... suggest that the biggest winner was the Nats, and the biggest loser... was ACT. The Nats ...Remember, Key brought TPM into the Government "fold" tho he didnt...they declared that staying on the opposition side was best ...
... and took their votes elsewhere The traditonal Nat voters returned to... the fold, (their votes were only... in anycase) the Centrists went to the Nats, and the more left swinging... by Labours love affair with the Centrists - no new taxes - ...
...both for the citizens of the US, and for the citizens of the countries...I would also suggest that the Trump administrations greatest achievements have...a better path than the one of the past 40 years. ...model. Theres also merit in the "America First" concept of ...
All people do dumb shit. Some get caught, and some dont. Im a bit concerned that there will be nobody perfect enough to actually stand for any party by September. I would suggest that our MPs are a representative bunch who reflect all of us, and none of us...
... if you are arguing that the "average wealthy person" is dropping... below the 33% rate by virtue of... - be they the average wealthy, or the average poor. The CGT should be... here in New Zealand. With the possible exception of Sir Roger...
... hungry desire to govern. In the early ACT days (with Prebbles... philosophy which drove ACT, but the Nats political philosophy was to...
... up for the prestige and the glory. John Key is the exception of... to hope your lot get the treasury benches, and then look... appointment to an SOE, where the risks of being sued are...
.... They had large buses on the route (45+ passengers) about...coming within minutes. I take the buses in Christchurch, which ...country. Post earthquake, the routes changed and the linking of services ...regularly see large buses, outside the commuter hours, with 1-...
You are correct, it was 1996. My apologies. It certainly would have been a trainwreck of a coallition if we had a 3% or 4% thresh hold back then. I see it as a warning for all New Zealanders who want to reduce below the 5%
.... And thats why we have the 5% thresh hold for entry... those who want the thresh hold reduced (the greens are the latest to... hold would have blessed the NZ Parliament with the Christian Coalition in...
... media created DJTrump all the way to POTUS, and now ... yes I do think the media has the power to build up... to think they also have the power to take down. However... assume that shes "happy being the PM for New Zealand" ( to...
The reason I suggested that NZ ... sell up and not use the benefit for their own housing... party in NZ would embrace the CGT tax on all property... here tonight, its dead in the water in its current guise.
... your comments. Government currently had the ability to ringfence types of... apply to the capital gain on the family home, that the tax would... unaceptability. I appreciate the time you put into the suggestion, and your...
... I didnt mention the Greens, just that the Alliance got broken...misquote me. Helen sold the Greens down the river, because working ...her more than working with the Greens in opposition. Prior... to the election results being finalised, the Greens had every...
... fair I havent really thought the details thru too far, but... Government doesnt tax CGT in the first place, but its a... huge benefit to the poorer folk, and it give... a comprehensive CGT including on the family home.
... by any stretch of the imagination, but if all... folk (including the poor) get allocated a ...sympathising head, Im seeing that the "poor" now have a...handup tax wise, as the rich multi house owning ... see it as meeting the "helping the poor" test. So ...
...homes, fine art and all the other proposed exemptions) and ... example - and then make the CGT tax credits trade-able...then he gets taxed at the rate agreed (call it ...He can then go to the CGT tax credit markets and...Sally has $20,000 in the bank. And if Harry ...
... Having no presence at the big table Having no ...on matters important to the Green voters Having no... way to moderate the NZF ministers, Having no...who has again shafted the Greens. And my reading... Ardern. The more things change, the more they stay the same....
...as income/wealth disparity if the poor are getting less poor...are getting way richer? Surely the real issue is poverty. ...absolute poverty for the poor person/family? (assumes the rich ones arent...$2000 will reduce the level of poverty in the poor persons family...
... gone down the drain. So NZF are the big winners ...as they hold their voters. The Greens are also losers, ... Labour will feed them the dead rat meal as ... as is necessary, and the Green leadership will eat it...and its a big one) the Greens have been shafted, and...
... the ones from the nine years of the Nats, or even some from the...? I wonder if The Greens leadership still thinks the Coalition deserves to... fall over this at the next election, or if they... think living the limo lifestyle justifies everything?
I would think that the other shooters at Bruce Rifle Range will have been investigated thoroughly in the past week or so. To not do so would be negligent
I usually find that somewhere between 45-55% of the nation finds joy and happiness in the end of a high profile politicians career. Tho the numbers may have been higher when Bill Birch pulled the pin
... full of Brexit. The "man on the Clapham Omnibus" - (the famous average Joe...
I seem to recall that the Government, as landlord (via Housing ... dwellings to desperate folk. Maybe the trick would to bring their...
...argument is fatally flawed. The "self interested tax ...this. By the time the PM has given the NZF required...small businesses and the NZX, the money left in the "fairness payments...the "fairness payments" whats the point of the CGT in the first place? Then the...
... (pre election certainly) savaging the lady and from memory, most...look in the little 3 bar menu. The issues from the left with...those corrupt idiots from the right over the previous 9 years. But...smell - they can't sense the decay of the body politic when it...
That would depend upon whether the Nats still had more ...seats than the Labour/Greens grouping - which ...political stability, and the party that would pull the rug out from... under the minority government would...
... trail are not necessarily the same thing. Like everyone, I... closely resemble anything much that the parties campaigned on, and that... closely resemble anything much that the parties campaigned on either. 24... September was a new dawn. The only thing I think we...
To be fair, ACT isnt really any more than just its leader. Just like United Future wasnt any more than just its leader. One is now dead and gone, and the other is the walking dead (not quite gone)
David C, the membership of the Greens would need to approve ... water just dont mix. While the Greens achievements outside of Government... more than almost all of the small parties who hugged a...
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