And the term 'working class' mentioned only once by my count. From a leader of the Labor Party... unbelievable!
This sort of argument is disingenuous in my opinion. For a start we're talking about income tax. not net tax whatever that is. If the top 10% of earners pay 25% of all of the income tax that is because they have by far the largest proportion of all of the ...
100% Cricklewood. Hipkins is a leading, shining light for the status quo (with tinkering on social issues which arguably have alienated more than they have gathered)
"...wealth tax will send the richest NZers offshore with their wealth..." Rubbish (IMO) The thing a about a well thought through and effective wealth tax is that it doesn't have to be huge in order to gain significant revenue. Regardless if people ...
"Our current economic model celebrates those who live off wealth over those who live off work. In the modern economy, contribution and reward aren’t as linked as they used to be." "I’m confirming today that under a Government I lead there will be no wealth...
We've got heaps of bananas growing around our neck of the woods in Mangere. They're small but come in big bunches and are really tasty. Easy to grow too, you pretty much just leave them to it. I wonder if this is partly why bananas are so cheap in ...
Meat replacements will never do well at least not for a few generations as people see them as 'dodgy' (lab grown and all that) What about current foods such as baked beans which are a great source of protein if you're eating less meat. The problem is that ...
Agree. Labour has no credibility under Hipkins.
Drowsy I wrote that wealth taxes are deeply unpopular in NZ because I'm sure I remember Jacinda saying that. But can't find any link. I find as I have more time now that I enjoy reading political blogs and thinking about what I would do if I was running ...
Labour and the left generally are in a difficult position with tax policy. They have made a commitment to electrify the country by 2050 which is estimated to cost 500 billion. Superannuation costs remain unaddressed. We used to have 8 workers to tax for ...
A good speech but I don't believe either Hipkins or Labour will convince anyone except the already-faithful.
It doesn't.
I'm not trying to score political office.
Labour offers no alternative.
I find it ridiculous that we let our politicians get away with saying that their plan is for NZ to be zero emissions in 25 years. It is simply a project. Describe the problem. Plan the solution- broken down over 25 years and begin. No more ad hoc policies....
Yes Weka the scale of the problem is difficult for the human mind and heart to deal with. If any problem needed to be government led it is our commitment to net zero emissions. We know exactly what we need to do to get there. We know what it is going to ...
Many voters will applaud Simmonds. Laying into disabled people and the those who care for them plays well to the government's voter base.
Just another distraction. Most people couldn't give a rat's arse what some one hit wonder band called Chumbawumba thinks of Winston Peters. This is flaffel. (Gad... another non-word) Did the whole Eminem / National party thing make a jot of difference to ...
only because we lack the political will to change. Why should hard work be taxed when you can let people keep all of their income from hard work and instead tax wealth and unearned income. And as someone mentioned above, a financial transactions tax on ...
Yep. Sounds radical and 'not in a million years' but something like that or actually much more drastic literally has to happen in the next few decades or maybe the next century. I would to start with: Make it illegal for anyone / anything / any other ...
Sorry for the book.... yikes!
I'm happy to be proven wrong but I feel this article is misleading at best if not inaccurate? The article claims funding is being cut and in the article the Labor spokesperson says in a statement that: "..... funding is effectively being cut..." I hate ...
How about lowering and eventually removing tax on work and place taxes on wealth and unearned income instead?
Hi AB you comment: "Indeed Michael @2.1. Passive income can ...
Drowsy the comments are out of sync but if you see this I agree with you re our luck in the "Grace of God" department. More so perhaps as I am a follower of Jesus. I realise that I won the lottery being born in NZ with opportunities not afforded to those ...
Yes Drowsy I agree that financial freedom is great and have spent the last 20 years able to follow my passion of helping young people start, run and grow businesses. I agree that we need to avoid - the "love of money" - but find generosity is the best ...
I agree Drowsy that building passive investment is a great life goal. Passive income gives the freedom to do what truly matters to you. I am very grateful that my family taught me the principle at a young age.
Labours downfall was Covid. the ferries cost $1.3 billion. nicola Willis won’t fund that but $3 billion to landlords in a tax rebate is fine
It seems the WPath guidelines have been adopted and are in use here in NZ for gender affirming care. Here's the link for the NZ guidelines. https://patha.nz/Guidelines
Yep good ideas, something has to be done. I would also start by changing the income tax act so there is no more.. 'income not treated as income for income tax purposes.' Income is income and if anything there should be less tax on work. In my opinion ALL ...
Many people might think it kind of strange how Swarbrick has been so outspoken and active, going on marches, etc on this particular conflict but they haven't heard a peep from her condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine in which many many thousands more ...
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