Taxpayers’ Union Drops Bomb: Ardern’s 2019 Wellbeing Budget Would Deliver 13.5 Billion Surplus Today
This budget is the test. Will Nicola Willis pass it, or will she keep pretending the spending party never happened? Kiwis are watching.
Economy
Ancient Rome’s Benefits Doom Loop
This article is about the Roman Empire. However, the author wants to make clear that any resemblance in this article to any modern politicians, their decisions, vote-seeking, economic ignorance, stupid suggestions and the mess they might have contributed to getting us into, is entirely coincidental.
Bracket Creep: The Stealth Annual Tax Increase
If politicians or bureaucrats want higher taxes, let them say so openly. Let them introduce the legislation, debate it, and face the voters. Until then, bracket creep remains what it has always been: a stealth increase in tax, quietly feeding the beast.
We Should Pity the Young
The category conspicuously absent from Woke’s hierarchy of victimhood.
The Public Service Isn’t a Welfare Scheme
Some quick thoughts on the public service reforms.
The Kids Might Be Alright
Just as I was shuffling out of the venue, one mushroom-headed beanpole tapped me on the arm and said, “Thanks for giving us your wisdom tonight,” he said, as I tried stifling a giggle. “Because no one ever tells it to us straight.” They never do, do they?
The Silence on Welfarism and Children
Problems don’t go away because you don’t talk about them. Talking about them is an essential prerequisite to progress.
Winston Peters Goes Full Nationalist with Bold Kiwisaver and Bank Plans
Whether you love it or loathe it, this is Nationalist policy with a capital N. The election just got a whole lot more interesting.
186,000 Dead People on Food Stamps
Every benefit-paying agency in the federal government has near-term deadlines to identify their most fraud-prone programs and start screening recipients for things like… you know… being alive.
NBN: Never Been Necessary
Every now and then an act of government incompetence and waste is so egregious that it’s enough to wake the beast within.
Raiding Pensions for Short-Term Spending
Delaying pension contributions may ease immediate pressure on New York City’s budget, but the shell game reveals deeper weaknesses in the city’s finances.
Good News the Media Won’t Tell You
As the media, through their newsrooms and reporters, refuse to do their jobs and report balanced news, we are reliant on contributing writers to ferret out the honesty of what is happening.