My 2 cents about charter schools. I don't like the concept is an understatement. This yo-yo at change of govt is not helpful. So, when Labour/Greens/TPM forms govt, cut their funding to align with what state schools are getting and put all the requirements of testing & reporting. #nzpol

#nzpol Everyone's favourite economist, Craig Renney, explaining and answering questions about Labour's CGT. Some good commentary there. As he says, there is no perfect tax system and this is a good, clean, simple to explain start. youtu.be/77Zk5Yyd-zM?...

I recommend looking at the comments. They opened the door for the best of Aotearoa's punch lines. #nzpol

What is the point of the country looking for growth, growth, growth if we can't find enough resources to make sure NO child is harmed, NO child lives in poverty, NO child is left behind. Are we THAT shallow we prefer to care more about an artificial invention (💲) than people? #nzpol

🤦🏽‍♀️ Another stale white male that failed upwards. How the demands that were labeled unaffordable until now turned into a mystery is a mystery to me. #nzpol

#nzpol The guy who had a single page pamphlet masquerading as finance plan, who said no plan B is required, is criticizing Labour's NZ Furure Fund policy for lack of details? 🤣 Very clever move to start with this policy, Labour, very clever move. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

#nzpol In other words, leave it as it is now. 🤦🏽‍♀️ Does anyone in this govt actually engage a brain before deciding to go ahead with any law? www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

action.nzei.org.nz/petitions/ba... We all know someone who is a teacher or a teacher aid, right? I signed. Will you? #nzpol

Seymour joked there was "actually quite a severe tax on what she produces, she loses a high proportion of what she produces before it gets out of the household, and that's actually been one of the things that's held her back". So Seymour is basically promoting tax avoidance. #nzpol

Another day, another WTF is wrong with you email coming up. I'm old enough to remember Simeon crying about lost babies when women finally got some agency back. Don't see him shed a tear now. #nzpol

So I emailed. Again. I would like to be a fly on the wall of that office when the poor staffer has to read all the angry emails. #nzpol

Aotearoa NZ never had a rockstar economy. Perhaps one day, Brad Olsen will join the adults in the room and realize that. #nzpol

He's been studying leadership his whole life, and this (waves hands) is the outcome of it? Man, you receive an F and should go back to primary school as you have failed in every possible parameter. #nzpol

#nzpol People who say "it's complicated" are not doing so to justify why they are doing nothing. They are just expressing their unwillingness to clearly declare what is the right thing to do and what are the values that should guide their actions.

#nzpol Yep. Her tone is like the worst teacher you ever had.

#nzpol This will pass because they don't listen to anyone. Our response should be two fold: 1. Make sure EVERYONE who wants to vote, will be enrolled in time and do so. 2. Those working for the Electoral Commission to work so slow it will actually take 4 weeks to give the final vote count.

Want to save the country some $? Stop this sort of entitlements. Why does anyone being paid so handsomely need to have lifetime perks? Can't they manage their finances? Most of them have so many properties they can't even remember where they put them. #nzpol

"Aucklanders were the most positive, with a net 10% expecting returns to improve in the coming year." Of course. Aucklanders have all those $5m+ houses that Peters just opened the door for foreigners to come and buy. The rest of us who live in the real world are not sharing the optimism. #nzpol

#nzpol I was angry when I read the comment about the potential coalition of Labour/Greens/TPM, as looney and dangerous. Using such derogatory terms while hiding behind anonymity is cowardly. I'm a business owner. I voted Labour, I voted Greens & I fully support TPM to be part of our next govt.

A reminder this sort of otherism is typical to fascist regimes. Autism was a problem for race hygiene in Nazi Germany so no wonder the white supremacists currently in charge of the White House are picking this one up.

😮 Paracetamol! How about we start looking at the micro-plastics that are now everywhere as a reason for Autism, but that will mean corporations that are poisoning us will need to start being accountable. And the politicians that enable them. #nzpol

We have a mayoral candidate who thinks cycleways are just a glorified footpath and one that is looking at evidence, believes in facing reality, and giving the community as much say as possible. youtu.be/eK4HRbvH8ww?... #nzpol

#nzpol Worth watching all of the interview as I doubt media will emphasize how great it was. Hipkins did a good job avoiding the gotcha moments and pinpoint what is wrong with this govt's approach. Yes, you could ask why Labour didn't do it all when they could. What good will this do?

