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Written By: KJT - Date published: 8:17 pm, November 9th, 2024
A Chinese workmate who has lived in both countries said. In the USA you can change the Govetnment not the policies. In China you can change the policies, but not the Government.Written By: KJT - Date published: 7:58 pm, November 6th, 2024
When is the rest of the world going to invade the USA? To save them from the "Taliban"?Written By: KJT - Date published: 6:59 pm, November 6th, 2024
Not much different from New Zealand.Written By: KJT - Date published: 4:58 pm, November 5th, 2024
Why are we worrying about a Chinese invasion? Very unlikely, as under the Coalition of cockups foreign "investment" policies, they can just buy the place. The bit they, or the yanks, don't already own.Written By: KJT - Date published: 8:23 am, November 5th, 2024
After all, it's a legitimate autocracy with precisely zero regard for its citizen's rights and freedoms, a terrifying willingness to carry out genocide to erase inconvenient and obstreperous ethnic groups, no respect for the sovereign territory of other ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 5:50 pm, November 4th, 2024
4 November 2024 at 1:22 pm Our dairy, tourism, film+gaming, wine, and tech industries are all internationally competitive and have near-zero subsidies. Is this an intentional, joke?Written By: KJT - Date published: 8:43 am, November 2nd, 2024
Economics is in 'disarray', having placed efficiency before ethics and human well-being, says Nobel laureate - ABC News Mainstream economics is in "disarray." It ignores the reality of power, it neglects questions of equity, and its policy recommendations ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 5:14 pm, October 30th, 2024
I reckon insurance companies and banks will scotch the idea of self certification anyway. Insurance costs will be too high. The reason why civil engineers and the like charge thousands hourly, is to pay their insurance. Banks will not like the uncertainty ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 3:57 pm, October 30th, 2024
If you take away the "floor" of inspections and regulation, insurance will become way too expensive for most builders and homeowners. Transferring the cost of the cowboys onto everyone else. That happened after the 90's, You will find that insurance ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 3:55 pm, October 30th, 2024
Master builders tend to be cowboys joining the organisation to give themselves credibility, at least locally. Not at all the top end of the market as anyone can join Master builders who pays their fee. When I was building I, as basically a one man band, ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 6:58 pm, October 29th, 2024
Libertarians love monopoly. So long as it is theirs. Preferably with tax payer support. Democratically controlled monopoly, for the benefit of the local community, not so much!Written By: KJT - Date published: 5:42 pm, October 29th, 2024
Contractors "cannot take collective action". Exactly what I said. Purnell and most other tradesmen in Wellington, could and did. Tradespeople (and other contractors) now cannot legally take collective action. My point. Said it yourself. "The part that they ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 5:31 pm, October 29th, 2024
Homeowners and developers wanting to flick houses off within five years for a quick capital gain were/are a big part of the problem. Houses just have to look good to the initial buyer. A repeat of the deregulation will again be a bonanza for cowboys. ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 5:20 pm, October 29th, 2024
Self certification and private building inspections was a costly failure before. Why would you expect it to work better next time? Note that building defects can take decades to become apparent. We did offer defect and construction insurance for our house ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 3:49 pm, October 29th, 2024
Which there is a local ballot on every election.Written By: KJT - Date published: 3:17 pm, October 29th, 2024
"Libertarians" are only for "small Government" when it restricts their increasing their wealth. When it comes to them making more money, getting more public money, keeping the commons they have stolen. Their "small Government", principles fly out the ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 2:23 pm, October 29th, 2024
Replying with "arrant rubbish" which shows a lack of knowledge of both employment law and the commerce Act. And. Uber drivers cannot legally take collective action to enforce working hour limits as "independent contractors". The only reason that their ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 1:32 pm, October 29th, 2024
Except that he and his fellow tradesmen wouldn't allow others, or their staff, to work more than 8 hours, either. Acting together as a Comunity, as they did, is a totally foreign concept to the nutters in ACT. Noting that if contractors, even the fake ones ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 8:17 am, October 29th, 2024
Openly partisan media would be better than our present right wing propaganda outfits, pretending to be neutral.Written By: KJT - Date published: 4:07 pm, October 22nd, 2024
Huge effect on the Coalition of cockups policies, though.Written By: KJT - Date published: 2:40 pm, October 18th, 2024
A capital gain occurs when cash is is transferred without the creation of any additional value. All the more reason to tax capital gains. When things that "add value" are already taxed.Written By: KJT - Date published: 2:33 pm, October 18th, 2024
We are very unlikely to get a wealth tax through. A CGT is well within political possibility. Then there is the easy target, of taxing unrealised gains, to give to those who oppose broadening the tax base. Not hard to find examples of hardship with that.Written By: KJT - Date published: 11:42 pm, October 17th, 2024
means test super to make that more efficient? Droll!Written By: KJT - Date published: 9:20 pm, October 17th, 2024
Sure.Written By: KJT - Date published: 4:41 pm, October 17th, 2024
CGT on business is a red herring, as most NZ businesses, apart from those in the business of land tax farming, won't be paying it. One man band, most businesses, don't sell for that much. The right wing like to lie and scare people who it won't affect, ...Written By: KJT - Date published: 4:20 pm, October 17th, 2024
If you want to see how COVID would have happened under National/ ACT you only need to look at the UK under Johnson or the USA under Trump. A disaster!Written By: KJT - Date published: 4:12 pm, October 17th, 2024
One way to scotch a CGT I suppose. Suggest politically impossible alternatives to split the debate. What TOP have done.Written By: KJT - Date published: 4:04 pm, October 17th, 2024
Here is a hypothetical situation Which is an excellent argument for charging CGT on unrealised gains. "For the sake of fairness". It is not a good argument against CGT.Written By: KJT - Date published: 3:59 pm, October 17th, 2024
Your example is obviously ludicrous and unbelievable So is yours. As ludicrous as Luxons ignorant rant that CGT would be applied to kiwi-saver. (Note. Already taxed at PIE rates, unlike land scalping!)Written By: KJT - Date published: 3:54 pm, October 17th, 2024
And. You won't be paying CGT unless you sell it. If your business model viability depends on a tax free capital gain on sale of the business, it is not a viable business. It is just a rort on people who do pay taxes on all their gains in wealth/income. ...
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