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The tax system we currently have is a relic of the pre-IT age. In the days of manual clerk-handled accounts, it was impractical to reconcile tax accounts more than once a year. The introduction of PAYE in 1958 was welcomed as it eliminated the need…
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Tapu Misa's latest piece in the Herald is just so right I can't really add anything to it. She nicely sums up the Welfare Working Group's message: We're not saying it's your fault you can't get a job. We're just saying you're a malingering freeloader…
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Unless a leader is horribly neglectful in the wake of a disaster, like Bush after Katrina, I don't think there is any grounds to criticise them for the immediate disaster response, which is largely out of their hands anyway. But the policy response that follows…
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They are doing pretty well on restoring the power. With the exception of some small outlying areas, along the strike line and the CBD most of the city has power again as you can see from this chart (click to expand). hat-tip: Jamie Gough via…
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So there was a devastating earthquake in Christchurch this last week that wrecked buildings and the lives of many people. The entire nation feels for the people who went through the quake and are trying to pick up their lives as best they can. Amidst…
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Greetings all, especially any readers in Christchurch and surrounds (though I know that you have better things to do right now than read a blog). There's been lots of good stuff written on the quake. I'm not going to try to add to it in…
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