#nzpol Highly recommend this week's Hoon, especially the interview with Monopoly Watch’s Tex Edwards. Who's going to be the party brave enough to stop hiding behind the bush and actually deliver some change in the duopoly & competition space but also lobbying rules open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

You have to admire Luxon. No matter the criticism, the corruption staring us in the face, the failures and total bullshitery, he is loyal and is backing his team. The left needs to take note. #nzpol

After confirming I wanted to make an oral submission and heard 🦗 for days, got this email today. Why the urgency?!? Voters suppression of first order. #nzpol

The only ones celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination are the MAGA, using it as an opportunity to entrench more fascism and state violence.

It's getting to the point that we either require all MPs to sell their "investment" houses when elected. Not put in a trust, not gift to your partner, sell. Or we remove the ability to decide housing policies from the hands of parliament. #nzpol

#nzpol When I submitted to the voter suppression bill I noted I wanted to give an oral submission. I already received an option to make one next week. Does anyone know how many hours of oral submissions were allocated?

What I'd say to you is we are laser focused on growth, growth, growth. They just did not say what growth they refer to. #nzpol

This is a walk of shame to the journalist who wrote that piece of damage control drivel for a failing govt. Every measure can be feasible if you tell yourself a fairytale or have achieved because you throw people out to the street to freeze & die (can also help with the health targets). #nzpol

#nzpol “A multinational shouldn’t be mucked around with all the time and the cost,” Luxon said. “We want to encourage companies like Ikea to invest even more down the road.” What investment is Ikea bringing to Aotearoa? Another massive warehouse that takes a ginormous amount of power to heat?

With local elections heating up, here's a useful guide to respond to all the BS. #nzpol

I truly encourage anyone who even slightly considers this to be a good thing to read The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates. Coding current sexism, misogyny, and discrimination and allowing the darkest & most frightening behavior to be imagined in AI world will flow into the real world.

Decolonisation comes in many shapes and forms. #nzpol

Narrator: "he was never libertarian." #nzpol

In the absence of investigative journalism in MSM, we're extremely lucky to have people like Melanie Nelson & Dr Ryan Ward dedicating their time to inform the public. #nzpol youtu.be/LPO26Rc8pls?...

You can count on The Spinoff 🤣 thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02-...

#nzpol "We just couldn't get this country to be attractive enough, and we had to do something about that." 😮🤬 www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Is Luxon envious of Willis for the title of the dumbest move and he wants us to find a nice catchy phrase to coin the data centre that will never be? Is Luxon No Data catchy enough? Shall we have a competition? Side note: get the motherfuckers to rectify the environmental damage they created. #nzpol

#nzpol Aotearoa has 5m people. That's the people we MUST feed. If we do want to pretend we feed 50m people, how does Seymour suggest we do that on a dying planet? Does his 2 dead brain cells not tell him that if we have no clean water and we have devastating effects of climate change

This man can't do his job so what is he good gor then? What amazing skills does he bring to the board that outweigh the issues his conflict of interest brings? Who hires an employee that can't fully participate in what they've been hired to do? #nzpol

Money doesn't grow on trees, they say. Well, it kind of does, but the tree is virtual. #nzpol

What did these small biz owners see in Nats promises and past record that made them think they give a F about small biz? If they don't understand the economy is always better under Labour because they invest than they need to go back to school & start learning how the economy works. #nzpol

Let's do even better. Let's have lots of small businesses owned by people living within our communities, who are not looking to make obscene profits. The supermarket model isn't good for communities any way you look at it. #nzpol

At this point there are only two options to lower food prices. Govt mandated price limit or tax the living daylight out of the supermarkets. More competition is bollocks. Aotearoa is too small a market for true competition. #nzpol

A good segment on #BHN . Some thoughts. CGT need to have minimal exclusions. Family home, ok. If we start questioning if additional house was bought before or after Kiwisaver was introduced we create holes that will be exploited but also way too much admin. youtu.be/jcRq2z2f-Yo?... #nzpol

It's got to be satire. "The ACT Party gave a minority view opposing the recommendation, saying the party would only support moving to a four-year term if "stronger checks and balances are built into the system to prevent an erosion of democratic accountability"." #nzpol

The other side of this is - govt debt is private sector surplus. #nzpol

Gary nails it. We have the power to bring change. Sure one simple message and keep sharing it - Tax wealth more Tax work less. A road map on what we should do. What other YouTube channels that challenge the status quo do you watch? youtu.be/6awZT5qlSLc?... #nzpol