The Nicola Willis budget

[Lilith7]

We can only hope. Luxon does faintly remind me of Key, in the way he speaks. Both are skilled at avoiding things while using lots of words to appear to be saying something on the subject.

Commonly referred to as 'corporate jargon' specifically designed to be as difficult to decipher as possible in order to disguise its lack of substance.

At the rate this is happening in politics, it might not be a bad move if we were to rquire all MP's to use plain speech at all times...


Politicians around the world are known for their deviousness, & our delightful govt has just shown itself to excel in that area. They've just repealed the Taxation Principles Reporting bill which means that now Inland revenue won't after all have to report on how the taxation system is working - including tax avoidance.



https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...er-urgency

"The first report was due out at the end of this year, just days away.

The Labour and Green parties mounted what Revenue Minister Simon Watts noted was an impassioned defence of the act. He said they must have a few coffees as debate about his bill continued throughout Thursday. It was the last bill the Government wanted to pass before Christmas.

Green co-leader James Shaw suggested in Parliament the Government was using urgency to repeal that reporting act because donors to governing parties did not want the reports to be published.

“They don't want New Zealanders to know how little tax they're paying in comparison to the average New Zealander,” he later said.

Attorney General Judith Collins said Shaw’s suggestion was wrong, and said he was out of order.

Labour and Green MPs noted the IRD’s report had likely already been written, so questioned why the act needed to be repealed under urgency."