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October 3, 2022
Political Roundup: TOP offering the transformation lacking in other parties The Opportunities Party (TOP) is putting other political parties to shame with its bold and innovative policies. Yesterday TOP announced their latest tax, housing, and income policies, and they were the sort of bold and transformative innovations that supporters of parties like Labour and the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: TOP offering the transformation lacking in other parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-top-offering-the-transformation-lacking-in-other-parties/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: TOP offering the transformation lacking in other parties">Read more</a>
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December 20, 2021
Taxation is the mechanism for redistribution of wealth to combat inequality and for redirecting resources to build a society. But our current tax principles though largely hidden or not understood by ordinary people, lie at the root of all our current inequality and struggling economy. Struggling at least for ordinary people. This article shows our current tax principles are central to our economic problems. Understand and fix tax and we are on a path to greater economic security and wealth for all, a ‘citizens economy’.
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December 18, 2021
How to stop ‘the normal principles of taxation’ destroying our economy and begin changes to create a citizen economy (Part A) EDITOR’S NOTE: Taxation is the mechanism for redistribution of wealth to combat inequality and for redirecting resources to build a society. But our current tax principles though largely hidden or not understood by ordinary ... <a title="LONG-FORM REPORT: Creating the citizen economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/18/long-form-report-creating-the-citizen-economy/" aria-label="Read more about LONG-FORM REPORT: Creating the citizen economy">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
EVENING REPORT: On Friday August 20 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Adrian Orr told Bloomberg that a fundamental imbalance in the New Zealand economy is a lack of supply within the residential housing market. But will a supply correction alone resolve New Zealand’s affordable housing crisis? Stephen Minto analyses this question.
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July 15, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce The selection of Judith Collins by her colleagues as the new leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party is a last minute throw of the political dice that might just save the Right from splintering at the upcoming election. One of the problems of the political Left over the last 30 ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Judith Collins selection last throw of the dice to save the Right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/15/bryan-bruce-judith-collins-selection-last-throw-of-the-dice-to-save-the-right/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Judith Collins selection last throw of the dice to save the Right">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Fact Checking On Mondays – or Tuesdays after public holidays – National Radio’s Kathryn Ryan runs a session called ‘Political Commentators’. On 28 April, from the right was regular commentator Matthew Hooton. From the left was Neal Jones who is listed as: “Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-income-flat-tax-the-mechanism-that-makes-the-necessary-possible/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
President Rodrigo Duterte administers the oath of office to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) officials in a ceremony at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace on February 26, 2020. Video: Rappler By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila Reporters have finally got the chance to ask President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday whether ... <a title="Duterte on new ABS-CBN franchise: ‘I’ll cross the bridge when I get there’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/duterte-on-new-abs-cbn-franchise-ill-cross-the-bridge-when-i-get-there/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte on new ABS-CBN franchise: ‘I’ll cross the bridge when I get there’">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2019
When the annual national accounts were released by Statistics New Zealand, the $300 billion milestone was released. New Zealand now produces, for sale, goods and services valued at more than $300 billion in one year. Ownership of the gross domestic product (GDP) is called ‘income’. Deciding who, at first cut, owns those goods and services ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Division of New Zealand’s $300 billion GDP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/27/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-division-of-new-zealands-300-billion-gdp/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Division of New Zealand’s $300 billion GDP">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2019
Political Roundup: Has the Government lost the public debate on the capital gains tax? Perhaps the public has looked at the Tax Working Group proposals for a capital gains tax and come back with a “no”. Certainly, the opinion poll published last night about the tax proposals looked quite definitive – the headline for Tova ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Has the New Zealand Government lost the public debate on the capital gains tax?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-has-the-new-zealand-government-lost-the-public-debate-on-the-capital-gains-tax/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Has the New Zealand Government lost the public debate on the capital gains tax?">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT by Dr Bryce Edwards The capital gains tax debate is a huge political issue, and a great deal rides on the outcome – especially the chances of the Labour-led Government being re-elected next year. So far, it’s not looking great for the Government. At this ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-defeat-looms-for-the-government-on-the-cgt/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2019
Political Roundup: The biggest problem with the CGT – it won’t do enough by Dr Bryce Edwards Are the purported benefits of the Tax Working Group’s proposed capital gains tax an illusion? So far, questions about the potential effectiveness of the tax are the biggest challenge to the proposal, as there are strong doubts about ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The biggest problem with the CGT – it won’t do enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-biggest-problem-with-the-cgt-it-wont-do-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The biggest problem with the CGT – it won’t do enough">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2019
Political Roundup: The best arguments for the capital gains tax by Dr Bryce Edwards During the last decade, there has been an explosion of concern around the world about economic inequality. Here in New Zealand there has been a growing debate about how to deal with this, and virtually all parts of the political spectrum ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The best arguments for the capital gains tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-best-arguments-for-the-capital-gains-tax/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The best arguments for the capital gains tax">Read more</a>
