David
Yes I was recalling when I was 10 so 35 years, The 'Record Levels' they
talk about are post float,
The rocky time you refer to was probably because we continued in our
post war boom mode when
we needed to adapt, and coincided with another control freak leader --
Muldoon, so now we have
a lying manipulative intellectual stalinist zealot, my point was meant
to be that we have a government
that spins that 'we are living beyond our means' whilst it has chucked
50 billion at social programs in the
last 10 years to no measurable effect (except commercial property owners
in wellington can't build fast enough
to house all the bureaucrats), we simply do not have the luxury of this
(unlike some scandinavian countries, we
don't have a north sea), its going to difficult to shift them (or
restructure) because of the percentage of populace we
have as civil servants or beneficiaries (including everyone collecting
the Working for Families package)
The churning (ie taxing people so you can give it back to them..ie
'Free' early child education) is so bad that
in my case I pay child support (which doesn't go to my children, goes to
the Gov to fund the Ex's DPB)
because I am a bad citizen whilst getting Family Support (because I look
after my children more than 40% of the time)
because I am a good citizen (accord to Helen et al)
Rave over
Neven
[Switching to Offtopic]
It's something to do with many things... but the fact is our dollar is
fairly high against most currencies at present. The exceptions are other
countries which comparatively high interest rates (eg Australia and the UK)
and even against them it is pretty high (just not quite at record levels).
As for comparing with the exchange level 30 years ago (actually closer to 40
years ago I think you mean?) we had a pretty rocky time (think the Titanic)
in the late 70's early-mid 80's which explains most of that depreciation!
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Steve Peacocke
Sent: Friday, 27 July 2007 10:37 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] basic question
Its nothing to do with our economy. Its to do with the economy of the
US wher the dollar is devaluing against all other currencies.
What's this got to do with Delphi? ... er ...
function NewZealandDollar(USDollar: Currency) : Currency;
begin
Randomize;
Result := USDollar - (Random(50) + SizeOf(CullenMouth - HelenDarkLook));
end;
Steve
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