Tax on the Rich

Which came first, the “not thinking straight” or the “being on the left“. So, the government would give away over $2 billion in revenue, and more than 60% of it would go straight to the 3% of taxpayers who earn more than $100,000 a year. I can’t think of a better illustration of how the…

Assumptions of the Left

Why is it… National and Labour have already signalled that they want to make tax cuts a big part of this year’s elections. And, as we know, more tax cuts mean less money to spend (or save), …that people can be so wilfully ignorant? We on the right do not support tax cuts in spite…

The Real Hollow Man On Tax

Cullen has had to apologise this week after he stated that there was nothing in the Ausie tax cuts for those under $30,000 a year. Instead, he provides a shining example of just how hollow the left’s thinking on tax actually is. “If ever fully implemented, the proposal would see zero tax cuts on incomes…

Is New Zealand the New Jersey of Australasia?

It seems that in New Jersey, a full half of the state would like to leave, if they could.  Even New Jerseyans can’t stand living in New Jersey, according to a new poll that said nearly half of adults residing in the Garden State want to pull up stakes.The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll, released…

Chump Change

Those of us who know that we’re being overtaxed at the rate of $1,000 a month per household appreciate Labour’s $10/week. That’s if you have a family. Or maybe it’s a gross insult. One or the other. The real question is, what happened to the other $960?

So just how much money is that?

DPF has a nice graph for those who don’t understand just how much money our government now has sloshing around. David has pointed out in previous posts that every other country in the world, no matter how far left, when faced with an excess of revenue has always used a mix of increased spending and…