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"... with UBI there are people who are recession-proof, do you not think it's a waste of money to have basic income going to them every month, when there are people in desperate need who could be having more?"
"It's the tradeoff been targeting or universality. So if you get the tax system right, those people are essentially giving it back in tax."
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"You put a lot of money into the economy, through... transfer payments and spending. Traditionally for any fiscal policy management you would raise taxes to take that money back out of the economy.
But because raising taxes is a taboo subject in NZ they just left the Reserve Bank to whack up interest rates. Which doesn't solve the problem, and really impoverishes people who are high on debt, and particularly for farmers that is a massive issue."
#RafManji, 2023
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"I think the mistake that the Minister of Finance made after the COVID splurge was actually not raising taxes."
#RafManji, 2023
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2063560/13631910-raf-manji-on-top-what-the-polls-don-t-show-about-their-chances-and-the-current-mp-who-considered-making-the-move -
@norightturnnz Have you seen the TOP policy on doing a land value tax instead of a CGT, and allowing payments to be deferred until the sale of the house, so it kind of, sort of, doubles as an inheritance tax? Thoughts?
New leader Raf Manji talks about it in the 26 Oct interview with Toby Manhire on the Gone By Lunchtime podcast:
https://thespinoff.co.nz/podcasts/gone-by-lunchtime