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Chur bro .. took the whanau overseas where people are happy but still punish myself thinking of pre-Karenism Aotearoa? New Zealand

[tane @tane_1977]

@big_boy_berto You're mixing idioms

"Dangling a carrot" or "Dangling a carrot on a stick"

vs.

"Carrot and stick" motivation

Big different between
* A carrot-on-a-stick strategy
* A carrot and stick approach

[Scott Mason @hypnoksa]

There are 10 friends who go out for drinks every week. Every night, they drink 20 bottles at $5 per bottle for a total bill of $100.

However, this is no ordinary bar. The whole bill is shared by everyone according to the federal income tax tiers.

This means that:
• Friends 1, 2, 3, and 4 effectively pay $0,
• The 5th friend pays $1,
• Friend 6 pays $3,
• The 7th friend gives $7,
• Friend 8 shells out $12,
• The 9th friend would pay $18, and lastly
• The 10th (the richest) contributes $59.

All in all:
• The four in the lowest income bracket pay nothing,
• All revenue comes from the tax brackets 2-7,
• And theoretically, the majority of tax revenue comes from big taxpayers (basically the two highest tiers at 35% and 37%).

The group of friends enjoyed this environment for a while. Suddenly, the bar owner throws a curveball.
Since these friends patronize the business so much, they will receive a 20% discount moving forward.

This means that:
• The four lowest income brackets still don’t pay for anything,
• The fifth friend no longer pays for anything,
• Friend 6 is now paying a dollar less at $2
• The 7th friend pays $5, from $7
• Friend 8 pays $9 rather than the previous $12,
• Friend number 9 pays $14, down from $18
• The generous friend number 10 pays $49, from $59.

In the second scenario, Friends 7, 8, and 9 complained that they saved only a few dollars ($2, $3, and $4 respectively) while Friend 10 saved a whopping $10.

They gang up on Friend 10, complaining that he got the biggest discount and, despite the fact he is paying by far the most, he isn’t “paying his fair share,” so he moves overseas.

[tane @tane_1977]

@AshesOfBabel @aniobrien I'm putting a sheep on my back lawn and reclassifying.

[tane @tane_1977]

@nigelgjones @aniobrien A govt like this is already destroying NZ. They're all higher tax and more restrictive than they should be.

[tane @tane_1977]

@greencatherine @aniobrien High tax will redistribute wealth.
Overseas.
To the Singapores and Dubais etc that always do well out of these style of tax changes.

[tane @tane_1977]

@statssstudent @OpportunityNZ I think The Opportunity Party forgets that life is more than just economic investment..

it is life, and legacy for our children and grandchildren and beyond.

We have property to live there, because it makes life sense and social sense - not everything is a cold economic unit.

[tane @tane_1977]

@FreedomAus80100 Because she is now a mother.

[tane @tane_1977]

@Kathryn44556040 @nzpoliticsgroup I used to be in favour of simplified utility-only council spending.

Living between NZ and overseas, I now see the importance of justified social investment that only council can coordinate well.

Auckland feels pretty despondent right now. Utility-only dystopia wont address that

[tane @tane_1977]

@DennabeastWins @khrachvik Where's so many capitalist countries struggle with obesity and trying to declutter abundance

[tane @tane_1977]

@khrachvik Exactly. Just because you cannot show a single example of the communism you describe ever working for any country without being a terrible failure, doesn't mean this next time will somehow be different.

[tane @tane_1977]

@cuniseur @garyboomer58 I think Camry's might break .. my mates oil light came on once he'd turned over 600,000 and thought it might need a service

[tane @tane_1977]

@SteveOnSpeed Been very impressed in Brazil

[tane @tane_1977]

@RCR_NZ @AgentSmith_NZ They do downsize just a few years later. Into a wooden box or small urn.

Leave them dignity in the few years until then.

[tane @tane_1977]

@RCR_NZ @AgentSmith_NZ TOP is a leftish party trying to pretend it's central by offering a shiny temporary reduction in income tax.

They do say they're environment focused, unlike the Greens who have quietly dropped that, to just be the Marxist wolf in pretend environmentalist clothing.

[tane @tane_1977]

@702ValetParker Fisher Price have manufacturing faults, break, and have pieces removed too.

[tane @tane_1977]

@nickarockel Your article says the Mowbray's impact on the planet is hardly worth celebrating.

Is that because they spread happiness?

An emotion the left abhors.

Even in our city in Brazil we see kids playing with their toys.

[tane @tane_1977]

@simonmaechling Feeding 8 billion every day is something that 8 billion and their families can and do. It doesn't take a trillionaire.
In an age where we face such a growing worldwide obesity epidemic this rhetoric starts to get weaker and weaker.

[tane @tane_1977]

@DissentFu Make better choices.

[tane @tane_1977]

@jayrotoole This is sociopathic.

Imagine being a twitter user, having more time on your hands than you can ever spend, and all you want is to rip down high achievers who have helped millions, instead of yourself solving climate change issues, global poverty, kids starving & homeless, etc