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The problem with a lot of the commentary these days about tax cuts is that the money, if the government hadn't changed the thresholds, could only be used once. So, $3 billion to buy ferries this year means it's gone... it can't also be used on the health system or social welfare, or social housing in the same year as it's gone.
So, when someone says that we should use it to fully fund a public health system like Norway, it wouldn't do it as the additional cost to NZ is $24 billion PA.... one hell of a out more the $3 billion tax cuts PA.
It has nothing to do with being left, right or cental.... just about having an honest look at the figures.
BTW, Fonterra selling off part of it's business to the French has no effect on the price of butter... during the Global Dairy Trade Auction where the price is set. As with all auctions, the buyers set the value... not the sellers... especially not in the case of the GDT Auctions as there is no reserve set by the seller. What the buyers are willing to pay is what the seller gets.
Not caused by, but certainly contributed to. Raise the minimum wage and there’s a cascading impact across all other wage brackets. Local businesses have to lift prices to offset, or alternatively cut staff numbers. It directly feeds into non-tradeable inflation.
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I always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.
Funny how a lot of what's happening with the state of the economy at the moment can go back to NZ's COVID response when the economy was over stimulated by both the RBNZ and the then government. Then, the RB was too slow to more the OCR and too slow to drop it... all while, for the first nine months of the COVID response, NZ First was supporting the government. Mr Jones, part of the reason we haven't recovered, compared to most countries, come back to your parties actions.
Amazing the short memories Winnie and Jones have.... when it suits them!!!
Bruce was too busy screwing over the contractors he sold his lawn franchises to than worry about things like the minimum wage and productivityI always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.
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The author of the MFE got a couple of things seriously wrong. The US won't be worried about whether or not NZ meets its Paris obligations as the US never signed up to it.Turns out ignoring climate change is damaging in more ways than one
Officials warn of damage to diplomatic relations in secret climate change memo
The advice was mistakenly released by the Ministry for the Environment.www.rnz.co.nz
Also, the Climate Action Tracker from Brilliant Maps shows no countries met the Paris Agreement requirements.... pretty hard for any other country to criticise NZ for not meeting a standard they also failed to meet....
meet paris - Brilliant Maps
I've just been on a trip around the world and one of my takeaways was how similar the issues all the countries are were grappling with are to ours here.
Your tourist mogul mate from TGA was saying it was the only cause and then comparing it to the NZ minimum wage without the context of the exchange rate or their tipping culture or even the US isn't an economy we should aspire to be like at all.
To blame the cost of living on minimum wage while being unable to acknowledge it's an issue happening nearly everywhere is rather dumb.
I'm close to unsubscribing. Too much spam.I always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.
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Smart people post while they are driving! Great efficient use of timeI always wonder about how much productivity is lost by people posting on here.
Bruce asked me to ask the question.
At least that rules you out Wiz.Smart people post while they are driving! Great efficient use of time
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Is the person banned from seeing or commenting on my posts talking about me?
For context I’ve been to 30+ countries, am a frequent traveller and the cruise was my 4th overseas holiday this year (not work, holiday!)
For context I’ve been to 30+ countries, am a frequent traveller and the cruise was my 4th overseas holiday this year (not work, holiday!)
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As is crashing and killing people through negligence and illegal activity while drivingSmart people post while they are driving! Great efficient use of time
Why homelessness is worse under this government: a story in 10 graphs
There are more public houses, shorter housing waitlists and fewer people in emergency housing – so why are more people sleeping rough?
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Who’s the lucky prick banned from seeing your posts?Is the person banned from seeing or commenting on my posts talking about me?
For context I’ve been to 30+ countries, am a frequent traveller and the cruise was my 4th overseas holiday this year (not work, holiday!)
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Wish I could put my hand up for this one
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What do you imagine would have happened if the min wage was still fixed $15.75, would it have been deflationary? Would property values and rents have stayed at 2017 levels?
What's interesting in our neighbourhood, historically, houses have doubled in value every ten-twelve years.... but, since 2017, they've risen less than 35%. Unless there's going to be a massive jump in values over the next 3-5 years, that doubling certainly won't be happening.
Also, rents have doubled around every 15-18 years historically, but, again since 2017, they've only risen less than 15%.... at the current rate, it would take over 40 years for them to double.
That's why the talk of a housing crisis has moved away from housing affordability (the housing affordability index was just under 10 in 2023 to just over 6 now) and rents to homelessness and social housing.
NZ has gone from the fourth least affordable housing market in the OECD (4th out of 37 countries) in 2023 to the 35th out of 37th.... a fact ignored by most commentators on the left.
