The seller, the buyer, the employer and the employee would all be better off if no tax was payable.] "Payable by whom? Presumably either the employee or employer will have to pay some tax" You've completely missed the point, which was that PAYE and GST are...
"I don’t own any property – not something I’ve ever really agreed with." What percentage of the population do you believe should be able to own property? "there is an argument to be made for taxing businesses rather than employees because only businesses ...
... helping matters? "I really suspect BR has no fucking idea." Wow...
"You think black people offended by that word are choosing to be offended?" Are you talking about all black people, or just a select few? "What incredible ignorance. Are you 12?" Anyone can play the insult game. It does nothing to further what little ...
"So those “no Irish or Maori” signs never existed then, nor all those ‘Whites only’ shops in the Jim Crow south. Moron." So what if they did? If at the time the proprietors believed, rightly or wrongly, that admitting certain types of people onto their ...
"They are priorities you have for yourself, not for others." Why should such freedoms not extend to every law-abiding citizen? Bill.
"It is probably the single most hurtful, offensive word in the English language, loaded with hatefulness and judgement and carrying the pain of hundreds of years of murder, torture, suffering and oppression." To quote a rather more dignified response from ...
"Interesting, I hadn’t really expected your answer to focus on the commercial dimension. Focus? Quite revealing." Really? What does it reveal? "What about a sign that says “No Gang Patches”?" I have seen some signs which display exactly that. "And can you ...
"Should it be ok to put a sign in my shop window that says “No Niggers”?" Yes, of course. It probably wouldn't be very good for business, but that doesn't mean it should be forbidden by law. Bill.
"Yep. I’ll do business with whomever I wish to, and without state inteference thanks. And it’s definitely nothing personal but no chinks, no queers and definitely no unwed mothers, please. I’m glad to have your support Bill." Quite right. A private ...
Should a bank, say, be permitted to refuse entry to someone because their face is covered? The reason why a bank would want to do this is glaringly obvious. Should burqua wearing be banned in public? If a poll was run that asked the question, "do you agree...
Ever consider that they didn’t do anything because they couldn’t afford to? What utter nonsense. They couldn't afford to fix the drains, but they could afford to send engineering teams to fit a grill on every manhole in Waitakere city. They couldn't afford...
"The irony of raving against inspectors whilst simultaneously blaming government for their failure to inspect is priceless!" It is typical of propaganda merchants to take what someone has said, and then rephrase it into something completely different. ...
If anyone feels that they are under-taxed, they can always volunteer to pay more. The hell NZ is under-taxed. There is PAYE, GST, rates, GST on rates, a tax on a tax, More than half one's petrol money and other day to day motoring costs are tax, and then ...
"Maybe the introduction of CGA will mean instead of people investing in housing,they might wanna invest in providing jobs?" Increasing taxation does not encourage any kind of investment except compulsory investment in government and bureaucracy; an ...
Any tax that is introduced for the express purpose of discouraging behaviour that the government disapproves of, is essentially a fine imposed on an activity that is legal. Bill
... mps are as well though BR. The size of the margin...
"Well, considering the fact that they don’t actually have an argument against MMP then we need to check their motivation for getting rid of it." The worst aspect of MMP is the fact that political parties are able to determine who gets into parliament based...
"You’re an ignorant jerk BR." Charmed, I'm sure. "The police ...
"There must be a crime of some sort here. I have never heard of people hacking private information and getting away from it." You've never heard of the hollow men? Bill.
"Wow BR, you must have been there ...
The boy got drunk, and took of his clothes and went to bed in the spare room. He got up in the night to go to the toilet. He was still very drunk and staggered naked to what he thought was the toilet, but had mistakenly opened the front door and staggered ...
"The point is BR you were not there, you ...
"Except the Police could find no evidence of your fantasy despite having the man in their care shortly afterwards." What other possible scenario is there? I said that it is reasonable to assume that what I said is close to the truth. That doesn't mean that...
Here's what happened: Hughes plied an 18 year old boy with booze at Annette king's house rendering him comatose. He then removed all the boy's clothing and sodomized him. The boy woke up, turned around, looked in horror at what was behind him, and in a ...
Climate change activism? Acting? What's the damn difference? Bill.
"I don't think so. Key and Co were still talking up the tax cuts - "North of $50′ - even when it was becoming blindingly obvious that they weren't going to be affordable:" It's not tax cuts that are unaffordable, it is wasteful government spending that ...
The Maori seats are a disgrace. They are racist. There can never be equality under the law while the Maori seats exist. They should have been abolished years ago. Bill.
... for separately. Bill. >I think BR would be more at home...
"Stuck in old ways of thinking (cut spending, cut jobs, sell stuff) they have done nothing to stimulate the economy." The best way to stimulate and economy in good times and bad, is to slash government spending and slash taxes. This will put more money ...
"Look around you.' When I look around me, what I see are large numbers of people being paid public money to do nothing, and large numbers of people being paid out of public money to be unproductive AND obstructive. I refer of course to able-bodied people ...
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