Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com Bruce Wilds is the author of the book “Advancing Time.” The term helicopter money refers to unconventional methods used to get money into the hands of people that will rapidly put it to use. Whether to buy products or pay bills it is often seen
Contrary to the popular saying, there are three certainties in life: death, taxes – and no free lunch. But the left are so wedded to the idea that anything and everything from the gub’mint is free that they’ve even come up with a fancy euphemism for it: Modern Monetary
Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com Bruce Wilds is the author of the book “Advancing Time”, and this blog-site. Both the book and this blog focuses on how the ever-quickening pace of change impacts today’s society and the massive challenges it creates. He feels that it is crucial we understand
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Petition to Open the Trans-Tasman Bubble I am overwhelmed by the wonderful response I have had from people contacting me in support of our National Opposition petition to get a travel bubble opened between Australia and New Zealand as soon as possible. By
For reasons I have never been able to figure out, this government is determined to destroy private landlords, even though the outcome will be to make life even harder for renters. The latest measures for property investors are the most far-reaching ever. First of all, Grant Robertson has increased the
I am writing this a few hours after Labour’s big announcement on measures to make houses more affordable. Jacinda naturally led the press conference before handing over to Megan Woods to talk about measures to dampen demand from evil investors. Grant finished off with the handouts to boost supply.
Tova O’Brien has been the Prime Minister’s cheerleader for quite some time. That was until yesterday. Now she is accusing Jacinda Ardern of breaking promises, and has turned into a scold: Jacinda Ardern effectively introduced a capital gains tax (CGT) today, breaking one of the biggest promises of
National leader Judith Collins is accusing the Government of flat out lying to New Zealanders about the extension of the bright-line test. “They have lied to New Zealanders – New Zealanders just can’t trust what they are told by the Government,” she told media this morning. […] When asked by Newstalk
ACT Party ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Today’s housing package is all about blaming Mum and Dad investors without properly acknowledging why they’ve invested in housing – lack of supply has driven up houses prices,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This is a Government failure, plain
What a difference some bad economic news makes. Earlier last week Scott Morrison was blaming our government for holding up the trans-Tasman bubble, saying if they don’t want Aussie tourists in Queenstown then Cairns will happily have them. This, as it was designed to do, raised the hackles of
ACT Party What to make of the Government’s announcement of an announcement? After Cabinet yesterday, the Prime Minister told us when the much-anticipated Aussie Bubble will be announced, in nearly three weeks’ time on April 6th. It is what you’d expect from a leader whose main expertise is
National Party National Leader Judith Collins Yesterday, the Prime Minister had a chance to do the right thing and announce a date when the trans-Tasman safe travel bubble will be open. She chose not to. Instead, she announced that she will soon announce an announcement of a date. You just
New Zealanders are being let down by a Government that talks a lot about delivering a trans-Tasman bubble but keeps falling short, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The time for excuses and delays is over. It’s time for action on the trans-Tasman bubble. “Our tourism sector has
Simon Angelo Editor of Wealth Morning wealthmorning.com Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Before this, he owned an award-winning
