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| Thread ID: 107251 | 2010-02-10 00:09:00 | Nothing much changed in the tax. | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 856840 | 2010-02-11 02:37:00 | I was programmed at birth to vote National,sorry cant stop myself. Just the opposite of the commies who vote labor. :lol::clap:rolleyes: I suppose the youngsters on PF1 are too young to remember when National was somewhat to the left of Mao, and New Zealand was the most controlled and regulated country in the world next to the Communist bloc. So if you voted for National you were voting for import controls, restrictive trade practices left right and centre, fat subsidies to their farming friends, you had to apply to the reserve bank to take a pocketful of dollars out of the country.....and countless other controls and restrictions, red tape and government manuals to wade through. Government Stores Board....try to get something bypassing that bureaucracy... I remember when I had to get Muldoons signature and permission to travel to Germany on "official" business. When I told my German counterparts they fell off their chairs in astonishment, they thought I was kidding. It was like trying to get out of Russia ........ROFL |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 856841 | 2010-02-11 02:55:00 | I am saying,one Henry Ford is worth more than one Lucas worker! Even 10 x zero is not a lot. ;) BTW, nothing works at Chez Lucas |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 856842 | 2010-02-11 02:58:00 | I am not seeing much of a difference between Labour and National, hell the minor parties that hold the real power sell out to either side who will tick the most off there wish list! Just gotta love MMP lol | Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 856843 | 2010-02-11 03:17:00 | A lot of firms will absorb the GST increase. (but not power companies) Some will, however that is not good for those companies, or NZ. That means they will make less profit, and be in a lessor position to take on new workers. A GST rise will however mean that local body rates will go up, which is essentially a tax on a tax anyway. We shouldn't forget the big picture, as the extra amount that will be made by GST after paying for the tax cuts, is only about 200 million per year. However NZ is borrowing over 200 million every week, just to run the economy. This is doing nothing to fix that. I think the Roger Dogalus put it quite well, it is just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. Also remember that it will be the lower income people who will be hardest hit by a GST rise, as they have to pay a higher proportion of their wages on necessities, that are charged GST on. Therefore any tax cut they get will be offset against the gst rise. However high wage people will be the ones who really benefit from tax cuts. That is fair in a way, because they also pay more tax than the low wage people, unless they are sheltering their real income in property, which many people do, and that looks like it will continue. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 856844 | 2010-02-11 08:26:00 | If houses are overpriced people dont buy them check this out www.nzherald.co.nz The free market system means undercutters come to the party. You can put rents up as much as you like but at the end of the day your house will sitting empty. You still have to make a profit so go back to school. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 856845 | 2010-02-11 08:28:00 | I was programmed at birth to vote National,sorry cant stop myself. Just the opposite of the commies who vote labor. Actually you need to have a look at the Green Party if you are after commies. Take Russell Norman. He was a member of the Aussie commie party. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 856846 | 2010-02-11 08:32:00 | fat subsidies to their farming friends, Actually if you look at the tariffs on imported products back then , a lot of NZ industries were subsidised for far longer and for a far greater amount. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 856847 | 2010-02-11 08:35:00 | I think the Roger Dogalus put it quite well, it is just rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. I think Roger Douglas was the Captain of the Titanic |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 856848 | 2010-02-11 08:41:00 | I thought he was the navigator on the iceberg ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 856849 | 2010-02-11 08:45:00 | You still have to make a profit so go back to school. Ya pay tax on profit. Whats the use of running at a profit if the government takes 33% I only aim for a very small profit. Any time the bank balance gets too high I buy tyres, tools road tax and I put extra fuel into my 25,000 litre fuel tank. Stop the personal insults if you can. |
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