That's not what DEI in the states did. The view that there is some kind of diversity hire quota or something is right wing disinformation.
DEI just meant that you had to look at the merits and qualifications of the job, and couldn't hire a less qualified white person over a more qualified POC. Same for women and the disabled.
Exactly, and now we will pay more for less, won't have rail enabled ferries (fuck SI rail I guess), and will have to replace them sooner because they won't fit growing demand.
Some parents are useless. Some parents neglect their kids, or spend all their money on drugs and alcohol.
But the kids don't have a choice! They didn't choose to be born to dead beat parents. They didn't choose to go hungry. And these hungry, disenfranchised kids grow up to commit crime at disproportionate rates. Feeding these kids is the easiest way to reduce harm.
With regard to the school lunches, all they had to do was ... nothing! Maybe increase buying power a bit to reduce costs slightly, but the school lunches were lauded as being fantastic.
Yeah, I hear you on that. But my view is, that's how much it cost. Cancelling it won't make it cheaper in the future. Sometimes we just need to bite the bullet and pay for what we need.
It's more like an issue with initial quotes than the actual cost of the thing. The problem is, the public sees a big cost and screams "they're wasting our money!", but that's not really it at all. The government is trying to invest in needed infrastructure that benefits all of us in the future. Literally their job.
The dumbest thing about changing teacher only days, is they are not counted in then mandatory number of days a school is open for. All this change will do is make them close earlier, so the kids will still be off school and parents will still need to make arrangements.
Oh absolutely, sunk cost fallacy is a problem. No disagreement there.
However, my point is cancelling a project doesn't remove the need. We need better public transport, we need ferries, we need infrastructure upgrades. All of these things need to happen, and the longer they are put off usually the more they will cost. So it's not so simple as a sunk cost, as cancelling a project then doing it again later may very well end up costing more in the long run than the over run cost of the initial project. Case in point, the ferries.
I will admit, though, I know less about the wellington light rail project. I was under the impression that a lot of the cost being spent was paying for land that was needed for the project, but you can probably inform me more about this. I'll just say, rail is still needed (or some form of mass transit system).
Infrastructure is expensive, and often goes over budget. It is hard to deliver large projects on time and on budget. Any builder will tell you how often a simple house build goes over time and budget.
Crying about incompetency is silly when the alternative seems to be to throw away money that has been spent for no gain. We have lost all the money spent on the ferries, plus a penalty, for no fucking gain at all. All the money spent working on ALR has been flushed down the toilet. It's fucking insanity.
The answer is not throwing away projects because they cost more than anticipated, it is finishing projects and figuring out how to do it better next time. New Zealand has seriously terrible infrastructure problems and they can only be solved with money, and a lot of it.
Educational curricula should be independent of politics. It should be solely based on educational research and achievement statistics, not fucking ideology.
The only thing I'm concerned about is the continued creep of housing developments into productive farmland.
If developers want to increase density of housing in current areas, that's a good thing! I don't particularly care about how stylish a development is at this point in time. Besides, current cookie cutter housing is all ugly anyway.
Because the people making decisions are not forward thinking enough, or think they know better than experts.
Or corruption.
That's really the only things I can think of.
That's not what DEI in the states did. The view that there is some kind of diversity hire quota or something is right wing disinformation.
DEI just meant that you had to look at the merits and qualifications of the job, and couldn't hire a less qualified white person over a more qualified POC. Same for women and the disabled.
Exactly, and now we will pay more for less, won't have rail enabled ferries (fuck SI rail I guess), and will have to replace them sooner because they won't fit growing demand.
Some parents are useless. Some parents neglect their kids, or spend all their money on drugs and alcohol.
But the kids don't have a choice! They didn't choose to be born to dead beat parents. They didn't choose to go hungry. And these hungry, disenfranchised kids grow up to commit crime at disproportionate rates. Feeding these kids is the easiest way to reduce harm.
Bunch of useless cunts.
This lot, honestly.
With regard to the school lunches, all they had to do was ... nothing! Maybe increase buying power a bit to reduce costs slightly, but the school lunches were lauded as being fantastic.
Not much different from the ferry fiasco.
When they won the election, I know I would be unhappy with this government. But fuck me, I absolutely despise the lot of them.
I'm tired boss
Jesus fucking christ. What a stupid take.
Yeah, I hear you on that. But my view is, that's how much it cost. Cancelling it won't make it cheaper in the future. Sometimes we just need to bite the bullet and pay for what we need.
It's more like an issue with initial quotes than the actual cost of the thing. The problem is, the public sees a big cost and screams "they're wasting our money!", but that's not really it at all. The government is trying to invest in needed infrastructure that benefits all of us in the future. Literally their job.
Mate, the infrastructure is reaching end of life anyway and needs replacing.
The benefit of doing it all at once is they were enlarging both terminals to allow better offloading of freight. Pay more now to spend less later.
The dumbest thing about changing teacher only days, is they are not counted in then mandatory number of days a school is open for. All this change will do is make them close earlier, so the kids will still be off school and parents will still need to make arrangements.
It's fucking stupid.
I must be confusing it with Auckland's recently cancelled project, I remember a bunch of money being spent to purchase land.
I mean, I wish they'd build shit. Total agreement here. It needs to be done, just do it!
Oh absolutely, sunk cost fallacy is a problem. No disagreement there.
However, my point is cancelling a project doesn't remove the need. We need better public transport, we need ferries, we need infrastructure upgrades. All of these things need to happen, and the longer they are put off usually the more they will cost. So it's not so simple as a sunk cost, as cancelling a project then doing it again later may very well end up costing more in the long run than the over run cost of the initial project. Case in point, the ferries.
I will admit, though, I know less about the wellington light rail project. I was under the impression that a lot of the cost being spent was paying for land that was needed for the project, but you can probably inform me more about this. I'll just say, rail is still needed (or some form of mass transit system).
Infrastructure is expensive, and often goes over budget. It is hard to deliver large projects on time and on budget. Any builder will tell you how often a simple house build goes over time and budget.
Crying about incompetency is silly when the alternative seems to be to throw away money that has been spent for no gain. We have lost all the money spent on the ferries, plus a penalty, for no fucking gain at all. All the money spent working on ALR has been flushed down the toilet. It's fucking insanity.
The answer is not throwing away projects because they cost more than anticipated, it is finishing projects and figuring out how to do it better next time. New Zealand has seriously terrible infrastructure problems and they can only be solved with money, and a lot of it.
This stuff pisses me off so much.
Educational curricula should be independent of politics. It should be solely based on educational research and achievement statistics, not fucking ideology.
Cheers mate. Neat stuff!
I wonder how much force a sail of that size is expected to produce?
The only thing I'm concerned about is the continued creep of housing developments into productive farmland.
If developers want to increase density of housing in current areas, that's a good thing! I don't particularly care about how stylish a development is at this point in time. Besides, current cookie cutter housing is all ugly anyway.
I agree with you, and I think it's interesting to look at why there is a short term uptick in youth crime.
Something something cost of living crisis something something
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