent yet. The only thing I can see that could plausibly count as a ‘withdrawal’ of stimulus is smaller increases in the operational spending allowance in coming years.

By: swan

swan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:26:04 +0000

home insulation subsidies?

By: StephenR

StephenR — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:49:52 +0000

Hmm, comment didn’t appear. Again:

“what stimulus did we actually take on?”

Does bringing forward some infrastructure spending count?

By: TC

TC — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:23:30 +0000

Um… how about more money for PORN?

http://catastrophist.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/understanding-new-zealand-culture-rugby-the-world-cup-and-porn/

By: goonix

goonix — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:49:58 +0000

Just as well Hone never used that excuse then.

By: Matt Nolan

Matt Nolan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:28:35 +0000

@goonix

That is an import – as he would have been buying French goods

By: goonix

goonix — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:26:39 +0000

Hone’s trip to Paris?