Does anyone know what percentage of Maori prisoners are gang members? I assume that most go back to their gangs upon release and continue to live their outlaw lives. Would they be interested in the provision of jobs or housing?
Patricia I agree that Luxon fails to give consideration to the many Maori who want to "Do things for themselves, in their own way" The big question we need to address in terms of honouring the treaty is the sovereignty issue. Do we want to- as a nation- go...
Why don't we simply bite the bullet and transfer the 40% of crown owned land and the conservation estate to Maori. It would be managed better than now by Kaitiakitanga principles and would demonstrate a genuine commitment to right what is possible without ...
If there is a silver bullet to increase equality it is housing Ownership of property changes everything Inequality will not be changed by the middle class condemning it as a moral wrong. It will be overcome by getting our young into homes that they can own...
I don't think that a wealth tax is the answer as it has been tried and largely failed. I was living in Sweden in 2007 when they got rid of their wealth tax because it raised so little money. In France Macron abandoned it after approx 40,000 wealthy ...
I love what Michael King said about being a ...
The question we need answered is whether there is any evidence that donations from wealthy individuals,corporates or unions enable influence not available to those voters without financial resources.
SPC I don't know how to prove that the numbers David Parker used to demonstrate that the wealthiest among us pay less tax weren't a genuine comparison - but I can confirm that his figures used unrealised capital gains for the ultra wealthy.
The tax numbers that Parker was using were the effective tax rates paid by the wealthy if unrealised capital gains were added to their taxable incomes. He claimed that the average taxpayer payed around 20% while the wealthy paid half of that. The ...
Why would wealth sent offshore be subject to CGT or stamp duty? NZ has neither. And stamp duty is paid on the purchase of a house not the sale. Our goal should be to create as much wealth as possible for as many as possible. The lower tax rate cited by ...
I think we need to ask how much more tax we need and have a clear plan for where it will be used. I read that the 3% of the wealthiest NZ'ers already pay about 25% of all income tax and that the bottom 50% of taxpayers paid no net tax at all. If we were to...
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