Damn fine job Labour = 27% - yeah, right.
That's what they try and kid themselves. Labour represents the interests of the Labour Party, and they use any class that's convenient to try and pursue their goals. Labour acts as if it's the top class and every other class is something to be manipulated....
The pollees also went on Labour dribbling out poicy in advance. It may have seemed clever at the time, but the pollees may have had enough of cynical manipulation. By not being up front from the start on CGT Labour have risked leaving people wondering what...
Is Keith Ng a "credible economic commentator"? He sums up on Public Address: And it crystalises my view of Labour’s tax package: Using CGT to pay off debt is a rock solid policy core, but everything else about the package is haphazard, with a lot of ...
If it was a protest against CGT, why would that protest vote move to the Greens, who are long term proponents of CGT? Makes no sense. It could be a protest against how Labour introduced the CGT. It could be a sign of distrust of Labour implementing a new ...
You must be kidding if you think these poll numbers are serious. If Labour doesn't think the poll numbers are serious they are in more trouble than I thought. But they know they are serious, and the timing couldn't be much worse. You could hear the stunned...
I think you're touching on one of Labour's biggest problems if you believe that. Yes, politicians are "just people". But they are not ordinary people, and they are often far to disconnected from ordinary people. Mallard emailed "The key point for us is not...
He could be a potential Labour voter micky, but no doubt you'll jump to a conclusion and send him/her packing if you can. Can't risk someone sneaking on board.
Concern trolling - concerns about something that happened thirty years ago that has no relevance now?
Is Key becoming another arrogant politician? He said changing the Parliamentary oath of allegiance is not something he's considered so it is not likely to change any time soon. He will ignore the people and make his own decision? This is very poor from him...
Remarkable. Just making things up.
So you have absolutely nothing to support your option 1?
You've claimed "He is suffering major medical problems with his memory," You must have some evidence to support a major accusation like that or you wouldn't have made a public statement.
Links please to back up your claims.
felix - funny but futile :) Check with your father-persona for a niggle that won't disappoint you.
According to 3 News tonight, Blingish also thinks there’s nothing wrong with the super rich not paying any tax, That was blatantly misleading from TV3. If you look at the interview you'll see that the discussion was about a single sale of share transaction...
That's a good approach, gradually bringing in an alternate tax, no sudden impact - as long as other tax such as income tax is reduced by at least an equivalent amount at the same time.
No, I'm discussing aspects of CGT here with people that don't just attack the messenger.
Were NACTs planning CGT themselves? Interesting question, we may never know the answer. My guess is they weren't judging by their reaction to Labour's proposal, if they were they would have been far better off trying to propose CGT done better.
Assets sold quickly are often now classed as taxable gains at 30%. National have already tightened up on property investment, eg they stopped being able to claim depreciation on property that normally appreciates. They claim this is sufficient ...
any enterprise that relies on capital gain to be viable is unproductive. All that means is they don't make a profit. But the owner will usually be taking out some drawings to live on which will be taxed, unless the business isn't their primary source of ...
Something doesn't add up on that claim. Labour are cutting GST and spending more on R&D approximately offset by increasing >150k to 39%. They are also cutting tax on the first 5k, this won't be offset by CGT for a number of years at least. Labour also ...
Everything has to be valued as at a a valuation day, or v-day.
But CGT will also apply to productive assets as well won't it? So there is no incentive to change. So if it's designed to encourage that change it won't work. It might encourage people to change their investment to those things that are exempted from CGT.
everyone gets an income tax cut from Labour’s policy except the very wealthiest 2%, who are still paying a hell of a lot less tax then they were a year or two ago. That doesn't add up. Your don't sound like you're trying to sell "fair", you sound like your...
Goff is the card. This is what he was reported as saying: Asset sale proposal behind planned capital gains tax – Goff The catalyst for Labour’s support of a capital gains tax was the government’s proposal to sell shares in state-owned assets. Labour leader...
You responded half a day later demanding I jump to your questions. I'm sure if I could be bothered I could find threads you have not gone back to - like you didn't notice my response here here because you were too busy chasing your agenda. I suggest you go...
If you bothered to see what he said, you'd know that he praised Labour for bringing CGT up, he criticised them for proposing a holey version, and he criticised National for turning their backs on it. I'm not going to say "I love Labour's proposal, there's ...
Actually this has been debated for decades. You’ve only just started to take notice now that you have to for political reasons I thought that was referring to the Labour Party, because according to Goff they only started to take notice this year when they ...
Page 6: 9. Trusts: We will ensure trusts are not used as a means of avoiding a CGT. Pages 11-12: Trusts We will ensure trusts are not used as a means of avoiding a CGT. As a general principle, capital gains attained from assets in a trust will be liable ...
If you weren't fixated on try to score wee points you would have noticed. Here's a recent one: http://thestandard.org.nz/reaction-to-labour-tax-package/#comment-352742 It's your actions that don't square with your words.
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