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Mr Mike

The idea about property owners getting special treatment wasn’t helped when Grant Robertson started talking about “closing a loophole” when interest deductibility was removed. That messaging could have been picked into a lot more but was often taken at face value. Some might suggest Robertson was b...

Mr Mike

Saw that (headline), but haven't looked at the details. IMO, if it's what I think it is, it's fine to an extent for businesses* but not for ma and pa investors. *A CGT of some sort would be better of course. Why do you think a CGT would be better? As someone who works in the field, and tends to be ...

Mr Mike

Mr Mike...... With regard to the asset from which the income stream is derived , property (brightside aside) is treated the same as a business or shares would be. If originally purchased for resale then later resale is taxable, otherwise it's a Capital gain. If so......then why do other countries h...

Mr Mike

The winds of freedom sweeping across the country. The Government has confirmed landlords will again receive a tax-break on interest paid for rental properties from April Associate Finance Minister David Seymour and Revenue Minister Simon Watts have announced the policy, campaigned on by both Nation...

Mr Mike

The winds of freedom sweeping across the country. The Government has confirmed landlords will again receive a tax-break on interest paid for rental properties from April Associate Finance Minister David Seymour and Revenue Minister Simon Watts have announced the policy, campaigned on by both Nationa...

Mr Mike

With Italy’s win today the Wallabies have dropped to 10 in the world rankings. Looking at the fixture list for this year, with only Georgia as an opponent ranked lower than Australia, I’m going to predict they will be back in the top 5 by the end of the year. Win both games against Wales and Argenti...

Mr Mike

I would however argue that Labour's attempted bribes with no GST on Fruit & Veg were even more impractical from an administrative point of view and have doubts how much better off anyone would've been with them. I agree with the impractical nature of it. My memory is foggy, but I recall the experie...

Mr Mike

Too many people fall back to lazy rhetorical devices and substitution of slogans or appeals to authority for genuine analysis. Too few want to put in the hard work. Totally agree. And I fear that the voting population becomes more and more dumbed down as time goes on. Especially in this day and age...

Mr Mike

Chlöe Swarbrick wasting no time as new co-leader, boldly condemning the performance of both recent senior coalition leaders and the political duopoly that they enjoy. The stitch up between the legacy red and blue parties captaining the country limits the oxygen and the options that people need to im...

Mr Mike

You’re expecting him to ‘fix’ the Supreme Court ffs; despite there being no actual way to do a thing about it. I think the point is that he thinks Biden should have failed to do anything earlier and more spectacularly than he has to date. Give them time, I’d expect a more grand gesture closer to th...

Mr Mike

Certainly the Māori health authority was campaigned on , especially in Maori electorates both were in their manifesto . Did National campaign on ridding us of the Smoking cessation initiative ? Nope , was it even in their manifesto ? Correct. Although National and ACT voted against the amendments, ...

Mr Mike

It seems that the previous governments' initiatives such as 3 waters attracted loud and passionate protests up and down the country for being anti-democracy, and are being quickly dismantled, yet there seems to be hardly a whimper when this government does similar. :?: The one key difference I will...

Mr Mike

Eugenius wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:10 pm Fair nuff .

Disappointing.

Mr Mike

Eugenius wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:00 pm I’d agree with that .

However there’s are very good reasons why Maori feel attacked by this government.

And are protesting .

Call that rhetoric if you will .

Why would I call that rhetoric? Many Māori feel attacked by this Government and many are protesting, that’s observable.

Mr Mike

Stupid game.

Mr Mike

By axing both initiatives by law and under urgency ? One because of intense lobbying by tobacco interests and one for ideological reasons ? Strange sort of better on the ground , and steadfastly opposed by medical experts. Better in terms of an elevated discussion of policy. Too many people fall ba...

Mr Mike

Yes . a law that discriminates and injures Māori disproportionately has been rushed through , actually two . Neither repeal constitutes “discrimination”, in reality they are demonstrably non-discriminatory (and there are a few layers in the use of that term if you think about it). If one party is d...

Mr Mike

And having the government you support and you by default being dubbed red neck didn’t niggle even a little ? once again, and I hate to be repetitive, but you do seems intent on not listening to me, the subect pf the protest is not the issue for me, but the fact you think that because I voted Nation...

Mr Mike

After three rounds and only one unbeaten side... Should be an exciting competition this year, rather than a Kiwi procession. Apart from the crappy feed I have been getting here from Flo sports and the struggles of the Crusaders, it has been entertaining. Some interesting new talent coming through a...

Mr Mike

Zakar wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:30 pm Any chance JTA has an Aussie granny?

He cut that option off when he turned out for Samoa at the RWC.

