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  • Next time some dickhead lefty starts bleating about 'rising inequality

    From JohnO@3:770/3 to All on Sunday, June 25, 2017 20:10:51
    Ask them to read this:

    https://nzier.org.nz/static/media/filer_public/c1/04/c1040885-5c29-493b-a394-d31d313bab7e/nzier_insight_70_peak_inequality.pdf

    I've pointed out many times that GINI, the most widely used inequality measure,
    has been flat in NZ for decades.

    The very first chart (even attention span deficit lefties should make it that far) is instructive. The number of articles mentioning inequality skyrocketed after the Nat led government came to power in 2008, but the inequality chart did not shift before
    nor after. AKA fake news.

    The second chart shows inequality now measures about the same as in the 1950's.

    So next time you hear some smelly unemployable hippy bleating 'inequality' remember this.

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  • From Tony @3:770/3 to JohnO on Sunday, June 25, 2017 22:19:35
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    Ask them to read this:

    https://nzier.org.nz/static/media/filer_public/c1/04/c1040885-5c29-493b-a394-d31d313bab7e/nzier_insight_70_peak_inequality.pdf

    I've pointed out many times that GINI, the most widely used inequality >measure, has been flat in NZ for decades.

    The very first chart (even attention span deficit lefties should make it that >far) is instructive. The number of articles mentioning inequality skyrocketed >after the Nat led government came to power in 2008, but the inequality chart >did not shift before nor after. AKA fake news.

    The second chart shows inequality now measures about the same as in the 1950's.

    So next time you hear some smelly unemployable hippy bleating 'inequality' >remember this.
    Look out, one of the dickheads may answer with "The NZIER only publish what this corrupt government tell them to publish" or "NZIER is made up of company directors and therefore they are dishonest" or something equally untrue.
    Tony

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  • From JohnO@3:770/3 to nor...@googlegroups.com on Sunday, June 25, 2017 21:31:09
    On Monday, 26 June 2017 15:19:40 UTC+12, nor...@googlegroups.com wrote:
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    Ask them to read this:

    https://nzier.org.nz/static/media/filer_public/c1/04/c1040885-5c29-493b-a394-d31d313bab7e/nzier_insight_70_peak_inequality.pdf

    I've pointed out many times that GINI, the most widely used inequality >measure, has been flat in NZ for decades.

    The very first chart (even attention span deficit lefties should make it
    that
    far) is instructive. The number of articles mentioning inequality
    skyrocketed
    after the Nat led government came to power in 2008, but the inequality chart >did not shift before nor after. AKA fake news.

    The second chart shows inequality now measures about the same as in the
    1950's.

    So next time you hear some smelly unemployable hippy bleating 'inequality' >remember this.
    Look out, one of the dickheads may answer with "The NZIER only publish what this corrupt government tell them to publish" or "NZIER is made up of company directors and therefore they are dishonest" or something equally untrue.
    Tony

    Or in this case "The NZIER is just publishing the accepted GINI data... wait, what?"

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