So apparently its fine to just invade another country because you think they might, maybe attack you one day. Remind me again why we're sanctioning Russia?
Free idea for any press gallery journo, do one of those tile runs where you ask every National Party MP if they would describe themselves as "wealthy and sorted"
“Let’s be clear, I’m wealthy and I’m sorted,” he told Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis Allan on Tuesday. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350...
Can someone in the Press Gallery ask him to explain how exactly he is a wealth creator in this scenario?
Real let them eat cake vibe here (yes, I know it's probably an invented quote)
The PM makes $316k/yr after PAYE tax as PM. He has also just made $460k in income from capital gains. He was asked if he should pay tax on the income from capital gains. He said he didn't see the point of the question because wealth creators needed the incentive. thekaka.substack.com/p/i-dont-kno...
Asked about $460,000 in tax-free income from capital gains on rental property sales, PM Christopher Luxon says a capital gains tax wasn’t up for debate as it would remove incentive for wealth creators
Found the KO article - "Public housing makes up 3.8% of all homes in New Zealand which is half of the OECD average" Meanwhile the government has paused 371 KO developments while waiting lists burgeon. Yep this was always the goal. Now they're just actioning it.
Tracey Watkins, editor of The Post and Sunday Star-Times, pretty much giving up on the concept of a public health service rather than mentioning the word "tax".
“We are poor because we choose to be poor” — Professor Sir Paul Callaghan
