Well Bill we arent far from it at all, in fact our health system has been a backwater for years, however his siblings made it in, Auckland has taxes for road use, University entrance became harder to get.Instead of nicking from the super fund they just stopped contributing... probably trying to find a reason that will be exceptable before they do try to nick off with it.Shall we keep them in for 6-9 years, gaurantee there wont be much on that list not used.It will be much cheaper for business in New Zealand than it is for ordinary New Zealanders.
Countries that do well don't have the state look after people. Well we Kiwis do like the state to look after us so stop complaining about earning peanuts....it's the one or the other!!
This is why Governments need to get back to Democracy and start listening to The People, instead of the 'experts'. Cut $9 billion from Government spending by 2012 across health, education and welfare... Why can't we cut spending on New Zealand trained aggressors on foreign soil aka soldiers? You mean corporate welfare right? Education... you mean research grants given to corporates to make discoveries netting millions of dollars for... corporates? Why don't you cut MP's wages, perks and benefits? Introduce a 20 percent tax rate for workers and companies I don't mind paying reasonable tax to a responsible government. I am still waiting to see either. Have massive CORPORATE welfare reform... fixed. Privatise more state owned enterprises. Have you seriously NOT learned anything? Selling Billion dollar SOE's for a couple hundred million dollars may produce a short term cash injection, but the inflationary spike following usually absorbs any economic benefit before it gets to the poor and middle class. Then to pour salt into the wound, the Tax Payer has to pay BOTH the Private AND major shareholder i.e. The Government's profit margins on capital paid for by The Tax Payer. /facepalm Lower the minimum wage. This is a moot point, you raise the minimum wage good things happen, bad things happen, you lower the minimum wage, good things happen, bad things happen. Why are you doing it, what do you hope to achieve, why don't you do something different for a change and tinker with the maximum wage? Bring in congestion taxes in the big cities. I don't believe Auckland is suited to this. I would rather see the Governments and Councils responsible for the design of Auckland city brought before the courts and put on trial for failing in their paid duty of supplying some semblance of something called future proofing.