More to emerge from Hipkins' captain call to scrap the wealth tax and CGT.
Robertson said it was a team decision, Hipkins stated it was HIS call.
https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/politics...rant-robertson
"A policy schism between Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson has broken into the open just months from the general election, as the still newish PM seeks to brand his mark on the Labour Party ....
While Robertson has presented it as a team decision, Hipkins claimed he made the call to resist changes.
“While work was already underway on a potential wealth tax and CGT as part of a tax switch in the Budget I ultimately made the call not to proceed with it,” Hipkins said."
Robertson's mind working overtime on how to get rid of Hipkins :
https://insidegovernment.co.nz/wp-co...1459195881.jpg
Hell hath no fury a woman scorned, they say.
Wait now for Grant Robertson to show his dark side now that all of his cherished socialist schemes have been put to the bonfire by Hipkins - wealth tax, windfall tax and income insurance scheme.
Matter of time when Grant Robertson & David Parker knife Hipkins in the back, just as Robertson did with David Shearer and then, David Cunliffe.
https://liberation.typepad.com/.a/6a...d119970c-800wi
When Will Hipkins Get Rolled By Grant Robertson & Co?
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14-07-2023, 01:43 PMBalanceWhen Will Hipkins Get Rolled By Grant Robertson & Co?
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14-07-2023, 01:44 PMBalance
Make no mistake, Grant Robertson is a nasty piece of work when he wants things his way.
This was Robbo back in the days of David Shearer as leader :
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15-07-2023, 09:01 AMBalance
Labour under Hipkins now a do nothing government.
A government which has woken to the fact that it is useless at delivering on any of the grand promises (transformative, Clueless Cindy called her divisive & racist policies) Labour made to get into power.
A government which has squandered the tens of billions of dollars raised on debt and which has run out of ideas and vision what to do next.
So how long before the rabid left wing & the Maori cabal within the party allow the situation to continue? To stand by and head towards inevitable defeat in October 2023?
The knives held by the rabid left must be getting sharper and sharper with the number of leftist initiatives scrapped by this panic-strickened government.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/1325...t-what-he-wont
“This time, though, Labour’s polling is lower than it ever was under Ardern, crashing to 30 percent in the latest public poll.
In an ordinary year this might mean the Government’s MPs and ministers, who are facing the prospect of a very public redundancy, would fight. But if anything defines the government of the past two months, it’s the creeping onset of malaise.” -
15-07-2023, 09:16 AMDaytr
Oh this is hilarious.
Grasping at straws & trying to deflect from Luxon's woeful polling numbers.
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15-07-2023, 09:37 AMBill Smith
robertson is slightly brighter than chipkins in that he knows he is doing a crappy job as Finance Minister and was likely to be as equally bad as PM. Whereas chipkins, knowing that he had mishandled at least 4 portfolios, thought "hold my beer".
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15-07-2023, 09:38 AMBalanceTell us about your claim that Labour built 12,000 new state houses in the last 5.5 years - now that's hilarious and desperation!Quote:
Originally Posted by Daytr
Grant Robertson knew that he did not have a snowball's chance in hell of winning this year's election as he is so claosely associated with and tied up with TOXIC Cindy.
He thought he could still pull the strings from behind (that's his style - he likes it) but does not expect Hipkins to scrap all of his policies & initiatives:
Income insurance scheme - scrapped
Wealth Tax - Scrapped
Windfall Tax - Scrapped
CGT - Scrapped
What purpose has Robbo left but to knife Hipkins in the back?
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15-07-2023, 10:51 AMDaytrThe evidence is clear. Labour has added 12,000 state houses. Being hung up on who built them is the desperation to hang onto your credibility which sadly has never existed. Just like the fabrication of this post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Balance
You cannot scrap a policy if it never existed.
Hipkins should have had the courage to reform tax, Ardern also. The middle ground I think would support a CGT if tax breaks were given to lower income brackets.
National has never displayed any courage at all in the last 20 years. -
15-07-2023, 12:42 PMPanda-NZ-
National raised GST and put direct taxes on employer contributions to kiwisaver.
Middle to low earners haven't gained a cent from them in decades.
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15-07-2023, 12:55 PMDaytr
If by some miracle Luxon does become PM he will be the lowest polling incoming PM by some margin.
I mean has any incoming PM polled at 20% 🤣
Regret starting this thread Balance?
I tell ya, like shootin fish in a barrel. 🤣 -
15-07-2023, 01:54 PMBalanceThat's not what you asserted - 12,000 new state houses built by Labour. You got caught and tried every which way to spin your way out of your lie. Does not work with us informed posters so don't even try.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daytr
Many of the houses as it turned out were existing homes bought from the market - which means that this clueless government was competing with private buyers and driving up property prices (and inflation).
Clueless and useless as usual - that's Labour on housing. 350% increase in state housing waiting list!
But losers like you either do not know that or are too dumb to realise that.