"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/...
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 ...
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 ...
Agree. Labour has no credibility under Hipkins.
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 ...
A good speech but I don't believe either Hipkins or Labour will convince anyone except the already-faithful.
It doesn't.
I'm not trying to score political office.
Labour offers no alternative.
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 ...
Many voters will applaud Simmonds. Laying into disabled people and the those who care for them plays well to the government's voter base.
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 ...
only because we lack the political will to change. Why should hard work be taxed when you can let people keep all of their income from hard work and instead tax wealth and unearned income. And as someone mentioned above, a financial transactions tax on ...
Yep. Sounds radical and 'not in a million years' but something like that or actually much more drastic literally has to happen in the next few decades or maybe the next century. I would to start with: Make it illegal for anyone / anything / any other ...
Sorry for the book.... yikes!
I'm happy to be proven wrong but I feel this article is misleading at best if not inaccurate? The article claims funding is being cut and in the article the Labor spokesperson says in a statement that: "..... funding is effectively being cut..." I hate ...
How about lowering and eventually removing tax on work and place taxes on wealth and unearned income instead?
Hi AB you comment: "Indeed Michael @2.1. Passive income can ...
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