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Robbie Nichol, a White Man Behind a Desk and certainly not an economist, takes a look at our tax system

Robbie Nichol, a White Man Behind a Desk and certainly not an economist, takes a look at our tax system
5th Jun 17, 7:12am by Guest

Robbie Nichol, a White Man Behind a Desk and certainly not an economist, takes a look at our tax system.

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by  Nzxonz  |  5th Jun 17, 9:09am 1496610577

Lol

How true but NZ is BY THE RICH, TO THE RICH, FOR THE RICH.

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by  keywest  |  5th Jun 17, 11:30am 1496619006

You got paid $20 dollars an hour working hard, nope, you got paid $20 an hour for working dumb

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by  Ocelot  |  5th Jun 17, 7:29pm 1496647786

Are you suggesting that about half of our population are "dumb" because they don't have a job that pays well?

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by  NorthernLights  |  5th Jun 17, 3:52pm 1496634763

Excellent vid
Even funnier was that the IRD actually had a program to target the humble trades people at the same time NZ was one of the worlds greatest tax havens.
How could it be possible when there was a former member of the NY FED board as PM who knew more about the world of finance than anyone in NZ at the time ?
Maybe a Labour+Greens+NZFirst is just what NZ needs ?

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by  bw  |  5th Jun 17, 4:34pm 1496637284

And in The States they'll think he is a doctor - Surgeon Key .....

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by  David Chaston  |  5th Jun 17, 8:37pm 1496651875

Key was never on any Federal Reserve board. But he was a member of a foreign exchange committee, of the regional NY Fed. It is an industry committee that staff of the NY Fed occasionally consult.

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by  Robt.  |  7th Jun 17, 6:09pm 1496815783

He didn't mention that David's father who left the money to David would have already paid the tax on it when he originally earned the money.

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by  David Chaston  |  8th Jun 17, 3:03pm 1496891007

What's that got to do with anything? Taxpayers are individuals. Surely you are not saying that tax should only apply to broad family groupings spanning generations? David didn't earn anything if he inherited it. He just won a privilege lottery - hardly a defendable base for tax exemption.

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