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| 280066 | 2004-10-10 18:56:00 | Not a word on the forum about Local body elections. Looks like everyone is about as interested as I am. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 280067 | 2004-10-10 19:18:00 | well seeming as there was less then 50% turnout of voters in most areas i will have to think so | ApeNz (4220) | ||
| 280068 | 2004-10-10 19:35:00 | There were a few threads about it. | whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 280069 | 2004-10-10 22:03:00 | Any chance the rest of NZ can stop paying petrol tax for Auckland's roads now Dick Hubbard is mayor? | Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 280070 | 2004-10-10 22:23:00 | > Any chance the rest of NZ can stop paying petrol tax > for Auckland's roads now Dick Hubbard is mayor? i don't want to moan, but can we have all the tax money (Income Tax, GST, Company Tax etc etc) we give out from Auckland back? (ie on your Hospitals, Schools, Pensions etc etc) that way, we would have about 15 Billion dollars or more (Guess ;)) lying around :D |
MartynC (5610) | ||
| 280071 | 2004-10-10 23:58:00 | Faulty reasoning Martyn. GST, income tax is taken across the board and (supposedly) allocated across the board with the odd exception, therefore Auckland will get the lions share of the tax spend based on population. However, a specifically targeted tax that only benefits Auckland at the expense of the rest of the country is iniquitous. I know Auckland has some unique problems but, so do other areas and really Aucklands problems are largely of their own making with little done by Aucklanders to fix them. Jack, I was more interested in the Auckland election than our local one. Besides being highly entertaining, I was interested to see if Banksie had pulled the wool over the rate payers eyes enough for another term. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 280072 | 2004-10-11 00:27:00 | Everyone goes on about how its not fair that the rest of the county has to pay to fix Auckland. But if it wasnt for Auckland then NZ would more third world than it already is. If they havent already moved off shore then the majority of bussinesses are based in Auckland, 1/3 the population is based in Auckland. A large proportion of the countries wealth is created in Auckland, fixing Auckland will indirectly benefit the whole country. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 280073 | 2004-10-11 00:30:00 | Auckland generates enough money to fix their problems without me being hit in the pocket thank you very much. | metla (154) | ||
| 280074 | 2004-10-11 00:32:00 | >I was interested to see if Banksie had pulled the wool over the rate payers eyes enough for another term. Interesting to see that National are wooing him again to stand for Central Gment!! |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 280075 | 2004-10-11 00:52:00 | Actually Pete and Martyn, NZ's wealth is directly generated by the provinces. Dairy, lamb, wool, forestry, and fishing. Not very exciting but that is how it is. The money we all use to buy petrol and computers (which come from overseas) is earned by these exports. Auckland does some exporting but it is minor compared to the above list. Mostly the Auckland economy is the internal consumption of goods and services. And most of that is consumed by Aucklanders. I cannot think of anything I need which can only be obtained from Auckland. Go to Christchurch and try to convince yourself that we need Auckland to stay out of the third world. Actually I like Auckland well enough. I simply wish our media and politicians would be more honest and acknowledge that it isn't any more important than anywhere else. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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