23-05-2025, 12:13 PM
Popeye It’s only wealthy parents who are going to have to pay for their kids if they go on the benefit - why shouldn’t they - Hipkins keeps saying they should pay more tax so look at it like a tax - same as the increase in KiwiSaver contributions by the company and decrease in the tax payer liability another increase in company tax .There is no reason why any job seeker shouldn’t be working in Napier - there are vacancies everywhere - Robie has 24 vacancies - start rate is $32.67 - clean uniform supplied you just swap it out even have a shoe shine .Foodstuffs just topped NZ for the best training schemes and mentoring but working in a supermarket is not everybody’s ideal - but it is a job .He has started the school up because there are so many turning up who can’t read or count - if they choose they work 6 hours then go upstairs to school 2 hours - get paid 8 hours - so far it’s working out really well - they don’t want to stay in recycling and know if the want to drive a forklift or work in IT they can do it .He has had a creche for 15 years - that has been brilliant - instead of putting their babies in childcare they are upstairs with two trained childcare ladies - when baby needs feeding upstairs Mum goes to feed them - entirely voluntary and limited numbers - the mothers love it .His supermarket is not a bad place to work .He has another scheme going families can chose to take your 4 weeks annual leave in the holidays and he has Uni students come in - some of the Mums leave a minimal amount in the kitty each week to pay for extra leave so they don’t need any childcare but get to spend the holidays with their kids - the Uni students have no student loan and the family wins .I certainly don’t think it’s wrong if either of my sons had to support their kids .
I am pleased Hipkins has admitted that the costs had blown out on the wage parity scheme and admitted they would not revert to his legislation - the facts are there for all to see so few settlements were reached in 6 years but as soon as Labour decided the taxpayers would pick up the tab for expenses it became a 5 star junket for executives ,lawyers, HR managers and every other hanger on to stay in 5 star hotels stalling proceedings every which way hence so few settlements were reached .James Shaw was responsible for my grandaughter being involved - he worked very closely with her when she was setting up the community law clinic - if he was still around she would probably have need up in parliament .She does brilliant work in the community - so many women don’t receive their final pay or bonds not repaid - an email from a lawyer does the trick might only be a couple of hundred dollars owing but it’s so unfair
It’s interesting that Hipkins main criticism of the budget is the govt should have borrowed more and taxed more - during Covid his govt borrowed 71billion accruing 3% interest - money that was definitely needed BUT they gave 19 BILLION to the overseas very lucrative banks at less than a quarter percent which means the tax payers were subsidising these Ozzie banks hundreds of millions a year - the Ozzie govt didn’t give them billions - but the point I find particularly difficult to ignore the kiwi tax payers are still subsidising them 9 billion still has not been repaid - so despite them recording huge profits post Covid kiwi tax payers are still subsidising them .I for one can think of many things the 9 BILLION could be spent on as well as the hundreds of millions we are paying in interest for them to make a profit .Robertson somehow tied the money up so this govt just have to wait .I haven’t voted for a major party since Norm Kirk but the audit I was involved in of the billions that have just disappeared through the ministry of housing and this money that the overseas banks owe us and this govts intention to mine - I doubt I will be voting for either of the main parties anytime soon
Rant over Hunni!
I am pleased Hipkins has admitted that the costs had blown out on the wage parity scheme and admitted they would not revert to his legislation - the facts are there for all to see so few settlements were reached in 6 years but as soon as Labour decided the taxpayers would pick up the tab for expenses it became a 5 star junket for executives ,lawyers, HR managers and every other hanger on to stay in 5 star hotels stalling proceedings every which way hence so few settlements were reached .James Shaw was responsible for my grandaughter being involved - he worked very closely with her when she was setting up the community law clinic - if he was still around she would probably have need up in parliament .She does brilliant work in the community - so many women don’t receive their final pay or bonds not repaid - an email from a lawyer does the trick might only be a couple of hundred dollars owing but it’s so unfair
It’s interesting that Hipkins main criticism of the budget is the govt should have borrowed more and taxed more - during Covid his govt borrowed 71billion accruing 3% interest - money that was definitely needed BUT they gave 19 BILLION to the overseas very lucrative banks at less than a quarter percent which means the tax payers were subsidising these Ozzie banks hundreds of millions a year - the Ozzie govt didn’t give them billions - but the point I find particularly difficult to ignore the kiwi tax payers are still subsidising them 9 billion still has not been repaid - so despite them recording huge profits post Covid kiwi tax payers are still subsidising them .I for one can think of many things the 9 BILLION could be spent on as well as the hundreds of millions we are paying in interest for them to make a profit .Robertson somehow tied the money up so this govt just have to wait .I haven’t voted for a major party since Norm Kirk but the audit I was involved in of the billions that have just disappeared through the ministry of housing and this money that the overseas banks owe us and this govts intention to mine - I doubt I will be voting for either of the main parties anytime soon
Rant over Hunni!