...and it is all about 'I' and 'my' rather than Labour
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Yes, she has a better chance by looks of things, unless the hoi polloi wake up to the fact that the cancelled taxcuts would pay for heaps of doctor's visits, and the reality hits home that lunch is never free. It's all reminiscent of when I was a little kid and my folks would give us some money so we could buy them a Christmas present.
See the Rent Ratio stats in the below link. It is median house price divided by median 3 brm annual rent. So what property investors call gross rent. They are falling. Doesn't show median house price trends, though these are reported elsewhere on the site and are falling in some locations very recently.
I agree there is some influence between rents and house prices, but suggest other factors are more important though there will be some complex interplay going on so hard to tell. Unlike commercial prices where rent is key.
https://www.interest.co.nz/property/rent-ratio
But most of us grow up and are able to spend our own money, rather than pay it to the govt. and in return receive subsidised fees when we go to the doctor. The plumber, the sparky, etc who spends a fortune setting up in business after a lengthy apprenticeship will hardly be happy paying even more tax so his accountant can go to university and eventually charge said plumber or sparky a high fee for the benefit of the wisdom they have generously bestowed on him.
Then there's carpet layers, labourers, shop assistants, scaffolders and heaps of others who receive no tertiary training and earn a fraction of a professional wage. The amount tertiary students contribute is a small fraction of the costs. Why not free tools for tradies?