tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post622897858572912842..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: "There is no 'right' to help yourself to the taxes of others"Lindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-695029945735159212014-10-04T17:04:23.029+13:002014-10-04T17:04:23.029+13:00I would say that one of ACTs main bankrollers woul...I would say that one of ACTs main bankrollers would qualify as one of the biggest beneficiares of govt 'largesse' in history!I am easily convinced by real fact instead of ideology.Have a very open mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-34207969888563297882014-10-04T10:23:22.470+13:002014-10-04T10:23:22.470+13:00No. I think you would find that ACT want a much si...No. I think you would find that ACT want a much simpler tax system to discourage avoidance, and have no time for elitism or class distinctions. Their interest is in individual freedom. Not special interests or privilege capture. But nothing I say will change your faulty perceptions.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-31702830114793800022014-10-04T10:10:27.362+13:002014-10-04T10:10:27.362+13:00Never saw any initiatives from ACT,regarding the i...Never saw any initiatives from ACT,regarding the issues I mentioned.They love tax avoidance, elitism,tax havens and class distinction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-37069797326677717612014-10-04T10:04:53.023+13:002014-10-04T10:04:53.023+13:00Why are corporates bailed out?
ACT's ex-lead...Why are corporates bailed out? <br /><br />ACT's ex-leader answered that in the WSJ:<br /><br />"Politicians like to subsidize banks' risk taking with bailouts because their electoral prospects benefit from credit booms and suffer from the short-term pain of a banking bust that is not bailed out. The only way I can think of stopping them is to impose severe criminal penalties on anyone who arranges a bank bailout—preferably, life imprisonment."<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204528204577009652967531204<br /><br />Social welfare and corporate welfare are both corrupting.Lindsay Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-25956653376805362332014-10-04T09:04:32.694+13:002014-10-04T09:04:32.694+13:00Why are corporates bailed out?Why are 'too big...Why are corporates bailed out?Why are 'too big to fail' banks reliant on Govt guarantees real or tacit?Why has an OBR been introduced?Why are all council contractual details ...'commercially sensitive'?Why do mainstream media 'educate' the public to direct their angst at those who barely manage to exist ,rather than those who are extremely wealthy and minimise their tax through trusts,tax havens and various device?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-30935050424164936992014-10-04T07:32:40.332+13:002014-10-04T07:32:40.332+13:00Ah, so charter schools were National Party policy ...Ah, so charter schools were National Party policy after all. Key told us all that he was forced into them by the great negotiating skills of John Banks. Another fib then.Judge Holdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-10247827295288195352014-10-03T17:44:13.017+13:002014-10-03T17:44:13.017+13:00A so-called "right to welfare" created b...A so-called "right to welfare" created by the U.N. What a surprise that such a communist, meddling, corrupt, leeching, pompous and incompetent group came up with such a thing. <br /> /sarcasm <br /><br /> I quote Thomas Sowell - "What is your "fair share" of what someone else has worked for?"tranquilnoreply@blogger.com