How's he trying to have a foot in both camps. It says in the post that he believes in NZ it is non sexual and harmless. That to me would fairly clearly show him to be in one camp, the yep it's fine nothing to see here camp? How do you figure councils have ...
"If everyone in the world...." "..., if global emissions were allocated" Hard to take the commission completely seriously when they start throwing in so many "if's" for scenarios that don't exist. I think it says that emissions targets are allocated based ...
Am I reading the data correctly that is associated with this report. So for example in the worst case scenario of the modelling data (low technology and low systems change so basically if we do nothing from now on?) New Zealand's estimated contribution to ...
So if Hamas agrees to simply hands the hostages back, then they do that, the war will end. When are they doing that?
It mainly shows that less income inequality makes for a happier country and everything else will flow from there (IMO)
Leaky homes was a design issue not a materials issue. We've been getting absolutely ripped off in building materials prices and availability for decades so anything that may help to change this is welcome
"Reduce MPs/Ministers salaries to the living wage." 100% in my opinion our MP's get paid far too much. I think it's gotten so high that you start to get people attracted to the job for the high pay as a major consideration. I would make it equivalent to ...
Hemp and/or cannabis. For example: approx 15 billion trees per year cut down worldwide to make paper. (The number itself is irrelevant, it's a lot). Not sure why we don't make paper from hemp as it's much quicker and easier to grow than trees. ...
From what I can see, most of what the ACT website says on this looks pretty sensible. https://www.act.org.nz/firearms Luxon's advisors (if they are any good at all) will tell him to steer well clear of making center fire assault rifles legal to obtain for ...
This isn't the government being obsessed with petty culture battles. Surely there are people on the left (for lack of a better phrase) who can see this stuff for what it is. The government is just doing smart politics. They clearly understand how the vast ...
I'd prefer Parker to be Finance Minister (shadow), he's obviously committed to trying to make the tax system fair(er) For me, nobody is really standing out as an obvious leader at the moment. In my opinion to start with it needs to be someone at least a ...
A wealth tax isn't a tax on 'unrealised gains' (or what some might call estimated potential profit) , it's a tax on wealth, which is largely quantifiable. IRD when it wants to (and when it has the resources) is actually pretty good at tracking down and ...
100% Bearded Git Labour had 6 years in office, 3 of which they held a governing majority which would have enabled them to push through any reforms/changes to the tax system they wanted to. Ardern and Hipkins as Prime Ministers both categorically ruled out ...
"Limiting the uptake to those with the readies to cover three months worth of fees and the ability to deal with the bureaucracy." To be fair I'm pretty sure the government wanted IRD to pay the cash directly to those eligible on a fortnightly basis? Also ...
Seems like a perfectly reasonable question to me. Instead of your suggestion maybe he should just give an honest answer. People tend to appreciate honesty. Please explain why you believe it's a moronic question before calling me a moron. (Am happy to be ...
100% Bearded Git Labour had 6 years in office, 3 of which they held a governing majority which would have enabled them to push through any reforms/changes to the tax system they wanted to. Ardern and Hipkins as Prime Ministers both categorically ruled out ...
"...taxing savings upon which tax has already been paid." Not if the savings come from unearned income.... "And rich people would pay tax at the highest rate on the annual income those savings earn..." Except the very wealthy only pay around 8.5% income ...
"Kieren Mcanulty...." Yea....Nah "Labour has confirmed it would keep the new Government’s tax deductibility for landlords... Housing spokesman Kieran McAnulty clarified this when speaking to property developers last week" https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/...
Labor needs to focus (damn hard) on the Labor Party and forget about the Green Party and TPM. As Peters has shown well whether you like him or not is that the time for talking to other party's (publicly) is after an election. Until then they need to ...
One of the best ways to look at wages in my opinion is wages against productivity. Prior to the 80's, there was a clear 'connection' between productivity growth and wage growth. So as productivity increased, wages also increased in line with this. In other...
Apparently the United States on march 7 sent a clear warning to embassy staff in Moscow and to the Moscow authorities about a potential ISIS terrorist attack on a concert hall in Moscow. It seems Putin may have chosen to ignore this warning https://www.bbc...
I'm currently paying $300 per week for what is essentially a one room tin shed out the back of a rental property. My place is absolutely nowhere near healthy homes compliant and would fail on many things. It is also not compliant under other residential ...
" Prior to the election The Right encouraged feelings of resentment....." BooHoo. It's up to a strong leadership team to present a great policy platform that makes people sit up and take notice. "Chris Hipkins is the best person to lead Labour into the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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