No, I was thinking about the failure of the store and subsequent suicide.
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You keep walking bud and MAINTAIN 2 METRES!!!
So far THE FACTS, unprecedented!
Nearly $12 billion Wage subsidy scheme
Tax Refund Scheme
SmallBusiness cashflow loan scheme
over 6,000 Applicationsin the first few hours
$6.25 billion business finance guarantee scheme
RBNZ nearly doubles quantitative easing programme to $60 billion; Reaffirms forward guidance to keep OCR at 0.25%, but specifically says it's prepared to reduce the OCR further
Specialist ministerial Infrastructure group looking at projects ready to go etc etc etc
The budget to follow with lots more.
I think It's about time we closed this particular line of "discussion" - before Vince does it for us.
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Ok, let's see what kind of help the 'facts' work for someone like Roy Green who had his revenues cut to zero, overnight :
So tell us, JT - what help has Cindy & her bunch of incompetents extended to Roy Green who had his revenues wiped out to zero?
Not a cent in direct support! Instead, he had to run down his precious savings to pay wages, outgoings and his family expenses.
But for beneficiaries who actually do not need additional support, $2.8b in assistance to those receiving benefits, via a $25 per week increase in core benefits from 1 April and a doubling of the winter energy payment. Why?
I think that is an interesting question ... and I am keen to get an honest answer from one of the resident Labour supporters.
While I think that the government did a lot of good moves during the recent crisis to keep us healthy - they clearly prioritize their voters over the rest of the economy. Beneficiaries, state employees and unionized labor (typically working in large companies) are where the money goes - and the rest of the population might get (if they are lucky) the crumbs which are falling off the table. Pretty sure however, that they will stand in the front line when the bill is dished out for the meal.
The crisis was an amazing opportunity for Labor to pop up benefits for the less performing part of the population without the fear of scrutiny, while the people running SME's would not be typical Labour clients. Well, I guess this will teach them a lesson.
Not saying though that National would have acted with less bias - just towards some other groups. They are all just human, aren't they?
As far as superanuitants go, with out means testing it would be impossible to assist those dependant on super for income. Means testing would bring screams of protest from the "I have paid my taxes brigade and would be political suicide. Not sure how working for large companies (Sky City, Bunnings, or the German owned magazine publisher) helps. As for the less perfoming part of the population do you include sharetraders. ?
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Because Jacinda and Winnie agreed on this when this most transparent of Governments negotiated their secret & unpublished coalition agreement. Jacinda got money for the beneficiaries and Winnie got winter energy payment for the oldies, many of whom vote for him. Nothing to do with COVID of course. Unlike the $70m Winnie got for the horseracing industry once again last week. They must have been his priority concern from COVID
'Winter energy payment' is a misnomer. The payment is simply a superannuation booster. Recipients are at liberty to spend it on call-girls, at the local casino, donate it to charity, or spend it at their local watering-holes. I very much doubt that many will run their heaters longer because of it.