Hipkins rules out capital gains or wealth tax
PM says won’t impose flood levy to pay for cyclone damage and won’t do a capital gains or wealth tax in Budget 2023; Instead, Hipkins sees Govt like a household & will cut spending elsewhere
It’s a ‘I can’t believe it’s not butter’ Austerity Budget.
Normally that lack of imagination and vision would kill Labour this election, but Labour are standing in as a safe pair of hands while the Greens, Māori Party and TOP will do the heavy intellectual lifting on Tax.
Nothing changes, the same incremental mediocrity that has achieved sweet fuck all over 6 years is still there, the ‘No Frills’ Social Policy, but Chippy has noted that past the election everything is up for grabs.
This is an opportunity for TOP, the Greens and the Māori Party.
Unfortunately the Greens are utterly incapable of offering anything to the debate because they are too busy starting culture wars with whit cis males and are about to implode into internal warring factions.
The Māori Party has been incredibly staunch in calling for GST off food and a Financial Transaction Tax where as TOP are being revolutionary with their tax proposals.
Chippy’s economic cupboard is ideologically bare for Leftists, but a Labour/Green/Māori Party cupboard could be an indoor grow farm of Left wing delights.
Chippy is promising vanilla until election day but be prepared to taste the rainbow after that.
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Its a gamble either way, if they had a class left perspective, the Labour Caucus could go for broke and state the obvious–Tax the rich, public housing and climate disasters have to be paid for–and legislate now.
If they do nothing in the hope of being re-elected, and state they will institute CGT etc. if elected, there will be a monumental right wing campaign spend and offensive pushing their narrative…“rich should be richer, sod you losers”.
NZers need to drop their whimpish passivity and get politicly active again–and no that does not mean posting online more often!
What they prolly need to do, in this space, going forward, is to pull the same shit as the neolibs did when they got elected in the ’80’s. Re-hijack Labour and redirect it to its rootings.
Go for the muddle, get erected, and then do what is necessary (I.e. IMMEDIATELY given the3 yr election cycle)
I suspect the Chipster might be up for it, as would be a McAnulty. Not so sure about the Grunter though. He’s got this weird idea that he’s centre Left – probably based on the era he grew up in and His life’s experiences.
I find it hard to see Him as anything other than a bit if a comfortably off slob, but He’s a mate of a mate, so I’ll stand to be corrected. He’s exceptionally good in the art of bullshit though – for sure
Do you realise how many times this has been tried, failed and caused endless misery?
Nope not safe.
I’m not the only left winger I know who will be voting for the opposition. Not just abstaining from voting but sending an even stronger message.
Yes probably against our short term interests, but not much in reality. Lab/green really aren’t that different from Nat/act.
We can’t afford to have Labour instead of (and blocking) a genuinely left wing party. Not anymore.
I’m always amazed at the lack of imagination of politicians, senior civil servants and the comfortably off, completely wedded to the neoliberal/3rd way orthodoxy. Damien Grant at least has an excuse for being terminally stupid – he’s a contrarian with a big ego and must always be right. (Must be a bugger to live with as well).
Most of the rest of them though don’t really have an excuse
Once was T. Briefly, yes. The lack of imagination and fear of innovation or doing things that haven’t been done before, is the hallmark of middle grade public servants. The politicians are quite devious, maybe the Dunning-Kruger Effect, but a clean out of the status quo is needed; their paralysis at the Parliamentary protest would be comical, if it hadn’t been so costly and socially injurious. Sack the PR’s and advisors and see how they swim alone.
The only rainbow we’ll be tasting is from the unicorn’s arse. This site is increasingly devolving into the pure fantasy.
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If a family cuts there household budget it wouldn’t necessarily change Thier income but if a government cut the budget then the over all income of the nation falls.
It doesn’t bother me you think this blogs is fanciful just know that government budgets don’t operate like a family budget.
If only someone could tell our media commentators that.
Hipkins needs to campaign on fair tax for the rich to create a Great Fair Society. He can’t campaign as a do nothing safe pair of hands during a cost of living crisis he’d be toast. This is the only time in a generation a fair tax increase is a saleable proposition.
Yep Hipkins just thinks of his own political ego first, just like the other Chris. The best they can hope for is a four headed monster, with NZ First the controller and the overlord.
“while the Greens, Māori Party and TOP will do the heavy intellectual lifting on Tax.”
HAHAHAHA!
Revolutionary tax ideas? None of them jas any.
FTT as only tax would be revolutionary.
You never know the Greens, Labour and Te Party Maori may get back in and you may have another 3 years of the Rainbow Parakeet.
I’d vote for that!
Te Maaori Party have good policy on removing GST off ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS, that is a NO BRAINER IMHO.
Te Maaori Party have good policy on removing GST off ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS, that is a NO BRAINER IMHO.
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