Shots fired! Shane Jones slams National, Greens and Māori Party in dance of the seven veiled threats
Senior NZ First MP Shane Jones slams National’s foreign buyers’ tax
Senior NZ First MP Shane Jones has cast doubt on National’s ability to get its foreign buyers’ tax across the line in coalition talks.
Speaking to Radio Waatea on Tuesday, Jones said tax changes that could worsen housing affordability were not in NZ First’s DNA.
“The north, the west, the east, and the south – they recall that we have in our DNA a deep aversion to tax cuts if it worsens the prospect of Kiwis getting on the property ladder and those things were well and truly aired during the campaign,” Jones said.
THIS is the true nub of the problem for the new far right Government.
National built their entire economic model on the fake premise they’ll make billions in revenue from a tax on foreign buyers speculating in the domestic market.
Problem is NZ First had the foreign buyers ban in the manifesto and helped Labour put in place in the first term of the Labour led Government.
The Real Estate Pimps have pumped millions of dollars in donations to National and want the foreign buyers ban lifted on top of re-opening tax loopholes, on top of dumping healthy home requirements, on top of the right to evict.
The Real Estate Lobbyists effectively wrote National’s Policy.
The problem is Winston don’t get no money from the Real Estate Pimps so he don’t care about their interests and because NZ First put the Foreign Buyers Ban in, they sure as Christ won’t lift it meaning National’s entire economic House of Cards collapses.
This is why there is still so much of a chance that we may well go to a second election because National can’t budge Winston and ACT hate Winston.
The right have the money for a second election, the Left don’t and if Winston can be painted out as the problem, they could burn him politically.
National, ACT and NZ First expects the electorate to behave like Pavlov’s Dog.
In one breath we are told the negotiations can be immediate and quick, while in the next breath re-stating how they can walk away altogether.
NZ First is like retirement village political chlamydia, but more delusional. ACT have values that would embarrass your average Drug Cartel and shame flesh hungry piranha while Luxon looks like a frightened virgin at an orgy.
This isn’t looking good.
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Repent. You all should have voted for TOP!!!
So national would have another support partner? The leader was throwing crying about how unfair it is national didn’t give him a deal and how he would have made an excellent coalition partner for National, while constantly telling supporters he’d refuse any deal and sit in the cross benches
Mofo doesn’t even live in the same city or even island as the electorate he campaigned in and hasn’t for six years.
Tops dead. It’s a protest vote, just vote National if you want a tory govt.
Dead right.
Top is National in drag.
Much as I like the basic income the 33% flat tax to pay for it takes from the poor to give to the rich once again.
Plus the fact Raf Manji said he would support the NACTS puts me right off TOP.
If Winston ran on that issue he’d not get burned.
For once, Jones is correct, I also want to believe most NZers realise that the obscenely inflated property bubble is disastrous for NZ both socially and economically.
Exactly Richard. They went from way too high, then to ridiculous post covid, then tracked back to way too high. Why the hell would we want obscene. Yet another issue where “most” don’t want it, but it’s not “most” that the policy is written for.
Well we have already had revenge voters “we showed Jacinda”…halfwits who will hopefully enjoy their 90 day fire at will employment relations and their immediate evictions from over priced dumps…and their ‘pay for’ prescriptions…
So maybe there will be an element of revenge on the revenge voters from those that did not vote and should have known better!
Would new MAGA convert Winston really pull the pin on a Natzo Govt? I guess if there is not the role he seeks for himself then he could do–his record speaks for itself–he still wants revenge too for who ever it was that outed the old vampire on his superannuation relationship status.
Capital surely will do what ever it takes to avoid a second election–but a good old dose of chaos would be a good wake up call for those that do not pay attention to political affairs and participation, and a slap down for the media channels.
Surely National will at least talk to Labour about supply and confidence before requiring a second election; a National/Labour coalition is actually what the electorate voted for. If centrist parties can’t work together we have lost the concept of democracy and moved to government controlled by extremists.
What, they say, confidence, or, pride.
Perhaps National could get back god old fashioned right wing economics. Track the money and spend it.
While trying to add 20 billion of foreign investment into New Zealand’s property market is a departure from what we usually see. My concern is more that some industries or functions simply can not be done locally or by small enterprises. So this means some larger more centralised systems will be required still.
My money is on the 3 Stooges cobbling together an agreement because
A) They have a “mandate” to do so…however weak
B) They won’t want to give Labour the opportunity to ditch Chippy and his middle of the road “Captains Call” policies. Bring on a wealth tax etc and the game is on.
So Luxon’s Circus will likely set up tge tent in Welly in a few weeks time, but my bet it implodes well before the first 12 months.
If the Left are smart(?) they would prepare in advance
But SADLY the present left have shown they are NOT smart. How more mistakes could they have made?
Chippy needs to be thrown under the bus ASAP by LINO, or they’ll have even less credibility, when the NACT1st charade implodes & a 2nd election is needed.
Best there lie run.
Your so right Queeny our blue nickers brigade reporters are running out of people to slag off they put the boot into Labour all the way through the election now they are like bored children with nothing to do insignificant starting to throw tantrums and make up shit.