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Written By: SPC - Date published: 6:44 pm, September 1st, 2026
Not via a wealth tax, if there is a $10M exemption level - few landlords would be impacted.Written By: SPC - Date published: 6:38 pm, September 1st, 2026
Or raise the money by taxation on those who have and then spend it for all. Inflation, once established, is dampened by regressive measures impacting the many.Written By: SPC - Date published: 6:21 pm, September 1st, 2026
The Opportunities Party leader elaborates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfINI9LhYrgWritten By: SPC - Date published: 2:59 pm, September 1st, 2026
You write as if landlords dictated price in the market - if so there would be a case for a windfall profits tax on their rent income (or rent regulation). Your perception is historic, it is based on rising property values and shortage of supply. This is no ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 2:09 pm, September 1st, 2026
If they use fiat money when others do not, import costs will rise as the dollar falls in value - thus more inflation. If they just issue more and more bonds the credit rating will fall and the cost of debt will rise.Written By: SPC - Date published: 1:37 pm, September 1st, 2026
If? The Greens are NOT proposing an annual tax specifically on rental property. Most landlords would not be impacted by the wealth tax (set at the high level it is now). Rents are part of a supply and demand market in any case - landlords cannot just set ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 12:53 pm, September 1st, 2026
His polling data is merely the support level for the Green Party being at 10%. The same data says 70% of voters do not support the Labour Party determining government policy.Written By: SPC - Date published: 12:37 pm, September 1st, 2026
This is one of the biggest lies that will be heard during the election campaign. The Green Party is not posing any increase in taxation on the 50% of voters that are struggling. The Green Party members are not those more likely to be subject to wealth (and ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 12:30 pm, September 1st, 2026
There is no known connection between wealth taxation and inflation. An increase in taxation to enable higher government spending on health and housing allows this with a lower deficit (and less debt accumulation) - this has never been seen as inflationary. ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 8:42 pm, August 31st, 2026
If it is about what government can do about food costs then it is about policies *MW increases at the level of the CPI increase, or more *a proper Food in schools programme *government support for Food Banks *Fair Pay Agreements (which includes pay equity) ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 7:54 pm, August 31st, 2026
I got 4 responses in the down period - a 404 and 500 response, then maintenance, then something about the site platform for CloudEdge.Written By: SPC - Date published: 6:04 pm, August 29th, 2026
The median wage is over $70,000. Anyone working FT at the MW would earn near $50,000. Thus if their partner worked 20 hours they would earn over $70,000 also.Written By: SPC - Date published: 1:52 pm, August 29th, 2026
Infrastructure decline is broader than just the physical (public water, transport and housing), it includes personnel. We once had the current number of Kainga Ora houses when with a population of only 3M back in 1973 (this did not include council provided ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 1:12 pm, August 29th, 2026
With the election dawn comes the end of access to benefits for those age 18-19 if their parents earn over $65,000 (meaning hardship for some families receiving WFF tax credits for the child under 18). The government is concerned to prevent benefit ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 1:07 pm, August 29th, 2026
Given it only applies on a realised gain via sale. That could be avoided by inheriting collectively (share of property each or sole beneficiary).Written By: SPC - Date published: 11:37 am, August 29th, 2026
The National Party's Auckland society eclectic American. It's based on her diverse college education, not specified in the article https://www.appointbetterboards.co.nz/women-in-sport-governance-profile/candace-kinser Yes she knows JC (& many others in the ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 6:07 pm, August 26th, 2026
The Commissioner of the Environment admits policy that led to the over-planting of pine forests was misguided. https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/361069112/time-take-forestry-out-emissions-trading-scheme-environment-watchdogWritten By: SPC - Date published: 6:05 pm, August 26th, 2026
Belated awareness, but the right call. https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/361069112/time-take-forestry-out-emissions-trading-scheme-environment-watchdogWritten By: SPC - Date published: 6:03 pm, August 26th, 2026
Congestion charging cars $50 a week, $200 month, $2400 a year This would get one *to use a bus and or train *afford a commuter E bike *an incentive to commuter car partner (with shared petrol costs one might save money) *work from home till the end of ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 9:12 am, August 25th, 2026
My first reaction is to look at alert systems. Such as this - link, there are others. https://familyr.co.nz/medical-alarm-nz/ Simply ask Geneva, what their practice is when a carer cannot provide the service specified, such as contacting their relative.Written By: SPC - Date published: 9:03 am, August 25th, 2026
The Oz economy is responding to a higher OCR (rising inflation) and unemployment has risen to 4.5%. Their inflation is 3.8%, ours is 4.1%. Their OCR is 4.35%, ours is 2.5% (because we have high unemployment already - now 5.6%) Our wage growth is 2%, ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 8:29 am, August 25th, 2026
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361024108/deaths-confirmed-amidst-worst-flu-outbreak-decadeWritten By: SPC - Date published: 10:47 pm, August 24th, 2026
Interest free loans to family scale farms repayable when the farm is sold - for desirable improvement (environmental and tech upgrade). Meanwhile, the number of farms in New Zealand has declined by 33 per cent in recent decades, and farmable land by 15 per ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 10:32 pm, August 24th, 2026
The direction of governance. Back in 2017 both the Labour and Green parties pledged to keep core Crown expenditure at around 30% of GDP as part of their formal Budget Responsibility Rules The rules also committed the parties to delivering sustainable ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 10:14 pm, August 24th, 2026
The results showed 30.8% of respondents thought the country was heading in the right direction, while 51.8% said it was going in the wrong direction. Better can only start, when one stops doing the wrong things - that list is so long. https://www.thepost. ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 8:54 am, August 22nd, 2026
I really do not get your reply. If the original outbreak into humans was in Wuhan, when was this? There is the possibility of dispersal from the Wuhan Games. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369650194_Was_the_Wuhan_Military_Games_a_Covid-19_Super_ ...Written By: SPC - Date published: 12:12 am, August 22nd, 2026
There were military games held in Wuhan October 2019. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7813667/Written By: SPC - Date published: 6:51 pm, August 21st, 2026
A top rate of tax of 33% at $500M taxable profit would also catch 4 New Zealand corporates as well, one at a $B only the 4 Australian banks.Written By: SPC - Date published: 5:31 pm, August 21st, 2026
Yes, but they only meter the water provided by water supply use.Written By: SPC - Date published: 3:26 pm, August 21st, 2026
Job sharing (the alpha male acolyte of Moscow Idaho has a Mrs Gilead), if she was formally employed she would be the only DEI hire they had.
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