Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to BlairMacca,
And we cut the tax base why?
We broadened it. It now includes those earning under $9980.
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Jeremy Eade,
The budget is not the genuis economic plan that we want .
When was the last budget any country had which was or included a genius economic plan?
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Paul Campbell,
Any one know – the 10% bonus for paying off a student loan early is going away – anyone know when – I want to pay off some of the kids loans if I can
(10% ROI – better than anything else on the market)
Legislation was being passed under urgency yesterday. I presume they'll either have gotten it done, or will get it done today.
Also, I think you'll find the ROI isn't as good as you make out. You'll probably save/make more if you just leave the outstanding balance of your loan to be eroded by inflation.
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Bart Janssen,
You mean they shrank the economy faster than they fired staff?
no. Whilst slow, the economy has been growing for ~3 years.
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Paul Campbell,
s that stupid tax cut has caused no end of budget strife – but that’s the neocon way – drop taxes for their mates then squeeze on government
you may not be aware, but the New Zealand government is the biggest it has ever been, in adjusted dollar terms, and as a share of the economy.
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This recently appeared on the Best of Calvin and Hobbes, and seems apposite.
http://bestofcalvinandhobbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/huggy.png
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Legal Beagle: MPs' Pay, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I’d suggest that list MPs who enter parliament mid-term as replacements *were* returned at an election – the general election that decided the composition of the Parliament.
That's one interpretation, but the consequence of it is that such MPs are entitled to back pay to the beginning of the Parliament.
Given that parliament’s intention was clearly that all MPs should get paid, I’d suggest that notwithstanding sloppy drafting, it’s legal to pay list MPs joining at mid-term.
That may have been the point of the Civil List Act in 1979, however, when we adopted the Electoral Act 1993, that section wasn't amended in a way that covered replacement list MPs. It was a clear oversight, but the usual remedy for such oversights is that Parliament fixes the law up; it doesn't pretend it has been!
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Legal Beagle: Sanctuary!, in reply to DexterX,
So not wanting to cause offence, I won’t suggest any of that.
I am very rarely offended by anything :-)
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Legal Beagle: MPs' Pay, in reply to JackElder,
Typo, first para: “I think the Committee for the opportunity…” – should be thank, presumably.
They’ll figure it out :-)
Given most submissions they get, I don't think they'll mind too much...
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Legal Beagle: Sanctuary!, in reply to Steve Curtis,
McCully v Race Relations Commissioner
Sorry, I meant to say. McCully represented himself against the QC, and a well-regarded Senior Crown Counsel who is now a High Court Judge, and won. It went back to the HRRT where there was some sort of settlement.