Originally Posted by
Bjauck
What if part of the solution "to fix attitudes" is to broaden the tax base to include those taxes (and maybe others you also dislike?) to encourage investment into taxable income producing and employment stimulating areas. You have already excluded that part of any solution?
Have you got links to the studies that conclude that NZ has higher proportion of people who do not wish to work or are "unemployable" compared with the various Nordic countries?
However I agree. NZ does need to look at the appropriate and relevant education and vocational training, underlying socio-economic causes, underlying taxation issues and other systemic issues behind any non-engagement in NZ society. It would be great to have actual policies that address these issues head-on instead of their coming to grief against the powerful block of vested interests?