They could easily just push the first bracket out to $26k to generate another $5 per week. It gives hip pocket voters an unexpected choice and if jays match it they'll be pilloried for not offering it in the first place. And that's just a start.
National are at serious risk of being outflanked to the right by a well designed labour tax and income package that would deliver more cash into the hands of those who vote with their wallets.
National are at serious risk of being outflanked to the right by a well designed labour tax and income package te eutyvthat would deliver more cash into the hands of those who vote with their wallets.
That is only the case if they sell the property before they get to the stage where they are making a profit (i.e. rent is more than rates, mortgage, maintenance etc.). And clearly, the intent there is to make a capital gain. Once the rental is making a ...
From what I understand, there is no suggestion of a different legal system, but a prison run on kaupapa Maori values. What is so wrong with that? Especially if prison is supposed to be 80% rehabiliation, 10% punishment/deterrent, and 10% public safety. ...
Maybe if I do what the ostrich does, I too will be able to "bounce from cloud to cloud". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjKd24UCPYY That's provided I pull my head out of the sand.
Perhaps the Minimum Wage Act itself is too simplistic. In fact, some entry level employees would arguably be not worth $15.75 per hour, but the fact is that the minimum wage is too often the benchmark in terms of the start/basis of employment. It is ...
Now can the other members take down their letter opposing Jackson's candidacy, saying that "while their objections were heart-felt and righteous" - that they were too quick to judge and are prepared to now take WJ at his word?
The more I think about this, it is a sanctioned outburst. It would be been telegraphed ahead of time basically to make sure this was dealt with early and didnt come up later when it could have been more damaging. Sacking poto would drag out the story. This...
Essentially rewarding those who might think similarly (and don't be naive to suggest they don't exist) but have kept their cards close to their chest, and punishing silly for essentially being forthright?
Willy's views on a lot of matters are well known, much more so than other candidates, simply because of his public persona. Are those members calling for his dumping as a candidate willing to apply these same and potentially other thought criteria across ...
I don't think that there is any particular problem with this on a limited basis, perhaps one secondment at a time per school. Just remember that many good research academics are incredibly poor teachers/lecturers. Teacher training does help cope with some ...
Jackson is pro-Maori development more than pro-charter schools. Charter schools should be able to remain that for semantics, but make sure that they are subject to the same standards as state schools, i.e. teacher-pupil ratios, teacher qualifications, pay ...
Some activists may not be happy seeing candidates that do not share all of their values being shoe-horned into parliamentary contention by the leadership, but: - Do you really feel that the parliamentary and Fraser House teams are actively acting against ...
Lunatics now control the asylum. Now that "they" have it - what will they do with it? Mr. Trump - to paraphrase a previous President - "tear down your wall".
A once and only occasion - one hopes.
Strawman argument - where does Mr. Bonner say that he advocates "for equal pay across the organisation". He doesn't. The argument essentially is a common situation, where the production staff are paid low-wages/minimum wage, and the CEO is paid 300-400x ...
There is nothing stopping Democrats from nominating Sanders to be Senate Majority Leader in the event they control the Senate. Such a suggestion would enable Sanders to continue campaigning in coordination with the DSCC, and for the DSCC to take advantage ...
Sanders has reinvigorated Democratic Party politics for the next generation, he should have be given some kind of ongoing role where he can use his rhetoric and tenacity to continue his battle. Perhaps if he can soothe enough ruffled Democrat feathers, ...
... are working on our tax policy, and will release details in.... a "tax cuts plus" type policy. Key has pre-announced a...
Do the media understand what qualifies as corruption any more? Too busy bashing Andrew Little to see beyond the end of the own noses. It surely stinks to high heaven and yet apparently, the whistleblower is the villain. In their eyes, the Watergate ...
Supplier subsidies are frequently bad because they encourage excessive production. But consumer subsidies on an important foodgroup (this is not about arguing whether milk is healthy/or ethical) will give those consumers on low incomes more money to spend ...
Because the primary issue facing the industry is not lack of competition, but damaging price fluctuations prompting overproduction and overextension. A more stable price would mean that farmers would less likely to do this, and holding cash reserves/ready ...
Just picking and choosing here... Don't need to break up Fonterra, but the Government should buy a 37.5% stake in Fonterra, in return for 3/8 of the directors and of the shareholder vote. They then should use this stake to smooth the level of payout to ...
This fish can also be fried another way: 1. Remove trusts from the tax residency requirements, and make all trust settlors liable for tax in NZ. 2. With approved foreign jurisdictions, any foreign tax charged to either settlor or trustee, entitles the ...
Private Prisons, Charter Schools, Public-Private Partnerships. These types of organisations purely exist as a legalised method of channelling taxpayer funds into private hands, i.e. as in corruption. Any organisation that endorses these structures is in ...
“it’s very different from the Labour Party I always knew". Such comments represent exactly the John Key we've come to know.
I find it thoroughly amusing when National and its friends accuse Labour of racist dogwhistling - when it was the Nats that spent 18 months using racist dogwhistling about the average Kiwi summer weekend day at the beach being under threat from the 'uppity...
"National" selection obviously applied to how she got her current roles with the herald and Henry’s breakfast show too. Fixed it for you.
I would say Karma's got her lined up for something big.
I guess the problem for traditional Labour voters that now vote for NZFirst - e.g. Dover Samuels etc. may have a problem voting for NZFirst that is simply going to prop up the Nats. NZ First has clearly at the very least masqueraded as a party in ...
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