The Local Body Rates Heist thread

[Daytr]

The biggest issue is lack of Central Government . NZ has one of the lowest rates in the OECD of redistribution of Central Government revenue to regional government. Last I looked it was around 11%, it used to be over 18%.

In the meantime Central Government keeps asking Councils to perform more tasks without additional funding. It's a cunning ploy by Wellington as it forces Councils to raise rates, instead of Central Government raising taxes.

Central Government could at least give Councils back the GST collected on rates.

[nztx]

The biggest issue is lack of Central Government . NZ has one of the lowest rates in the OECD of redistribution of Central Government revenue to regional government. Last I looked it was around 11%, it used to be over 18%.

In the meantime Central Government keeps asking Councils to perform more tasks without additional funding. It's a cunning ploy by Wellington as it forces Councils to raise rates, instead of Central Government raising taxes.

Central Government could at least give Councils back the GST collected on rates.

they sound like a prosperous not so little huddle as it is sucking in the billions out of pockets of the hardworking,, no increase too large to hit the victims even harder for any excuse


And you want more of the bureaucratic bullcr#p & empire building on a local level all delivering their own spin on localised incompetence & Fk-ups ilike have been seen in recent times up & down the land ?

Just check out all the cyclone excuses covering for non response & other failures etc etc in some areas

Probably worthy of short leashes to keep them in order and headed in the right direction