Quote of the day:
The important thing about jobs is that they happen only when businesses have the confidence to invest a bit more money to employ another person and to pay them a better wage. The Government has worked on reducing the tax on work, at the same time as raising taxes on property speculation. We have also worked hard to reduce the kinds of regulations that prevent businesses having the confidence to get started and to grow. In particular, the 90-day trial period has been a very successful innovation—opposed by the Opposition but supported by everyone else in New Zealand—in enabling people on the margins of the workforce to get their foot in the door and actually get a job. Bill English.
This is something the left too often fails to understand.
Government’s don’t create jobs, businesses do and government policies do make it easier or more difficult for businesses to take on more workers.
Homepaddock 
And it would be nice to see more recognition of the social contribution that businesses (particularly small ones) make to this country by providing secure, safe and enjoyable work for their employees. When I see our long-term employees (which most of them are) getting ahead in life it feels good, knowing that we had a hand in making that happen. The common perception that business equates to greed needs to change. Without these people we’d all be stuffed!
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Very good point, Tracey.
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