Mr Mike

Predictions for Wallaby debuts in 2024: - Jorgensen (obviously) - Flook - Isaac Henry - Toole - Pietsch - Alex Hodgman - Josh Canham Hodgman will be a loss for Fiji but should add some welcome depth for the Wallabies. I thought he did a very credible job in his few tests for NZ and rate him more hi...

Mr Mike

She was drunk and disorderly, which I think is a legal criminal offence in the UK? She appears to be definitely guilty of that. Calling someone a white bastard technically comes under a different statut. Correct and pedantic. She should be charged with drunk and disorderly. Effectively she has been...

Mr Mike

First and foremost, ACT is not saying she can't express herself, but given the fact that she heads an organisation appointed by the PMs office to counter political extremism, she has shown herself to be unfit for the role. In fact, after her appointment in 2022, we had a blog article titled "Ummmm,...

Mr Mike

I don’t know what next week at work will bring for me but no matter how tough it is, I will be thankful I am not Hurricanes CEO Avan Lee. AGENDA 1. Managing fallout with sponsors about protests. 2. Responding to demands for Equal Pay with Male players. Before anyone misunderstands the point, that’s...

Mr Mike

And yet he's done nothing about the balance of power on the Supreme Court in 4 years, nothing about the corruption shown by those sitting on the courts. So it's all very well telling them where to go, but actually do something would you please. The only thing going for Biden is he's not Trump, clea...

Mr Mike

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Mr Mike

On the bright side, a rare moment of unity as people across the political spectrum slap down Katie Porter for her ill advised allegations that the California Senate race was “rigged” against her. The tender shoots of an emerging new democratic consensus?

Mr Mike

I expect Trump to start throwing out the idea that 2024 may be rigged. "Uncommitted" wins 11 Democrat delegates in Minnesota, which is perhaps more significant than Uncle Joe's loss in American Samoa. I’ll be more concerned if he isn’t still saying it was rigged post November 5. Disrespect for Amer...

Mr Mike

Haley might as well stick it out now to see if there's slim chance the DoJ manages a modicum of competence and puts Trump in jail The DoJ are very competent, if too conservative for some, but are unlikely to get to a sentencing before Election Day. Even if they did, he wouldn’t be imprisoned pendin...

Mr Mike

I assume Haley must be negotiating the terms concession with Trump. No comfort for her from Super Tuesday but Biden left reeling (perhaps mortally wounded) after losing American Samoa. Go Land Crabs.

Mr Mike

Seymour will be delighted with that.

Mr Mike

I was thinking this morning about the tax cuts and wonder who will still be better off after the reinstatement of prescription charges; loss of free childcare for 2/3 year olds; additional fuel tax; increased car registration costs? Another other taxes yet? I am guessing only those earning $150k wi...

Mr Mike

Did you support the protests that resisted the Springbok tour of 81 ? Of course not . Are you aware how your team absolutely contributed to not only dividing our country like nothing before or since ? How it gave rugby here a terrible hiding and it didn’t really begin to heal until 87 . He was livi...

Mr Mike

or as it would be characterized here in the US, France has a 14 week national ban? Sorry, too subtle for man with my level of English and my lack of culture. Need you to help me interpret that please. Don’t apologize, the debate is deliberately framed in misleading and confusing terms here. What is...

Mr Mike

The text protects the right to women to abortion, and states that the law defines the conditions under which they have access to that eight. Today, it is 14 weeks in France. So it could be reduced to say 0.1 week by law, in theory at least? And citizens didn't get a say, ftaod. They did, through th...

Mr Mike

Unintended consequences of American politics abroad. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/europe/france-abortion-constitution-intl/index.html Any limits on when said abortion can take place? Did the citizens get a say? The text protects the right to women to abortion, and states that the law defines the ...

Mr Mike

IIRC that argument is set down for Thursday. I’m not convinced by the argument that it captures the President and VP so there is a potential off ramp there for Unanimity (or near to it) but leaving at least three to pick up the theoretically moot question of whether he was involved in an insurrecti...

Mr Mike

mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:38 pm Amy concerns at 0-2, or are we basically happy to write off this season as rebuilding with so many injuries and youngsters?

After the worst start to a season since 2023, Crusader fans will need to show some resilience and patience.

Mr Mike

I've just ground my way through the NZ Rail 2024 half year results. 2024 half year results? Do you have next week’s lotto numbers also? https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/Annual-reports/2024/Half-Year-Report-KiwiRail-Holdings-Limited-2024.pdf Yes, I was laughing at that peculiarly ...

Mr Mike

Tbf, the ferries are effectively State Highway 1 and are vastly more important than the similar cost Petone to Granada road that National seem to be prioritising, for example. The cost of the ferries should be put into the mix with all of those roading projects and prioritised accordingly, at which...

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