Science and fact above bullshit every time.Careful, ask questions = antivaxer.
"Ask questions" - ah that old trope. Leading questions and ignoring the answers.
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Science and fact above bullshit every time.Careful, ask questions = antivaxer.
Haha yeah that's fecken ridiculous. Back to means testing as the answer then.True.
I was thinking about NZ Super again today. Kim Dotcom and Peter Thiel will both probably qualify for it!
A spokeswoman for Whaikaha, Sharon Williams, confirmed yesterday the monitors could no longer be claimed for.“These monitors allowed parents to sleep throughout the night knowing the monitors would alarm if their diabetic child's glucose levels dropped. Without these, parents need to wake two hourly to check their child's blood glucose levels or else they risk Dead in Bed Syndrome.
“Dead in Bed Syndrome is when a diabetic child's insulin levels drop and a parent doesn't see this has happened. They wake in the morning to find their child dead in their bed.” One carer commenting on the removal of funding for replacement sensors.
“The purpose of Carer Support is to support carers to take breaks that sustain them in their caring roles. CGMs may have been claimed for previously through Whaikaha funded carer support, as part of reducing carer stress and reducing the need for more intensive breaks. However, items that reduce the need to take a break are now excluded from being purchased through Carer Support.” Whaikaha senior communications spokesperson Sharon Williams.
Simmonds was repeatedly questioned in Parliament yesterday as to why she had not made a request for extra funding. Hansard“The news this week was a surprise to me, I can also confirm I had a briefing today with the minister and Whaikaha to understand their funding situation and understand what is required from the Government,” Willis said.
She said the Government had always planned to increase Whaikaha funding in the next Budget, due out at the end of May. The question now was whether the Government could provide early funding.
“What I've been working to understand is how is it that the appropriation they received at the last budget hasn't been sufficient to get them through the financial year? Because obviously that's the key challenge,” she said.
Willis told Stuff this was “a critical frontline service” that needed more funding. Stuff Glenn McConnell
The easiest payments are universal, removes admin costs. You could scoop up the universal payment with increased taxation on people that do not require it, effectively cancelling it out.Haha yeah that's fecken ridiculous. Back to means testing as the answer then.
Totally agree. Or don’t apply for it if you don’t need it or get the money and donate it. Some friends of my parents didn’t need the Super for themselves so they set up KiwiSaver funds for their four grandchildren and the Super gets paid to there.The easiest payments are universal, removes admin costs. You could scoop up the universal payment with increased taxation on people that do not require it, effectively cancelling it out.
Just like if we had a UBI.
Super is universal, but you do still have to 'apply' for it via MSD. I don't mind that plan either - but it also shows why the already rich get a massive leg up over others.Totally agree. Or don’t apply for it if you don’t need it or get the money and donate it. Some friends of my parents didn’t need the Super for themselves so they set up KiwiSaver funds for their four grandchildren and the Super gets paid to there.
Maybe not speculators but certainly believing that their top ups over the years will be outstripped by capital gain. That has always been the case but some people got into the market around 2014 and values and rents soared till about 2021. Last time I saw such movement was 84 - 87, followed by a big bust.Stuff
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Does the revelation that most housing 'investors' have to top up payments mean that the bulk of 'investors' are actually speculators.
By definition they are a speculator.Maybe not speculators but certainly believing that their top ups over the years will be outstripped by capital gain. That has always been the case but some people got into the market around 2014 and values and rents soared till about 2021. Last time I saw such movement was 84 - 87, followed by a big bust.
Joe also told me this afternoon of how frustrated IRD staff were with the legislation first being in the mortgage deductibility rules, it was full of holes and a lot of the IRD’s recommendations were just ignored. The act was latter amended to remove these loopholes….. but in some cases, the changes came too late.Maybe not speculators but certainly believing that their top ups over the years will be outstripped by capital gain. That has always been the case but some people got into the market around 2014 and values and rents soared till about 2021. Last time I saw such movement was 84 - 87, followed by a big bust.
Are we talking... Atlas?And here's Jordan Williams of the Taxpayer's union also conveniently getting quoted on behalf of the "Ratepayer's alliance" - somewhat taking the piss in names - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckl...f-planning-powers/3UYT6PTFLNHDZEWYLYBITWTXGA/
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Just asking? Jordan Williams is enough.Are we talking... Atlas?
What can we do about this insidious astroturfing and spreading propaganda? Not much probably, free speech etc.Just asking? Jordan Williams is enough.
Utterly, utterly corrupt.It suits their narrative to call everything a crisis, when it's not. It suits their narrative to run everything down.
It suits their narrative to blame bloating and big government when the borders have seen over 150000 people enter the country in one year.
They want to run things down. The aim is to privatise and sell off. We've been here before. It's despicable and is already costing people their livelihoods for no good reason other than ideology, greed and wealth extraction.
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The unprecedented power the government is handing three of its ministers under its new Fast Track Approval Bill
What is the Fast Track Approval Bill and why do experts say it's a step beyond even the Muldoon era?www.rnz.co.nz
If Labour had implemented something like fast tracking we would have heard the howls from space.
Well yeah, quite. People are pissed off with the mainstream media for many reasons - I am because they toe the line and generally favour the right.What can we do about this insidious astroturfing and spreading propaganda? Not much probably, free speech etc.
Because capital gains taxes don’t seem to have the results overseas claimed they would. Labour, under Helen Clark, wanted one to help make housing more affordable and reduce rents. Yet, Australia have had one since Keating introduced it and they’re still having a housing crisis and rent crisis. Others say that it will help reduce inequality but have First Nations living standards increased compared to other Australians?@miket12 I'm curious why you don't think we should have a capital gains tax? Would you be more in favour of an universal CGT (incl the family home)?
Taxes could be ringfenced or put into a regional infrastructure fund for housing infrastructure.
If Labour had implemented something like fast tracking we would have heard the howls from space.