Economy
From Major to Middling
Economic credibility is hard to earn. Once lost, it is even harder to regain. Compare the PREFU with what was promised and it is easy to see why 44 per cent of us no longer have confidence in either of the two middling parties.
Labor Wants Your Super for Themselves
The superannuation industry is trillions of dollars of other people’s money.
Bang for Our Buck?
In an era where the public demands rigorous accountability and tangible returns on political spending, a dramatic performance is simply not enough.
Quick Hit: Willis’s Better Books Came Partly Out of Your Trolley
Treasury has the deficit at $6.8 billion and next year within $0.8 billion of surplus. It says that is partly inflation lifting the tax take while spending allowances stay fixed, which is how Willis got there with no new taxes.
All Smoke, Mirrors – And Supermarkets
National side-steps the economic drivers they actually control.
New Zealand Needs Better Spending, Not Big Taxes
We don’t need more taxes. And we surely don’t need to buy supermarkets. There’s a lesson in our education success. Let’s pick some major themes. Let’s develop a good plan and make good ministers and good executives responsible for delivering successful outcomes.
NZF’s Company Tax
A 20 per cent SME rate is not a magic wand that will rebuild the country on Tuesday. It leaves more of the profit with the people who hire. Applaud that.
Oh, Joy: Another Interest Rate Rise
Australians are being driven out of home ownership – and families.
The Graveyard of Eastern European Socialism
These are just a few examples demonstrating the impossibility of constructing a rational economic order based on socialist principles.
Most Popular. Melting Numbers.
Hipkins still says he is the most popular politician in the country. Ani has the clip. Cam already cut the line. Stats NZ has GDP up 0.2 per cent and construction up 2.7 percent. Popularity is a feeling. The ledger is a receipt.