“It’s quick…but it’s much harder on low-income people”… says a tax expert … really?
It’s not rocket science! With another round of taxing the poor down under, the guinea pig nation is set for another milking. Milking the poor that is. GST should never have been on food in the first place.
These pariahs are proposing a 32% rise! And blaming of course, the ageing population. They forget of course, how it is they got here. “Treasury said the country’s policies were not sustainable for the long term.” (There’s that word again … ‘sustainable’). Well, I’ll tell you what’s not sustainable. Politician’s perks! . And their salaries could do with downsizing as well. They now have their own private (no public allowed) pub at Parliament, all built on tax payer funding. It’s called Pint of Order no less. And don’t be thinking you’ll ever find out how much you paid for that.
Luxon is claiming a $54,000 accommodation allowance whilst living in his mortgage free apartment in Wellington! Along with some MPs claiming their $36,400 as well. Luxon is collecting a $471,049 salary!
The Post reports that “At least 20 MPs are claiming up to $45,000 a year allowance to stay in their own Wellington homes, a perk that sees the taxpayer help politicians pay off their mortgages.”
Did you know by the way, that 112,496 people are homeless in NZ? The NZ Herald reported in 2024 that NZ is among the world’s worst developed countries for homelessness.
It’s time that politicians pulled in their belts. Instead of exhorting the lower-income folk to.
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