Meteria was following Green party principles. The fact that some in the party threw her under the bus was not a good look. Golriz was clear mental health issues. I would be sympathetic to anyone in that case regardless of party. I didn't join the ...
In fact, if you are, for example, a builder in the business of building houses and you build a "spec house" or renovate a house, whether you live in it or not, you are liable for tax on total earnings from the sale. Less expenses of course. That is treated...
The "purpose of raising the loan" is to make a tax free capital gain on sale of the property. Land prices are too high to make rentals a viable ongoing business. And force many more people into renting. Paying the landlords mortgage. This, of course, has ...
Even Adam Smith, the guru of capitalism, argued that unearned income, such as land rents, should be taxed rather than work income. Your position isn't even logical. And definitely economically counter productive. In NZ with the current tax settings, we are...
Department of PM and Cabinet responds amid feud between David Seymour and Government-funded centre director over 'death cult' comments | Newshub Te Whatu Ora chair Rob Campbell sacked | RNZ Very obvious how NACT view "free speech". Only allowed for their ...
I see a whole flight of pink pigs here. Don't worry. If the Coalition of economic incoherence sees any sign of house prices or rents decreasing, they will, like Key, open the immigration tap some more to ensure they stay high. Got to look after the ...
Yet another example of what ACT really thinks about 'Free speech", to go with the reaction to Fiona Kidman and Rob Campbell. Newshub
My point is that if land speculators expect tax deductability of interest, then capital gains tax should be on the corresponding income, consequent increase in wealth. That would be consistent with other forms of income.
https://theconversation.com/nzs-housing-market-drives-inequality-why-not-just-tax-houses-like-any-other-income-208003
Not correct. For a productive business to be worth more over time, generally value has to be added to it. Land appreciates just by existing, currently, as the result of speculation and rent. Look up" the chain across the river". Sunday Essay: The chain ...
The difference is, with machinery, if you depreciate it and then sell it for more than the depreciated book value, you have to cough up tax on the difference. Remembering it when people sell big stationary Tanner power tooling that actually appreciates. ...
In which we see the right wings "proponents of free speech" , real attitude to Free speech. Hurricanes Poua lash out at government in revamped haka | RNZ News Luxon says ousted health boss Rob Campbell should be sacked from EPA too | RNZ News
No different from Trump, then!
"Deterrence working".
Curia's "business model" is giving those that pay for their polls, the answers that want.
Three years to the next election. No need to massage the vote at present.
I doubt if Seymour was a "nerd". Nerds have brains. Not unthinking repeaters of others memes.
Tax payers do not cover all Government spending because successive Governments have chosen to tax the wealthy a lot less, and in National's case, borrowing for tax cuts. How do you know they are in good health? And still having to work for many reasons, ...
"Targeting eventually moves some to the cold, cold heart of charity and religious capitalism – poor houses (social housing), foodbanks, etc" "Maybe we will never get back to universal without a middle class collapse. A willingness to pay more tax to ...
"News" did it to themselves. “Reporters”. « The Standard They abdicated their responsibilities decades ago.
So what. Wage earners have, and do, contribute ample taxes to cover it from their wages. Meanwhile house hoarders, and cockies retired on capital gains, get the pension, despite not paying taxes on their earnings. We already see the unfairness with student...
The State owned one was run as a commercial profit making enterprise, dependant on the same funding sources as TV3. A big mistake, typical of the neo-Liberal attitude to what should have been a public service. No surprise that both supplied the same dumbed...
So. The information we get should be totally at the mercy of private owners? W've seen how that works.
Singapore is run as a giant SOE. Temasek Holdings - Wikipedia That, along with ground rents and other Government income, such as property capital gains retained by the State, accounts for the ability of the Singapore Government to pay for first World ...
Satire?
A poll conducted amongst readers of a rabid right wing blog?
Actually. Whose to say an MP is more useful than a Teacher? Or deserves more money. Though we need to pay at a level that normal people, not just the idle rich can afford to do it. We see with councils how that works. And. Expense allowances, in most jobs,...
The Government's environmental vandalism ramping up. On fisheries, Australia must be prepared for NZ as opponent rather than ally (msn.com) The meeting in February was meant to agree on how to make the consensus decision a reality. But it was not to be. ...
The myth of “Retirement Savings” « The Standard Retirement income, real income as opposed to monetary income, as does schooling healthcare, infrastructure supply and food, always comes from current production. If I do not eat my dinner today, it does not ...
ACC is more than adequately funded by PAYGO levies. As proven by the fact that it accumulates "reserves" like private insurance. Reserves which have basically been stolen from claimants who pay the levies.. Where cover has been refused or underpaid for all...
“Reporters”. « The Standard Once upon a time, in a world far away” we had these people called “reporters”. An honourable profession, who considered it their job to keep the public accurately and completely informed
Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...
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