National has struck a chord with its tax policy. Jacinda describes it as “desperate and reckless”. Lefties on Twitter are catatonic. They are claiming that National is promising people “free money”. Since when has being able to keep a bit more of your own earnings free money? Isn’t it
Unemployment figures are skyrocketing. “More than 60 per cent more people are now receiving Jobseeker Support work-ready benefits than the same time a year ago – and the number of people aged under 24 on the benefit has leapt 80 per cent.” Christie wrote this week about unemployment being the
We cannot tax our way into prosperity. With the economic indicators of the last few days showing that we are in a deep recession and that unemployment is going to rise and remain with us for seven years, we need a government with a plan to grow the economy. Labour’
David “Jim” Penman – the “Jim” of Jim’s Mowing – is nobody’s fool. An historian who graduated with Honours from La Trobe university, Penman started mowing lawns to get by while completing his PhD. Nearly 40 years later, his Jim’s Group is an international success story. Penman describes his
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Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last Sunday, the Governor-General issued the writ, which is the formal instruction to the Electoral Commission to hold the general election on Saturday 17 October 2020. Under the Electoral Act, the writ must be issued within seven days of the dissolution of Parliament, and
PREFU and the June quarter GDP numbers have been announced this week. Yes, we all knew the numbers were going to be bad. But how bad? Well, the answer is very bad, yet the media, on both occasions, has played it down, saying (quoting the politicians) that things are ‘not
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David Seymour sees the huge opportunity the Greenies buried when they opposed oil and gas exploration and argued that mining will destroy valuable conservation land. How hard was it to look more closely at the one-third of our country unceremoniously bundled holus-bolus into Schedule Four conservation land in
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com What a hypocritical furore following the government’s announcement lifting the top tax rate from 36% to 39%. That means once over the threshold figure high-income earners must now work all Monday and Tuesday before they’ve left any money for themselves. Numerous journalists
We keep talking about it. COVID is going to create the worst recession in 160 years. Worse than the Great Depression of 1929. Worse than the downturn of the early 1990s. Definitely worse than the 2008 GFC. We are waiting for this economic tsunami to hit us, driving us all
Lizbet Hush Dear NZ Media and Politicians: No matter how much you try to find economists who claim that the COVID elimination strategy is great for the economy, the stories from the ground and reality aren’t reflecting the optimism. Businesses are restructuring and cutting locations, jobs and hours. Some
Jonathan Barrett Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Ability to pay is the basic principle of tax fairness: people in a similar financial position should pay similar amounts of tax; people who can afford to pay more tax than others ought to pay more tax. The first proposition is
It’s rather notable that the zealous defenders of brutal lockdowns so often resort to sanctimony in lieu of evidence. Which is understandable, really – because all the evidence is showing that lockdowns are destructive and useless. Cue pious sanctimony, stage left. “You can’t put a cost on human life!
Louis Houlbrooke Campaigns Manager New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Labour’s New Tax Is About Envy, Not Slaying the Debt Monster Yesterday Grant Robertson announced the Labour Party’s new tax policy – the headline item being a new personal tax rate of 39 per cent for income over $180,000. It’
