"The Herald understands Luxon was talked out of ordering the car byYou have descended into your usual pre election tactic. Personal attacks against somebody who is a million times anything you have ever been and ever will be. How sad that you have wasted your life and brought so much misery and zero pleasure to those that you have interracted with. How very sad - but it is all a waste of time. Because nobody actually listens to you.
horrified staff and at least one senior MP, who believed the purchase
would be a massive political risk."
And there on the same page was another tone-deaf ex-Nat politician: >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ask-me-anything-sir-john-key-talks-to-paula-bennett-about-politics-ambition-and-raising-kids/ECKOIG7SYFEVBFYUHT3E7W73JE/?dicbo=v2-lbruitL&&ref=topbox
". . . .Key is not a fan of the recent IRD report, which showed that
while wealthier New Zealanders pay more tax overall, they pay lower
tax rates than other earners.
Key said the analysis was “so pathetic” that he doesn’t see why it was >published, and lambasted the idea that all of New Zealand’s problems
can be blamed on the rich.
“I know what my taxes are and I know I was on that list cause I was
made to fill it out, and I know there’s a hell of a lot more wealthy
people that are not on the list that are a lot wealthier than we are.
But I know how much nominal tax I pay and the answer is, a truckload.
Mm-hmm. So yeah, when 2 per cent of people are paying a quarter of all >personal tax and 25 per cent are paying, or 20 per cent are paying
about 70 per cent of it, well, if that’s not enough, what is enough?"
Of course Key and Luxon are both happy to be ''entitled" to more than
others - but they do not want any real discussion on tax rates - the
last thing they would want is to have New Zealand adopt rates similar
to most other countries - they know that Australia, the UK, the USA
and many others have higher income tax rates for the wealthy than New >Zealand, and that those countries do not have the property loopholes
that so distort our investment markets that we sell off our companies
to overseas owners while putting out own money into property where tax
on the capital gains can be avoided . . .
and from
https://thestandard.org.nz/you-can-never-have-too-many-teslas/
"The incident highlights four problems for National.
Firstly how out of touch is it to want to own two Teslas, especially
when one is being paid for by the taxpayer? And especially when day
after day you rail against inappropriate and wasteful Government
spending.
Secondly how hypocritical is it to publicly rail against Government
support to individuals to buy Teslas to get the country’s car fleet
emissions down but think that a Tesla for the National Party leader is
fine.
Thirdly how bad is Luxon’s political judgment that he would even think
of getting a state supplied Tesla let alone actually ordering one.
And fourthly National is clearly leaking again.
There is a pattern developing here. I cannot believe how accident
prone Luxon is. And how he cannot see how hypocritical it is to rail
against Tesla subsidies and inappropriate and wasteful Government
spending but to then order a Government supplied Tesla when he already
has one."
So there is just enough time for someone to try and "Do a Jacinda" by >replacing Luxon - would it be Willis? Is this Uffindell's time? or is
Judith just waiting to take over when Luxon resigns after the
election?
Rich80105 <Rich...@hotmail.com> wrote: >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tesla-recoil-christopher-luxon-ordered-then-cancelled-taxpayer-funded-tesla-while-criticising-tesla-subsidies/D6BMKILVY5DTNBYS6E7YHISKR4/Funny how Rich never learns and as a result never posts anything that isn't a left whinge political diatribe...
"The Herald understands Luxon was talked out of ordering the car by >horrified staff and at least one senior MP, who believed the purchase >would be a massive political risk."
And there on the same page was another tone-deaf ex-Nat politician: >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ask-me-anything-sir-john-key-talks-to-paula-bennett-about-politics-ambition-and-raising-kids/ECKOIG7SYFEVBFYUHT3E7W73JE/?dicbo=v2-lbruitL&&ref=topbox
". . . .Key is not a fan of the recent IRD report, which showed that
while wealthier New Zealanders pay more tax overall, they pay lower
tax rates than other earners.
Key said the analysis was “so pathetic” that he doesn’t see why it was
published, and lambasted the idea that all of New Zealand’s problems
can be blamed on the rich.
“I know what my taxes are and I know I was on that list cause I was
made to fill it out, and I know there’s a hell of a lot more wealthy >people that are not on the list that are a lot wealthier than we are.
But I know how much nominal tax I pay and the answer is, a truckload. >Mm-hmm. So yeah, when 2 per cent of people are paying a quarter of all >personal tax and 25 per cent are paying, or 20 per cent are paying
about 70 per cent of it, well, if that’s not enough, what is enough?"
