Amen to that - should be linked to inflation or the average wage rise to keep the relativity.
National, I think, pledged that at one point but that's gone.
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I don't. Act have some excellent ideas, but lowering GST on a temporary basis. isn't one of them. It's messy and administratively a nightmare for businesses and the IRD. Why not leave it alone and bring in a tax free bracket on the first xxxx % of earnings? For a start we (nearly) all have a common financial year date. Not so with GST, but there are more complications than that. We have probably the best GST system in the world - leave well alone. Any exemptions or temporary adjustments will destroy its simplicity.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12367479
Photo op - back to wearing the hijab (symbol of oppression) despite pleas from oppressed Muslim women in countries like Iran for Cindy not to do so.
How cynical can you get? The Muslim votes are more important than human rights obviously to the spinning Cindy.
Oh the irony. The Muslim chap speaking says we musn't let this change who we are. Doesn't bother Cindy when there's a vote to be had. Whip on that hijab and throw your principles out the window to appease. Hope it costs her votes with Muslim women who want shod of the hijab, and those votes of kiwis who think it unreasonable to subjugate women in this way.
This for a start
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/chr...-wrong-message
There are plenty of Muslim women around the world who refuse to where the hijab. Some of them are even ALLOWED not to!
But Go Cindy! Encourage subjugation of women. She's sooo progressive!
It seems that Ardern has chosen a reasonably strict interpretation of dressing modestly. She presumably chose this conservative modesty for its symbolic value. The clothing that Muslim women choose does vary according to the nature and the culture of where they live.
According to Pew Research over half of Muslim women in the USA do not cover their hair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab
Countries like France & even Turkey ban the hijab - guess Cindy thinks she knows better than them?
As long as there’s votes, Cindy will always do what’s convenient - bugger human rights and all that garbage. Her high principles are solely to hoodwink the ‘4 legs good, 2 legs’ brigade. Pathetic fools.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...bour-coalition
Surely not! Collins’ claim of state housing list skyrocketing under Cindy is only somewhat true?
Over 300 funds similar to this to around $ 16 MILLION being thrown about in the name of COVID. Straight from the printers in Wellington
Attachment 11963
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12367660
A good perspective on the cult of Cindy.
"The international glorification of Ardern, I noticed, was filling her and her party with a sense of great accomplishment that was, sorry to say, not always deserved. It was painting a rosy picture of life in New Zealand to rub in the faces of Trump's and Johnson's supporters. To be then recycled locally through flashy headlines, citing this or that posh American or British publication or platform.
For many Kiwis, adoring the Prime Minister became synonymous with patriotism, and it would manifest in various ways and places, including ones where it shouldn't.
Journalists have been attacked for daring to ask director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield slightly tough questions at his press conferences last month. Criticism and calls for accountability, online and in real life, are often met with insults and ridicule. The opponents on the other side are not holding back either.
Throughout my 12 years of living in New Zealand, political polarisation has never been wider, and more alarming.
Is this a healthy electoral environment? Do I really want to be part of it? I asked myself many times. The answer was always a bitter "no".
And so I've decided, with great reluctance, to be a passive voter. I'm leaving my ballot blank this year.
France has NOT banned the Hijab - Jacinda knows better than you.
France has banned full face coverings - the Burqa.
Turkey has mostly lifted the ban in Universities, public schools and government buildings.
I find it interesting that the Hijab is very similar to head coverings that very Christian women wore years ago and much like a Nuns head covering - it is very reverent really.
It seems to be offensive only if worn for a Muslim reason.
Now the Burqa - quite a different kettle of fish.