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Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 10:28 pm, September 1st, 2026
If there is nothing which already meets your requirements - then it would seem a golden opportunity for you to create the just-right-sized educational offering. My belief is that the potential market is already well served (and there is no niche for a ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 10:00 pm, September 1st, 2026
Well, there is little point. Both wealth and land tax have been ruled out by Labour, so we're going to be waiting for a very long time.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 9:57 pm, September 1st, 2026
Economics (and civics) is already part of the NZ curriculum. So kids will be getting the basics already (at least in Years 7 to 10 - when it's not optional). Of course, you can lead a horse to water..... Learning actually works better when people are self- ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 9:47 pm, September 1st, 2026
Well if you're looking for absolute basics of civics education, there are plenty of YouTube introductions - intended for students, but gets the basics across to everyone. Like this one: https://youtu.be/EPIuehqUV3s?si=YafB1U_xFjyxXtjg Really, there is ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 7:02 pm, September 1st, 2026
If the only thing that you can critique is my handle, it doesn't say much for your cognitive abilities.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 5:02 pm, September 1st, 2026
TBH, I don't see that socialism is having much of a show, internationally. It's the rise of populism (Farage, OneNation, etc) which seems to be be the alternative.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 4:36 pm, September 1st, 2026
MPs have also had a 2% pay increase. It's just that 2% buys a lot more when you're on 180K (backbencher)Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 4:34 pm, September 1st, 2026
Have any of the loyal opposition complained about their pay rise? Or refused it? Or donated it to charity?Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 4:34 pm, September 1st, 2026
Not at all. I find no difference between the bland acceptance of featherbedded pay rises from any MP. My preference is that their salaries be tied to the teacher's scale. As they historically were comparable in the 20th century.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 4:31 pm, September 1st, 2026
My perception may indeed be historic. We'll see if/when a wealth tax or land tax on landlords is implemented.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 2:36 pm, September 1st, 2026
I'd also love to know which are the assets that the GP think that the super-rich have sitting in stagnant portfolios? Money that the super-rich sit on stays stagnant in asset portfolios – it doesn’t circulate in our economy in productive small businesses, ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 2:26 pm, September 1st, 2026
Neither did the loyal opposition.....Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 2:24 pm, September 1st, 2026
I hadn't realized that you were talking about the GP proposed wealth tax, specifically - rather than wealth taxes in general, when you said "There is no known connection between wealth taxation and inflation." Landlords can and do set rentals against ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 2:13 pm, September 1st, 2026
Venezuela would be the reason. Unrestricted borrowing for operational expenditure results in hyper-inflation.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:34 pm, September 1st, 2026
Some people are 'wait to the last minute' some people want to have certainty (and not have to think about it). Guess which there are more of in our democracy.....Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:33 pm, September 1st, 2026
Do you think that Kiwis don't create social media channels? These, just off the top of my head: The economy of everything (Liam Dann) When the facts change (Bernard Hickey) (he also has The hoon) Two cents work (RNZ) Shared lunch (funded by Sharesies - but ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:26 pm, September 1st, 2026
To the point https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/one-nation-wa-byelection-win-danger-for-labor/107095314 This is an *overwhelming* win for One Nation in WA (well away from their base in Queensland). The damage it inflicts will not just involve shifting ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:13 pm, September 1st, 2026
So, lets start by defining what you are talking about in terms of a 'land tax'. And whether there will be any increase in public finance (AKA 'citizen's income) as a result.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:12 pm, September 1st, 2026
Podcasts, YouTube channels, etc. Plenty of niche people who have an interest in the topic, and like to share knowledge and/or opinions.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:10 pm, September 1st, 2026
There is no known connection between wealth taxation and inflation. I think that it depends just what is being taxed under the umbrella of 'wealth taxation'. If it's an annual tax on rental property, then it's highly likely that rents will go up, to ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:05 pm, September 1st, 2026
So, if taxes don't fund the health system, what does? Borrowing?Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 1:04 pm, September 1st, 2026
Back to the water-cooler and BBQ discussions - with no actual evidence of which policies are cutting through to the electorate. A political party can, of course, choose to ignore polls. Peters regularly announces that he is (and regularly, the election ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 12:04 pm, September 1st, 2026
I don't really see any appetite for this from the electorate. People (in general) don't want to spend their limited free time doing civics classes. And, those who do want to learn have plenty of other avenues.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 11:59 am, September 1st, 2026
You might think that, but most potential voters are firming up positions now. If a centrist voter has been detached from National, and reattached themselves to TOP - then Labour has to repeat all of the attack lines against TOP, to get their vote People ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 10:07 am, September 1st, 2026
On his FB page, our local Labour candidate devotes a huge amount of time and energy in attacking the local consequences of the current government policies. Fair enough. They've certainly given him a lot to work with :-) However, he is utterly silent when ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 10:01 am, September 1st, 2026
There is no evidence that land values would fall. Especially in the only scenario presented to the electorate (Land tax + UBI) If you want to debate *some other* land tax - then you really need to explain exactly what it would entail. Since it's pretty ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 9:16 am, September 1st, 2026
Well, given that the only land tax proposed has been from Top, in order to pay for the UBI - it seemed logical that this was the one you were discussing. Especially, since you referred to "a citizen's income" But, my point remains. Most of the tax taken ...Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 9:06 am, September 1st, 2026
But why would the landlord sell? When, by just putting up the rent to cover the cost of the land tax - they can continue to operate exactly as they are now?Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 8:48 am, September 1st, 2026
Why would "highly leveraged landlords leave the market"? Why wouldn't they just put the rents up? After all, thanks to the UBI money, tenants could afford to pay more.Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 7:07 am, September 1st, 2026
We've had higher LTV restrictions I the past - hasn't slowed down the housing market one bit. If the landlord has a higher cost to running their business (due to land tax) why wouldn't they put rent up to compensate for it?
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