Let us go back to the boring subject of tax… except that it is not boring if you have to pay it, and it is anything but boring if you have to pay too much of it. The Greens are out of their box again, determined to tax anyone that
The latest economic data have been released and it is not good news. There is basically full employment, incomes are soaring, interest rates are about to skyrocket, and inflation is out of control; the New Zealand economy has many difficult years ahead. All of this was preventable, and there is
Peter Imanuelsen petersweden.substack.com Peter Imanuelsen is a Swedish journalist, Political commentator, and a supporter of freedom, kindness and liberty. Do you remember the time when I warned that the next step would be a central bank digital currency tied to your digital ID? Well, just like with the
Titus Gebel mises.org Titus Gebel is founder, President, and CEO of Free Private Cities, Inc. He is a German entrepreneur with a PhD in international law, and is the author of Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You. The battle for political supremacy in the West has been
dailytelegraph.co.nz THE LATEST DATA ON FARM SALES HAS SHOWN A FURTHER SLUMP IN VOLUMES AND A DROP IN PRICES, ACCORDING TO THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND’S RURAL MARKET STATISTICS. There were only 171 farm sales in the three months ended September 2022, down 17.8
Brian Tamaki President of Freedoms New Zealand umbrella party Information Opinion Now more than ever, this country needs to be united, not divided. Since the great depression, the state of this nation has never been so critical. Yet much of what politicians are enacting is dividing our nation. While this
Dear Editor The ruinous fabrications of the Ardern government show our political structure to be woefully lacking in counter-means for control and constraint. Debt has skyrocketed beyond rational, serviceable levels – we’re all but maxed-out. Race relations, societal deterioration and crime are off the charts. Health, in total crisis – care
You can’t say Labor aren’t looking after their base, with their first budget. The workers, you ask? Oh, you sweet, summer child — Labor’s base hasn’t been the workers for decades. The last Labor pollie to ever actually work in a job that wasn’t publicly funded
Louise M Diack kiwi-chronicle.ghost.io Information Opinion Not content with having stuffed energy security, the misanthropic, globalist political class seems mysteriously unified and intent on meddling with food security too. New Zealand’s PM has bewildering plans to force sheep and cattle farmers to cut production. New Zealand’s
Tell me this isn’t a Labor government: inflation spiking, taxes surging and spending blowouts on welfare. Tax and spend, all the way. Jim Chalmers will more than halve the deficit this financial year to $36.9bn but faces a deteriorating budget bottom line in the years leading to the
Alan Shipman The Open University Alan Shipman is a senior lecturer in economics at the Open University. He returned to research and teaching on the economy after it crashed in 2008, having (mis)spent years as an emerging-markets analyst, consultant and business journalist. As the incoming UK prime minister, Rishi
Louis T March mercatornet.com Louis T March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. An often-overlooked aspect of
Information Opinion About twenty years ago a silly book was published called What’s The Matter With Kansas? Boiled down, it claimed that Kansas was stagnating economically and expressed astonishment the people living there didn’t want handouts from the government. The fact that Kansans had ‘self-help’ values and a
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. The cost of living crisis is affecting every New Zealander, whether it be at the supermarket, increases in rent or paying off your mortgage – high prices are biting and making it tougher for Kiwis to get ahead. This month,
Angus Aardvark With a population of only five million people, why do we need teams of government officials to approve internationally used commodities like: * Building materials, e.g. plasterboard. Cities like Vancouver, Los Angeles etc have similar expectations of building quality and are also sitting on earthquake fault lines. It’