Of course Key and Luxon are both happy to be ''entitled" to more than >others - but they do not want any real discussion on tax rates - the
last thing they would want is to have New Zealand adopt rates similar
to most other countries - they know that Australia, the UK, the USA
and many others have higher income tax rates for the wealthy than New >Zealand, and that those countries do not have the property loopholes
that so distort our investment markets that we sell off our companies
to overseas owners while putting out own money into property where tax
on the capital gains can be avoided . . .
and from
https://thestandard.org.nz/you-can-never-have-too-many-teslas/
"The incident highlights four problems for National.
Firstly how out of touch is it to want to own two Teslas, especially
when one is being paid for by the taxpayer? And especially when day
after day you rail against inappropriate and wasteful Government
spending.
Secondly how hypocritical is it to publicly rail against Government >support to individuals to buy Teslas to get the country’s car fleet >emissions down but think that a Tesla for the National Party leader is >fine.
Thirdly how bad is Luxon’s political judgment that he would even think >of getting a state supplied Tesla let alone actually ordering one.
And fourthly National is clearly leaking again.
There is a pattern developing here. I cannot believe how accident
prone Luxon is. And how he cannot see how hypocritical it is to rail >against Tesla subsidies and inappropriate and wasteful Government
spending but to then order a Government supplied Tesla when he already
has one."
So there is just enough time for someone to try and "Do a Jacinda" by >replacing Luxon - would it be Willis? Is this Uffindell's time? or is >Judith just waiting to take over when Luxon resigns after theYou have descended into your usual pre election tactic. Personal attacks against somebody who is a million times anything you have ever been and ever will be. How sad that you have wasted your life and brought so much misery and
election?
zero pleasure to those that you have interracted with. How very sad - but it is
all a waste of time. Because nobody actually listens to you.
What a patherically childish post from you today.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tesla-recoil-christopher-luxon-ordered-then-cancelled-taxpayer-funded-tesla-while-criticising-tesla-subsidies/D6BMKILVY5DTNBYS6E7YHISKR4/
"The Herald understands Luxon was talked out of ordering the car by
horrified staff and at least one senior MP, who believed the purchase
would be a massive political risk."
And there on the same page was another tone-deaf ex-Nat politician: >https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ask-me-anything-sir-john-key-talks-to-paula-bennett-about-politics-ambition-and-raising-kids/ECKOIG7SYFEVBFYUHT3E7W73JE/?dicbo=v2-lbruitL&&ref=topbox
". . . .Key is not a fan of the recent IRD report, which showed that
while wealthier New Zealanders pay more tax overall, they pay lower
tax rates than other earners.
Key said the analysis was “so pathetic” that he doesn’t see why it was >published, and lambasted the idea that all of New Zealand’s problems
can be blamed on the rich.
“I know what my taxes are and I know I was on that list cause I was
made to fill it out, and I know there’s a hell of a lot more wealthy
people that are not on the list that are a lot wealthier than we are.
But I know how much nominal tax I pay and the answer is, a truckload.
Mm-hmm. So yeah, when 2 per cent of people are paying a quarter of all >personal tax and 25 per cent are paying, or 20 per cent are paying
about 70 per cent of it, well, if that’s not enough, what is enough?"
Of course Key and Luxon are both happy to be ''entitled" to more than
others - but they do not want any real discussion on tax rates - the
last thing they would want is to have New Zealand adopt rates similar
to most other countries - they know that Australia, the UK, the USA
and many others have higher income tax rates for the wealthy than New >Zealand, and that those countries do not have the property loopholes
that so distort our investment markets that we sell off our companies
to overseas owners while putting out own money into property where tax
on the capital gains can be avoided . . .
and from
https://thestandard.org.nz/you-can-never-have-too-many-teslas/
"The incident highlights four problems for National.
Firstly how out of touch is it to want to own two Teslas, especially
when one is being paid for by the taxpayer? And especially when day
after day you rail against inappropriate and wasteful Government
spending.
Secondly how hypocritical is it to publicly rail against Government
support to individuals to buy Teslas to get the country’s car fleet
emissions down but think that a Tesla for the National Party leader is
fine.
Thirdly how bad is Luxon’s political judgment that he would even think
of getting a state supplied Tesla let alone actually ordering one.
And fourthly National is clearly leaking again.
There is a pattern developing here. I cannot believe how accident
prone Luxon is. And how he cannot see how hypocritical it is to rail
against Tesla subsidies and inappropriate and wasteful Government
spending but to then order a Government supplied Tesla when he already
has one."
So there is just enough time for someone to try and "Do a Jacinda" by >replacing Luxon - would it be Willis? Is this Uffindell's time? or is
Judith just waiting to take over when Luxon resigns after the
election?
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