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The thread centers on New Zealand's upcoming election, primarily debating the economic management and policy differences between the center-left Labour government and center-right National/ACT opposition. Key criticisms target Labour's fiscal stewardship, citing ballooning government expenditure #7#272, housing unaffordability, and unfulfilled promises like KiwiBuild and dental care expansion #16#12. A user #7 highlighted Labour's annual 9% spending growth versus 1.5% under previous governments, arguing this fueled inflation. National's tax-cut policy faced scrutiny over funding gaps and legality, with user #215 questioning Luxon's reliance on "trust me" assurances.
Leadership competence emerged as a critical theme, particularly in later posts. Luxon drew heavy criticism after a contentious interview where he struggled to defend policy details #194#199#211, while Willis faced backlash for her economic credentials. Hipkins garnered fleeting praise for articulation but was ultimately seen as representing poor governmental outcomes #45#119. A trusted user #308 presented expert economic analysis contradicting Treasury optimism. Infrastructure issues—like Wellington's water crisis and the dental school staffing shortage—were cited as examples of systemic mismanagement #235#12. Notable policy debates included road-user charges for EVs #220, immigration impacts on rents #299, and coalition scenarios involving NZ First #182#258. Early fringe discussions on candidates' rugby allegiances gave way to substantive policy critiques, culminating in grim Treasury forecasts discussed in posts #271#304#308. User #168 also revealed concerns about Labour rushing regulatory changes to entrench policies pre-election.

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Economic Policies, Housing Crisis, Leadership Competence

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How many of the 70,000 Kiwis who left this country for Australia over the past year and each year since covid were chasing higher taxes?

Economic opportunity, job prospects and higher wages are what they seek.

The Greens completely out of touch as usual…
OR.....maybe, just maybe, the utterly toxic destructive far right low wage privatisation enrich the wealthy and trash our entire infrastructure to sell it off current far right racist misogynistic homophobic triumvirate of Act, Nz First and National are really that repulsive that New Zealanders don't see a future here.
 
Watched a good documentary yesterday called bully coward victim about Roy Cohn. Was fascinating the amount of things he brought that he just didn’t believe he needed to pay for and never did because of his importance and how nobody ever really did much because of his power and the people he was affiliated with. Even looked like a truly evil bastard. The world really is just a playground for the wealthy
Nice, but that doesn't address the question.
 
OR.....maybe, just maybe, the utterly toxic destructive far right low wage privatisation enrich the wealthy and trash our entire infrastructure to sell it off current far right racist misogynistic homophobic triumvirate of Act, Nz First and National are really that repulsive that New Zealanders don't see a future here.
You keep getting ‘far right’ confused with the majority of New Zealand voters. Pretty arrogant on your part.
 
Crypto is at least one way in recent times that wealth is being transferred without the transparency and money generated into the system
Except theres no barriers to lower socio-economic groups in accessing crypto is there? Just like shares, ETFs and trusts. Is there any stopping "poor" people from using these financial instruments?

Also I said legally for taxation purposes
 
Except theres no barriers to lower socio-economic groups in accessing crypto is there? Just like shares, ETFs and trusts. Is there any stopping "poor" people from using these financial instruments?

Also I said legally for taxation purposes
You need money to be transferring money or buying shit like meme coins?
 
You’ve thrown a whole lot of shade at our democratically elected coalition government. Are you suggesting that the majority of New Zealanders share far right ideology? I’d say that’s pretty fucking stupid.
Its what these Marxists have tried to do and partially succeeded. Shifting the Overton window so far left, that any sort of centralist pragmatism can be labeled far right.
 
You need money to buy a Lamborghini. Does me not being able to afford it mean there's structural barriers in place?
That’s not a good analogy by any stretch of the imagination, we’re talking about wealth being transferred through crypto without the generation of what goes into the economy. You’ve agreed with me on this at one point
 
That’s not a good analogy by any stretch of the imagination, we’re talking about wealth being transferred through crypto without the generation of what goes into the economy. You’ve agreed with me on this at one point
Rubbish. You are grasping at straws with things you don't understand. Explain me how to get $10m into crypto and then LEGALLY inherited to a child all while paying zero tax throughout the entire process.
 
Rubbish. You are grasping at straws with things you don't understand. Explain me how to get $10m into crypto and then LEGALLY inherited to a child all while paying zero tax throughout the entire process.
Think legally is the point, not sure any of it is. Perhaps we’re differing on the semantics regarding a child inheritance, but there are certainly means of wealth being transferred with crypto being one so that society doesn’t get the help you mentioned through it’s taxation that would be generated through the system legitimately
 
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