Citizenship – one law for the rich
As other citizenship cases are compared to Peter Thiel, it starkly highlights our “one law for the rich” approach.
one law for the rich
Structural injustice
Structural injustice alive and well in NZ.
Panama papers – the dark side in a nutshell
Key changed the law to extend NZ as a tax haven
John Key personally directed the 2011 law change that turned NZ into an attractive tax haven.
It’s part of a complicated context involving his failed plan to turn NZ into a “financial hub”.
Charter schools paid ideology bonuses
Charter schools showered with even more money for missing their targets. Something to do with forests, apparently.
NRT: Compare and contrast
I/S at No Right Turn compares the government’s treatment of two very different schools. “National’s racism and pandering to the rich pervades every aspect of policy.”
Another week another banking scandal
Another big tax evasion scandal with links to NZ. Don’t expect the government to spend any time looking in to this.
NRT: Our financial laws mean nothing
I/S – “the Financial Markets Authority knew about almost 4,000 crimes and never bothered to prosecute any of them”…