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Cartoon. Title: “A Thought for the Sorely Tested” Image shows three figures. The first on is grimacing, walking into a gale. Underneath it says, “A pessimist complains about the wind” The second has a smiling person hanging onto a pole, having been blown off their feet, and their dog also blown off their feet. Beneath it says, “The optimist expects it to change” The third image shows a woman with the wind behind her, struggling with her skirt and coat that are wrapped around her head. Below it says, “The realist adjusts the sails” At the bottom it says, “Penned by Readers Digest Epigram Writer William Arthur Ward”

The feckin’ wind.
My Stuff #cartoon today #Wind #ClimateChange

Guy from #NZpork says farrowing crates for sows (so small pigs can't move) are like maternity wards for pigs.

FWIW human mothers can get out of bed, walk around, go to bathroom and have some freedom to move. Farrowing crates are NOT Maternity Wards!
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This is the Atlas Network (with their 2-week MBA 😂) operator in #NZPol
Eugenics, racism and attacks on First Peoples have been extensive through the long history of that think tank movement.

A troll with opinions, everyone else is wrong type. It jumped onto one of my posts on twitter, x is a stupid name. Added to my block list.

Yes I shall keep correcting society until we have meaningful understanding of the correct answer #NZPol

WorkSafe board no longer has any worker representative - CTU Removing the voice of the worker from the actual governance of WorkSafe is "deeply concerning", says the CTU.

#AoNZPol #NZPol
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We have our conference at the end of November. I know there is widespread party support for this to go ahead

It's really bad. Prader-Willie is no longer considered a disability eligible for support funding.

Whānau will need to go and get a diagnosis of each individual negative impact (deficit focus much???!) in order to receive future support.

We have a whānau member with this and cannot believe it 💔

It’s really bad. Me trying to navigate Mum’s situation does my head in.

The other thing is we’re all politically interested & motivated but most NZers are not. Even so-called educated people have no clue how it works which is why they fall for populism every time

Exactly right.

A sign saying “What is your top priority?”, with containers labelled Housing, Health, Jobs, Cost of Living. Health is the most full, followed by Cost of Living

I think a number of people will look at this policy proposal & have a big whinge that it’s not enough without considering the wider strategy or the long game. Health is definitely the major issue around here (pic from last week) #nzpol

I too would like to see a broader CGT, but once you have one in place it's much easier to broaden it and a CGT to pay for GP visits in a Medicaid like system is pretty smart shit. I think that Barb Edmonds knows what she's doing! #NZPol

Yes, this is just the start.

Luxon is calling Labour's medicard idea an entitlement card. No luxon an entitlement card is the New Zealand Property Investors membership card. #nzpol

Nicola Willis calling your policy "a terrible idea" is the biggest vote of confidence you could ask for tbh.

Nicola Willis says Labour's plan to tax capital is ‘a terrible idea’

A new Labour advert just dropped

This poll really needs attention too because they've been so obvious! 1/2

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Has any journalist asked her which of the 130+ countries that have a CGT had their economy ruined as a result of implementing it?

BROKEN NEWS: Finance minister Nicola Willis is claiming that Labour introducing C.G.T will cause spontaneous combustion. Her other hyperbolic claims are that you will get shit weasels in your arse and everyone's hair will fall out so we all look like Luxon #NZPol

"Labour will ruin the economy!" yells Nicola Willis whilst knee-capping said economy again and again #NZPol

Turns out it’s not just the winds at gale force today, so are Char’s public rants 🤣😂🤦‍♀️ Felt good to get that off my chest…ffs. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #NewZealand

“Nicola thinks a CGT is a terrible idea”

Photo shows the back of marchers carrying the flag at the Rā Whakamana event.

The wind did howl and the rain did pelt but not the whole time. It was invigorating and hopefully. #nzpol

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It's a good start.

Using the money to help pay for GP fees is real cost-of-living support. A GP visit usually costs between $60-$80, making that worth up to $240 a year in savings. That is twice the value of the tax cut given to pensioners at Budget 24 - $2.15 a week.
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A list of notorious left-wing organisations supporting a CGT in New Zealand
- NZ Treasury
- OECD
- IMF
- Chartered Accountants Australia & NZ
- CEO ANZ
- Former CEO BNZ
- The New Zealand Public when recently polled:
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New Zealand is almost unique in the advanced economies in not having a CGT - yet it is New Zealand that is investment starved, not them. If not having a CGT had worked we should be awash with investment cash. Positively underwater with it. Sadly reader, we are not.

We currently have an incredibly skewed taxation system where property gains pay no tax, yet income pays tax on every dollar. This tax helps level the playing field, and move investments into more productive assets like plant, machinery and equipment. Something we desperately need

Is the proposed CGT perfect? No - no taxation system anywhere in the world is perfect. Would the proposed CGT improve the current situation in NZ? Categorically. There is a huge job needed to repair the damage of National's reckless and unfunded tax giveaways

The proposed CGT doesn't apply to Kiwisaver investments - meaning savers will be more incentivised to save for the long-run rather than for short-term gain. Over time income from a CGT builds - meaning more money to support health as the population ages and has higher needs.