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Thread ID: 93956 2008-10-08 03:13:00 Nats idea of a average wage???? beetle (243) PC World Chat
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710680 2008-10-08 03:13:00 media release today . . . . . . . . . more political crap and i see nats say the average wage . . . $45,000 for who?

im a teacher (ece) and i dont earn anywhere near that . . . . . . . id have to do another 20 - 30 hours a week to get anywhere near the average . . . . . . ( i currently do 35hrs )

i dont know anyone on that earning level . . . . . . . . . . . and so in one hand they give me a tax break, but then in the other they take away an entitlement i have to something else and so i am worse off????

well it seems that even tho labour suxs at helping nz, nats may actually be just as bad . . . . . . . . :(

who are they kidding??????

why can the higher wage earners not be taxed more, and us poor peoples get a break for once . . . . . . .

beetle :(
beetle (243)
710681 2008-10-08 03:20:00 That's what Statistics NZ (I think) say is the average wage - I think also $75k is the average household income.

Once you factor in working for families and my salary I think we're on around the average household income... its still a big struggle - I would hate to think what its like for people earning less than the average wage (I'm on higher than average wage).

Mike.
Mike (15)
710682 2008-10-08 03:21:00 I'm thinking I may have to cut my hours back. Metla (12)
710683 2008-10-08 03:33:00 national will be far worse than Labour, the nats are for business men/women, not ordinary people. They are wolves in sheep's clothing at the moment, the monster comes out after/if they get voted in. zqwerty (97)
710684 2008-10-08 03:54:00 In Wellington that's actually probably a bit low.

I've just come out of Uni, and would only be earning a little shy of that if I were working full time.

I can imagine that in smaller centers it's a fair bit harder though. And ECE doesn't pay nearly what it should do. You are looking after the most precious things in a lot of peoples lives, and should be paid accordingly.
Thebananamonkey (7741)
710685 2008-10-08 04:26:00 national will be far worse than Labour, the nats are for business men/women, not ordinary people. They are wolves in sheep's clothing at the moment, the monster comes out after/if they get voted in.

LOL.....what a wind-up merchant....how much worse can it get, Labour have bled us for 9yrs with some of the highest taxes in the world, just so they could trip feed us what they think we need, create more bureaucracy and leave the coffers empty for the next government.

FYI, 75+% of those ordinary people are small business
SolMiester (139)
710686 2008-10-08 04:26:00 Plenty of low paying jobs in Wellington, thousands upon thousands upon thousands of them.

No worries though, as long as The Government takes its cake and eats it too, then its all good.
Metla (12)
710687 2008-10-08 04:26:00 national will be far worse than Labour, the nats are for business men/women, not ordinary people. They are wolves in sheep's clothing at the moment, the monster comes out after/if they get voted in.

If you ever do visit NZ you must let us know.
Metla (12)
710688 2008-10-08 04:33:00 media release today.........more political crap and i see nats say the average wage... $45,000 for who?

im a teacher (ece) and i dont earn anywhere near that....... id have to do another 20 - 30 hours a week to get anywhere near the average...... ( i currently do 35hrs )

i dont know anyone on that earning level........... and so in one hand they give me a tax break, but then in the other they take away an entitlement i have to something else and so i am worse off????

well it seems that even tho labour suxs at helping nz, nats may actually be just as bad........ :(

who are they kidding??????

why can the higher wage earners not be taxed more, and us poor peoples get a break for once.......

beetle :(

Which is a good reason to support a flat tax (20%?) - everyone pays exactly the same percentage of their income. Easy to administer, very fair, and you'll know exactly how much you'll get if you work extra hours.


LOL.....what a wind-up merchant....how much worse can it get, Labour have bled us for 9yrs with some of the highest taxes in the world, just so they could trip feed us what they think we need, create more bureaucracy and leave the coffers empty for the next government.

FYI, 75+% of those ordinary people are small business

:thumbs:
johcar (6283)
710689 2008-10-08 05:14:00 Which is a good reason to support a flat tax (20%?) - everyone pays exactly the same percentage of their income . Easy to administer, very fair, and you'll know exactly how much you'll get if you work extra hours .



:thumbs:

I think we will find that GST will be increased, perhaps to 15% . There is no mention of it, but I am sure it is being looked at .
robbyp (2751)
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