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Guys, that isn't how tax brackets or income work. What kind of imbecile falls for such naked manipulation of the English language based on their ignorant understanding of maths? *Scrolls down* You can't tell the difference between them and a troll anymore.
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May 17, 2018 07:49
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Yes it is? Inflation has been a pretty steady 2% since the last time the thresholds were adjusted back in 2010, and even if wages have only risen half as fast as inflation then effectively the top tax bracket threshold has lowered by about $5k/year
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May 17, 2018 08:10
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oohhboy posted:Guys, that isn't how tax brackets or income work. Yeah i was gonna say, that's USA republican level of misrepresenting how tax brackets work. And speaking of USA republicans, we have our own "drain the swamp" bullshit now: https://www.facebook.com/OneNationNZ/ Headed up by the lovely Kym Koloni, who was too racist for NZ First and even got shot down by Winnie himself, it's running off the usual "one law, one culture (white), one language (English) for all" crap.
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May 17, 2018 08:59
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bike tory posted:Yes it is? Inflation has been a pretty steady 2% since the last time the thresholds were adjusted back in 2010, and even if wages have only risen half as fast as inflation then effectively the top tax bracket threshold has lowered by about $5k/year If you're earning 71k though only 1k of that is being taxed at the highest bracket, it's not like you're paying as much tax as someone earning 140k which is what that article makes it seem like
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May 17, 2018 10:26
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Point remains bracket creep is real and we should have inflation adjusted tax brackets, if not automatically then at least by custom each year
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May 17, 2018 11:39
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Yep, also benefits should be modified by CPI each year as well. Introduce a comprehensive capital gains tax and a new top rate somewhere around 100-150K. But that won’t happen because one of these days I am going to be that rich and when I do I am going to make guys like me really pay.
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May 18, 2018 06:14
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It's weird how MP salaries keep pace with inflation but nobody else's do.
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May 18, 2018 06:35
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Benefits need to go up by more than the CPI each year. https://publicaddress.net/legalbeagle/the-inflation-adjustment-of-benefits-or-a/
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May 18, 2018 07:22
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Here is a guy who is upset about that bracket creep https://twitter.com/grant_farquhar/status/996948342453092352
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May 19, 2018 00:38
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Everything is going well for me, so why aren't I being helped?!
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May 19, 2018 00:52
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Self-professed homeowner with above-avg income: "we are the middle of the bell curve!"
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May 19, 2018 01:38
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What next? Laffer curve?
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May 19, 2018 01:42
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"Where is my reward for being moderately successful?"
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May 19, 2018 02:17
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I wonder why he doesn’t consider his two children to be part of his family
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May 19, 2018 02:41
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That tweet has been deleted, I guess people were taking him to task.
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May 19, 2018 03:28
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Love our trash media's thoughtful and nuanced response to this budget: "Very safe and essentially business as usual, could have been National's budget. Labour party still Communists."
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May 19, 2018 04:22
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The national party line has been really dissonant on it in that same way. Their main line is that it's a "borrow and spend" budget but they're also banging on about how National actually spent more and so Labour are failing to deliver even more than National did.
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May 19, 2018 07:59
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bike tory posted:The national party line has been really dissonant on it in that same way. Their main line is that it's a "borrow and spend" budget but they're also banging on about how National actually spent more and so Labour are failing to deliver even more than National did. It's probably because it's an opposition fuelled entirely by knee-jerk critical reactions rather than anything that appears to be a well-thought out response to anything.
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May 19, 2018 08:03
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They pulled that crap when they were in power so it's not like they ever changed. They run on fear and breaking brains.
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May 19, 2018 08:54
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bike tory posted:The national party line has been really dissonant on it in that same way. Their main line is that it's a "borrow and spend" budget but they're also banging on about how National actually spent more and so Labour are failing to deliver even more than National did. Opinion writer: "National's criticisms seem contradictory, but they are correct in making them." (Writer fails to elucidate how this criticism is in any way correct and in good faith)
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May 21, 2018 21:48
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I saw a piece yesterday about how, just to keep pace with population growth and inflation, health spending needs to increase 14% over the next 4 years based on current forecasts. Even Labour's $3.2b increase over the next 4 years is actually a decrease in per capita spending in real terms because of how much of that is capital expense. loving 9 years of neglect
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May 22, 2018 02:28
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFlTzpYbrgU ☠️
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May 23, 2018 11:00
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Please tl:dr that poo poo because even as someone into politics, 9 minutes of that useless petty braying is too loving much
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May 23, 2018 12:52
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she just demolishes him in general, there's no sick burns or anything
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May 23, 2018 13:05
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Honestly, national was serving dollies like a 3rd party. They don't know how to be opposition.
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May 23, 2018 13:07
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Did you have to post a snuff film in this thread? loving hell.
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May 23, 2018 13:53
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Don't miss Paula Bennett storming out after her question the previous day! https://youtu.be/wTe5lIlVBdU
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May 23, 2018 19:19
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The sassy "for how long?" after is the best.
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May 23, 2018 22:27
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It's great to see Jacinda on form like that, but question time is (even more of) a loving joke now that there's no requirement to answer specific questions. Though to be fair National made that bed so it's nice to see them have to lie in it. Unrelated but Jesus Christ David Seymour continues to be human trash: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12055731 ^in which he warns Epsom residents about a social housing project that might house people with mental health issues: quote:There is also a chance that some of the future residents will have social and mental health issues who will need to have special support measures in place.
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May 24, 2018 02:50
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I do find this kind of thing quite entertaining, but I guess that's not exactly a good thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwWRUIYHO5M&t=290s
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May 24, 2018 04:27
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Support, huh? Like a breakfast slot on Newstalk ZB?
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May 24, 2018 04:44
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Pararoid posted:I do find this kind of thing quite entertaining, but I guess that's not exactly a good thing.
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May 24, 2018 04:58
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WarpedNaba posted:Support, huh? Like a breakfast slot on Newstalk ZB? I think he means above and beyond the supports that current Epsom residents receieve for their mental health issues, like talkback radio or berths at Westhaven marina
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May 24, 2018 05:01
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apparently i have a thing for pregnant women annihilating right wing fuckheads
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May 24, 2018 05:34
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the 5 points from gryffindor stuff is funny because the nats could solve it by not making bad interjections
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May 24, 2018 07:02
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exmarx posted:the 5 points from gryffindor stuff is funny because the nats could solve it by not making bad interjections They spent the last 9 years acting like a bunch of unruly hooligans in parliament, with a speaker that went beyond compliant, and was blatantly running interference for them. It's so gratifying to see them now continuing to act like they were when they were in government, and then squawking with indignation when they get constantly slapped down by a speaker that has no time to brook any of their poo poo, and treats them like the spoiled primary school children that they are.
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May 24, 2018 07:41
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bike tory posted:I think he means above and beyond the supports that current Epsom residents receieve for their mental health issues, like talkback radio or berths at Westhaven marina I was trying to make a crack about 'Social and Mental health issues' = Mike Hosking.
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May 24, 2018 11:11
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Ya I got that and I was trying to make a crack about how rich people generally are mentally ill both of our jokes are even more funny now that they've been explained
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May 24, 2018 11:25
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Everyone’s (Nat supporters) umbrage (that didn’t exist before they were p. much told to cry about it) at Trevor Mallard is also funny cause the same shitheads are always the first on the scene in police/corrections articles with their hot take of “don’t want to get punished, don’t break the rules then  ”
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May 25, 2018 09:23
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 lol c'mon
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