Posts by Sacha
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Speaker: John and Phil meet Bob, in reply to James Butler,
100% certain I didn't press the wrong "Reply" button.
Calling the cactus-elves..
(hey, when did that attachment button appear?)
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
made it into Hansard during question time today
This question I presume?
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I look forward to the Human Rights Commission taking a strong interest in this thuggish victimisation. Maybe Rosslyn Noonan can bang some childish plod noggins together before vacating her current role in September.
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Hard News: A Capital Idea?, in reply to Danielle,
why should it affect rent except in some sort of nebulous future sense?
The market will price the future cost into today's rents as fast as they can get away with it - which is pretty much immediately despite any pretence of supply-demand balance.
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Hard News: A Capital Idea?, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Wolf-cries of rental hikes and shortages
Landlords have already become so afraid of a capital gains tax that an industry leader says they are bowing out of the market.
David Whitburn, president of the Auckland Property Investors Association, said prospective residential investors were spooked by Labour's 15 per cent tax proposal.
...One couple would probably buy rental property in Australia and leave New Zealand, Whitburn said.
"Then we lose $120,000 a year in incomes and their tax and the talent. I'm bored of that. Too many of my friends are in Singapore, Australia and London but they don't see New Zealand as an exciting place."
...Business and tax experts said Labour's idea was unworkable and landlords would easily escape it.
Yeah, cos no other country has ever managed to make it work. You'd think our local chest-thumping champions of industry were lacking ambition or summat.
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Hard News: A Capital Idea?, in reply to Kumara Republic,
the Opposition finally has the cojones
fingers crossed - or it will be a very boring election
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Hard News: Radio NZ: Sailing on in…, in reply to Islander,
a reward sufficient unto itself
Some people quite like a bit of recognition.
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Hard News: Radio NZ: Sailing on in…, in reply to Russell Brown,
using CSS to run a nice contemporary looking site that also worked perfectly for screen readers when you turned off the style sheet.
I've often pointed it out as an example of that.
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In purely economic terms I guess basic shelter is productive in that it better supports human capital. Improving insulation likewise.
Otherwise investing in housing rather than business 'produces' bugger all - and even the subsidiary industries could be doing something more useful (and foreign income earning) for our nation.
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Hard News: A Capital Idea?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
On this logic, why have taxes at all?
now you're singing to the 2% neolib choir :)