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@crucial said in NZ Politics:
GST/VAT compounds any levies and the 'tax on a tax' argument is one that no Govt is happy to deal with.
Hard to argue 'user pays' on one hand then get pissed off when it happens.
BTW I am in complete agreement with JCs summation above. Consecutive Govts adding to the price per litre only encourage an industry that is effectively a proxy cartel to keep prices up as much as they know they can get away with.be interesting to see in 2 years (I think that is the time frame when current 'exemptions' are lifted) what charges they add to electric vehicles to contribute to roading and infrastructure.
Petrol prices will be netting the Govt alot of tax money, and forcing alot of people to look at alternatives (given Public Transport isnt for the majority of Kiwis) so if Kiwis do look at going electric, and if this starts happening in bigger numbers, how is the Govt. going to supplement the lost income from fuel, while still making Electric vehicles a genuine option (not that they are at present given the cost of an e-car vs a petrol one at present)
My car I bought 3 years ago, had I bought the e version, I'd still be about $10,000 further out of pocket than I am for buyng the petrol version.
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@virgil said in NZ Politics:
What shits me with those levies is they tack on gst for them. How the fuck is taxing a tax not seen as a rort?
It's a rort, but at least it's bloody simple to administer. Having GST on everything avoids the massive headaches overseas. But yeah, you'd think it should be factored into the rate, and possibly rebated on Council rates etc.
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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@virgil said in NZ Politics:
What shits me with those levies is they tack on gst for them. How the fuck is taxing a tax not seen as a rort?
It's a rort, but at least it's bloody simple to administer. Having GST on everything avoids the massive headaches overseas. But yeah, you'd think it should be factored into the rate, and possibly rebated on Council rates etc.
The way the Aussies set up their gst is farcical, vat is no better. I had a client who moved here after working for the equivalent for the ird there , he said our gst is considered a model overseas and told me about ridiculous things like the tax on Jaffa cakes which would never happen here.
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Go Jacinda, the real peoples PM, gonna start throwing her weight around, get us all cheaper everything, after supermarkets, hit those power companies, then Sky, then the Thai restaurant round the corner, cnuts charge way too much, you go St C!
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
Go Jacinda, the real peoples PM, gonna start throwing her weight around, get us all cheaper everything, after supermarkets, hit those power companies, then Sky, then the Thai restaurant round the corner, cnuts charge way too much, you go St C!
It worked for Venezuela
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@jegga said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
Go Jacinda, the real peoples PM, gonna start throwing her weight around, get us all cheaper everything, after supermarkets, hit those power companies, then Sky, then the Thai restaurant round the corner, cnuts charge way too much, you go St C!
It worked for Venezuela
Sure it did
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@gt12 said in NZ Politics:
@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga just not yet...
Whenever I see/hear Bridges he comes across like he's trying far too hard to be likable and does not sound genuine.
Simon Bridges looks like someone who talks about themself in the third person.
Having met the pistonwristedgibbon I can confirm that he actually does do this
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Simon 'take another pic' Bridges is a vain and vapid gel-slick fuckface. He was always about the photo ops and the catering as minister of transport, and every time was a giant hassle thanks to his diva demands and last minute invites/cancelling/changing of plans. EVERY TIME. When the email would arrive that he wanted to cut this ribbon or pose with the spade or digger or whatever at this location, my colleagues used to near-weep. And I thanked all deities that I managed internal comms rather than external or ministerial.
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@mokey said in NZ Politics:
Simon 'take another pic' Bridges is a vain and vapid gel-slick fuckface
see, it's not hard to see why you are a writer for a living. Fucking poetry
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What is it with politicians being horrible people? Even dealing at extremely low almost purely social/club levels I see a mind blowing level of ego and desperation for power by any means. Principles don't seem to mean a thing, very much a 'do as I say not as I do mentality' very disheartening.
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@rembrandt said in NZ Politics:
What is it with politicians being horrible people? Even dealing at extremely low almost purely social/club levels I see a mind blowing level of ego and desperation for power by any means. Principles don't seem to mean a thing, very much a 'do as I say not as I do mentality' very disheartening.
Which is what makes people bitching about Trumps charctrer just so fucking hilarious. Oh boo hoo is so unpleasant and an ego maniac? Yes and? All politicians are like that! He just doesnt bother hiding it.
Bridges is a twat btw.. and his wife is even worse IMO, so arrogant and entitled when I was having to deal with her. -
Given her past lies I find this really difficult to believe.
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@jegga surely she'd be able to provide evidence of the texts or something?
She tried the same thing with the death threats she says she got, no substance provided at all . You’d think if you went to Interpol about it you’d be able to show the correspondence?
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@jegga said in NZ Politics:
And it’s goodbye to Jami Lee Ross and the beginning of the end of Bridges .
Do it now please.
Bridges shouldnt go over this, bit I dont like him.. so i hope he does.
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@baron-silas-greenback said in NZ Politics:
@jegga said in NZ Politics:
And it’s goodbye to Jami Lee Ross and the beginning of the end of Bridges .
Do it now please.
Bridges shouldnt go over this, bit I dont like him.. so i hope he does.
He looks weak .
Well weaker than usual . Times up
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our politicians are retards...National have had a great opportunity over the past 6 months to really drill the Labour coalition who have stumbled through thier own crisis and other issues, yet National are somehow gonna come out looking like the bigger bunch of dickheads!
Nice one Stu!
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