Seriously, the cost of living has come down? Please provide a link to that. I'm really interested to know what is cheaper now than this time last year that is making it easier on people. The same people withdrawing their kiwisaver in record numbers for hardship.
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Seems greedy landlords are keeping it up https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/mone...24-as-united-nations-issues-grim-warning.html
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Inflation slows to lowest rate in more than two years
The CPI rose 0.5 percent in the December quarter, as rising rents, rates and insurance offset cheaper food and fuel.
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What is wage growth currently? Inflation reducing from it's massive percentage it was over such a long period does not equate to the cost of living going down. Prices are still rising much faster than they should be.
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What on earth are you talking about? Cost of living is increasing and still much quicker than it should be.
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I think context is required. If we were seeing a lot more pressure from countries that had considerable power to influence and potentially stop the Gaza massacre I would be more inclined to condemn what the Houthi's are doing. But nothing is really happening, the biggest player in this conflict, the US, is actively arming Israel in it's Genocide of the Gaza populace.
"has come down" and "cost of living increasing" can coexist. E.g. prices rising but less sharply
Given what happened on the Gazza Israel borders to kick all this shit off, I am wondering what your 'ring fencing' looks like?
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Well, if anyone can make sense of that I'm impressed.
The cost of living has come down but is also increasing. That's some funny stuff right there.
If something cost 6 in 2020 and it cost 8 in 2021 that's an increase of 33%. In one year. Now many variables can happen, including a wage rise. Excluding that and keeping it simple, the inflation is reduced in the next year and the same object goes up from 8 to 9 that following year. An increase of 12.5% relative to 8, and an increase of 15.66% relative to 6.
The price still went up, but by less than the previous year.
So it's come down but is also increasing, relative.
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To be fair, this is something I’m not particularly up with the historical and geopolitical context.
I can see your side and you seem to be more knowledgeable and passionate about the subject.
From an outsider I just think we need to stop it spreading or we face it spiralling into something a lot worse for everyone.
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The big questions are which Labour policies domestically have pushed up inflation and which have decreased it to rate the govt?
I’ll start with a few, some directly linked to the property, rates and insurance costs:
Increased compliance costs on councils
Increased compliance costs on Landlords
Increased Brightline taxes
Increased Interest deductibility costs
Minimum wage rises above inflation
Taxes increasing greater than inflation
Back at you for those inflation busters delivered!
seems like overkill
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We don’t know the details of what was threatened?
I would imagine some sort of bomb threat?
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Probably wasn’t displaying his disabled pass in the carpark
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Seen as were being funny… Nope, nobody was killed.
Oh please stop! I can see now why they thought there was no cost of living crisis.
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I'll take Craig Renney over any of us any day
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