Adam I don't know anything about NZ First corruption unless you mean Shane Jones proposal to resume mining.
Just saw this press release from John Tamahere on Scoop also https://business.scoop.co.nz/2024/06/06/from-the-party-president-naughty-natives-are-at-it-again/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
I think they should follow marae protocols. It just gets confusing on voting day when the management of the marae have previously been going all out to get as many maori as possible to change from the general to the maori roll and vote for the Te Pati ...
Thanks Joe90 I tried to open the CSV file but can't. On reflection even if the Maori Party candidate did get a higher percentage of votes at The Marae booth it might not be treating. Simply that the Marae members had a relationship with the candidate ...
The Marae agree they gave out free stuff to voters on voting day which seems dodgy as their former chief executive was standing in the contest. Does anyone know how to get the vote numbers for the Manurewa Marae booth and compare how many the Te Paati ...
The human race can't survive without mining. It seems hypocritical that we ban mining here and import mined product from elsewhere. Jacinda said no more mining on Conservation land. Then Labour approved over 200 applications on Conservation land in the ...
It's lucky then that Chippy has promised no CGT or wealth tax so long as he leads the party.
If a tax is for something new that the majority want I think it will have more chance of success.
I don't like wealth taxes because they don't work. I have lived in two countries where they were tried and abandoned. And I think that increased tax is generally bad politically because it's so negative. Voters want positive policies. I voted for Labour in...
The last time this happened IIRC there was a slap on the wrist, amended returns were filed and everyone forgot about it. Will be interesting to hear the Greens views on his behaviour
Do you think that if everyone had the right to a warm home, free transport, good nutrition, free healthcare and education that poverty would be eliminated? The Labour threw billions at the problem I don't think more money would fix things. Prisoners get ...
Poverty is the hardest problem. Jacinda Ardern said the reason she got into politics was “to achieve her goal of eradicating child poverty in NZ for good.” Her new government immediately allocated billions of dollars to begin the task with the promise of ...
Orange Sky are in Wgton, Porirua, Christchurch and Auckland at present.
Thanks Traveller for outlining the difference between Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy. I am enjoying -for the first time in my life- having time to read and learn and think about politics and the importance of the choices each of us make for NZ. ...
There is a great charity called Orange Sky that offer free hot showers and free laundry to anyone. They operate in the major towns and are keen to expand. You can donate online or join them and give some time to talk and maybe help those who are doing it ...
Philip you can forget Labour. If you want what higher taxes to support the poor then the Greens and TPM are your options. In NZ there's barely daylight between Labour and National as they both need to lavish goodies on the voting centre that swing ...
This is exactly what the Green Party and TPM are proposing isn't it?
If not neoliberal capitalism then what? We need capitalism to generate wealth and socialism to distribute wealth. If we want to eliminate poverty our goal should be to create as much wealth as possible for as many as possible.
BG the IFI tax in France has been in place for years. Don't have time to research it now but was in France for much of last year and only property tax change I remember is the government allowing councils to increase property taxes on second homes
Wealth taxes were tried extensively in Europe and have mostly been abandoned. They were wildly popular in France when first introduced but never raised much revenue. "France's wealth tax contributed to the exodus of an estimated 42,000 millionaires between...
... we're getting now. I remember Michael Cullen saying that we can't...
That's why Jacinda appointed him chair of her Business Advisory Council https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/prime-minister-announces-business-advisory-council
Trump made the claim that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he had been President.
Governments have control over human rights insofar as they put them into law. Human rights have little power if no one is obligated to honour or deliver them.
Volkswagon has developed a synthetic fuel for ICE vehicles which they say could be swapped for fossil fuel at service stations. ICE engines are using it today. Car magazine UK describes the process "It’s carbon-neutral fuel made in a lab. The process works...
Lprent why are you so uncivil? I didn't know that the sovereign fund was set up to cover the superannuation shortfall. Now that I do I will check it out to see how it will do that. On the CGT I do not understand why Jacinda categorically ruled it out if ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hi AB you comment: "Indeed Michael @2.1. Passive income can ...
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