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WEBSeptember 26, 2024 0. Oyez oyez, CEO Antonia Watson, CEO of the biggest bank in New Zealand has come out in favour of a capital gains tax! Actually, this is not a daring new idea. Over the past three decades the IMF, the World Bank, the expert Tax Working Group and most mainstream economists have all treated our lack of a capital gains tax as a ...
On New Zealand’s Timid Reluctance To Tax The Rich – werewolf
WEBSep 19, 2024 · On income alone they would be taxed at 33%. In comparable OECD countries, the headline rates range between 37% and 55%. In addition, while New Zealand (and Belgium) lack a capital gains tax, in those other OECD countries the tax on capital gains ranged between 17% and 42%. For those earning half their income from salary and half from capital ...
Gordon Campbell On Why Workers Get Treated As Disposable
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The workplace figures on health and safety are pretty grim: As well as the 70 people who die at work each year, an estimated 750 to 900 die from work-related diseases such as cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. According to a recent report from WorkSafe New Zealand, 20 people died from work-related suicides in 2020.
Gordon Campbell on trying to pass National on the right
WEBThe belief that Labour can pass National on the right – by spending lavishly on Defence, by boosting Police numbers, by rejecting new taxes of any kind – is not a new idea. Such beliefs have been haunting the Labour Party ever since the early days of the Clark government. Bill Clinton once described this strategy as “triangulation.”.
Gordon Campbell on the death of library browsing – werewolf
WEBFor many of us, the word “library” has comfortable connotations.It suggests rows of books in which to browse, make discoveries and pass them on to friends and family. Beyond being a resource centre for culture and practical information, a typical library is also a community meeting ground and a safe drop-in space for kids after school.
Gordon Campbell on Labour’s last stand – werewolf
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Gordon Campbell On ACT’s Takeover Of The Government Agenda
WEBAugust 15, 2024 Columns, Gordon Campbell 0. T he ACT Party won only 8.6% of the vote last year, so how come it seems to be driving about 75% of the government’s agenda? It helps ACT’s cause that Christopher Luxon is so incompetent, and such a pushover. Earlier this week, Luxon just couldn’t keep in his head the sales pitch he’d been ...
Gordon Campbell on National’s tax cuts – werewolf
WEBAug 31, 2023 · S ince tax cuts are never a free lunch, collecting the revenue to pay for them was always going to be the credibility test of National’s tax cuts package. For that reason, most people would have assumed Inland Revenue would be included alongside Defence, Corrections, Oranga Tamariki, Te Whatu Ora etc. on the list of government departments and state agencies exempt from having to deliver the ...
Gordon Campbell on the public sector carnage, and misogyny as …
WEBGordon Campbell on the public sector carnage, and misogyny as terrorism. I t’s a simple deal. We pay taxes in order to finance the social services we want and need. The carnage now occurring across the public sector though, is breaking that contract. Over 3,000 jobs have been lost so far. Many are in crucial areas like Education where the ...