tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post3790323423205330892..comments2024-03-04T16:39:30.609+13:00Comments on Lindsay Mitchell: Why the Green's child poverty policy is a mistakeLindsay Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437693272797130833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-70176403102426985182014-08-19T10:27:59.469+12:002014-08-19T10:27:59.469+12:00Hi Lindsay.
I think that the Greens efforts to al...Hi Lindsay.<br /><br />I think that the Greens efforts to alleviate child poverty is doomed to failure by the very method that is used to define 'poverty' in New Zealand. With poverty defined as a percentage of average income, the same percentage of kids will be 'poor' whether they throw 500 Million, a billion or ten billion at the perceived problem.<br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19962237.post-66038283784632421562014-08-18T15:09:39.507+12:002014-08-18T15:09:39.507+12:00Of course the way to solve this problem is simple ...Of course the way to solve this problem is simple - increase the "In Work Tax Credit" even more.<br /><br />I'm sure no-one believes a coalition of KimDotCom and the Losers would be happy with a top tax rate of only 40%, and at as much as $140,000.<br /><br />I mean the Tories in the UK introduced a top tax rate of 50% - surely MANA want to do better than the UK Tories! <br /><br />So a top tax rate of 66% or 75% seems quite credibleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com