Treaty Principals Bill

[C_T_Russell]

A sugar tax isn't going to happen. It is too complicated a task to draft legislation to apply it, like taking gst off certain items.

The only race based policies we have, like age based and gender based ones, are there to balance inequities that exisit. What you are asking for is to maintain those inequities which actually benefit others at the expense of minorities. If we treat everyone as humans, with no differentiation then children, old people, disabled people, non male genders, and ethnicities will also lose those protections and policies that make their lives safer and easier.

Instead , why can't we be grateful for the blessings we enjoy as individuals, and stop scrutinising the blessings others get for also being individuals, and understand that we are not all the same and our life challenges are different?

Its a piece of cake since it's already done to alcohol and tobacco.
Taking GST off only some grocery items with a loose definition on what is considered fruit and vegetables is much more tricky. Would have been easier to remove GST off all food.

As far as policies around health, age and disability.
Well that's a no brainer isn't it? Again based on need.