“'These [#gambling] machines just transfer wealth from poorer to wealthier people.' ...the richest half of the community provides 26% of sales revenue for #pokies, but receives 88% of grants."
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-06-2024/sinking-lids-and-rising-profits-the-problem-with-pokies

Just like the #NZgovt's #TaxCuts which hand the top 40% 64% of the total, meanwhile the bottom 20% get just 5.4%
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/06/04/the-rich-get-richer-while-child-poverty-just-increases/

Looking forward with some trepidation to how Winston Peters and David Seymour relate to each other this coming term of #NZGovt. Who knows, they may become besties! LOL. 🤣

What they say now can't be any worse than their previous insults, right? 😉 #NZpol
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-09-2023/winston-peters-vs-david-seymour-their-15-most-venomous-insults-ranked

The #NZgovt has just changed the #CleanCarDiscount

The CCD makes a difference of up to $14k in tax based on emissions

To many of us, it's pretty abstract cause we wouldn't consider buying a new car

Every time the Govt mentions it, there is a howl of "think of our farmers" - weirdly this protest is from people who aren't farmers, and farmers are an edge case compared to the total number of #highemission vehicles sold

And all the while, #NZers know we are missing our #emissiontargets