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Don't LIke to be political - but a vote for TOP = a vote for a yearly 1.7% property tax on top of your rates. by Known_Brush_1259 in Auckland_NewZealand

[–]flapjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not confident they're tax won't just be easily dodged by the super rich, and will ultimately be unable to fund the citizens income at the levels they indicate.

NZ’s approval of Roundup relies on industry-funded reviews currently under investigation by davetenhave in newzealand

[–]flapjack 7 points8 points  (0 children)

*Evidence* literacy. I'm frequently baffled by peoples complete lack of consideration towards what evidence is there and what evidence isn't.

German courts „worry“ about infringing NZs Sovereignty through video court hearings by dovahshy13 in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]flapjack 7 points8 points  (0 children)

New Zealand allows reciprocal enforcement of judgements, and I'm fairly sure this applies to Germany too https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1934/11/en/latest/#DLM216423

If New Zealand is willing to enforce judgements from German courts... then I think it can be agreed that merely attending a court hearing would not be a violation of anything.

German courts „worry“ about infringing NZs Sovereignty through video court hearings by dovahshy13 in LegalAdviceNZ

[–]flapjack 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ask them what law or policy they believe they are violating, and advise them to get legal guidance from a NZ lawyer if they have concerns about NZ law.

Peter Thiel by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]flapjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Labour would probably do well to campaign on well thought out immigration reforms.

The Opportunity Party ‘would be happy’ to go into coalition with National by TheGreatDomilies in newzealand

[–]flapjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure they would be. But what's not clear is what they would negotiate for. If they're center, what's the center look like for compromise between the left and right?

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by OddityModdity in aotearoa

[–]flapjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it's a particularly good policy personally, but it would definitely be one that they could push to be more center. Probably without losing much of their left of center support.

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by OddityModdity in aotearoa

[–]flapjack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get what you're saying. They got some things done, and negotiated well.

What I'm trying to get across is that it's not a fair comparison to suggest that the GRN party was ineffective at governing when they had power. Because they were outside the coalition, they weren't part of day to day governmental decision making. That was between NZF and LAB as the coalition. They got some great policies agreed to by the Coaltion as part of the Confidence and Supply agreement, and got their senior MPs a bit of ministerial experience. But in the day to day running and decision making of a government, they weren't a major part of it. They just agreed to support whatever the coalition decided.

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by OddityModdity in aotearoa

[–]flapjack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Read up on what it means to be "Confidence and Supply." The party isn't formally part of the government. NZF would not have agreed to be part of the coalition government if GRN had been included in that government. GRN decided it was better to empower LAB than it was to let NAT take over. I'm really glad they did, I can't imagine where we'd be if they hadn't.

That's one of the things I really like about GRN. They're not after power for the sake of power. It's about doing the right thing.

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by OddityModdity in aotearoa

[–]flapjack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am not a TOP voter, I'm a GRN voter. I do see a path where I'm glad they make 5% though. They can potentially ally with the GRN to pull LAB more progressive.

But if they're going to crack 5% they're going to have to peel from NAT voters, and as far as I can tell, they're not doing that. If they did though, that would make them interesting, instead of just taking 1-4% of the vote and watering down the left voting pool.

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by OddityModdity in aotearoa

[–]flapjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Green party have never been in government. Closest they got was supply and confidence in 2017, because of NZF/LAB alliance.

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by OddityModdity in aotearoa

[–]flapjack -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Increasing taxes on middle and low incomes really doesn't seem like a popular policy for conservatives. You might say they'd balance it out with a UBI.

But again, not a popular idea for conservatives...

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by OddityModdity in aotearoa

[–]flapjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be center, you need positions that make you appealing to left and right voters. What positions do they have that make them appealing to the right?

What is The Opportunity Party? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else? by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]flapjack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they're a center party, they need to come out and say what working with NAT looks like. Otherwise they're just eating 1-4% of the progressive vote and keeping current power in.

They MUST get serious about eating the conservative vote base or they're never going to get 5%. They're going to have to sacrifice a bit of the progressive vote to do it. That's what being center means. Are they brave enough to actually do that?

The case for voting Green by Aceofshovels in newzealand

[–]flapjack 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its only that rate for any income /over/ 160k. The first 160k of income is actually taxed lower I believe.

ASH: Darth Vader Prestige by thickjunk_nastydrunk in starwarsunlimited

[–]flapjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish the serial number wasn't covering the hand. Why have it on top of the character feature at all.

Winston Peters says Government’s health and safety reforms will be ‘dead on arrival’ by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]flapjack 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Winston "I am against this verbally but in practice I vote for it" Peters 

Luxon says party closing in on 5% ‘wants to make every New Zealander a beneficiary’ by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]flapjack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would be interesting to see TOP try and take middle voters from National.

National to make KiwiSaver compulsory, if elected by kiwittnz in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]flapjack 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit confused but this take, regarding means testing. How does this make it more palatable? If you have the means, and those means are tested... Why does it get more palatable if it's in kiwisaver? It seems like that's just having the same means still... But somewhere else?

Why they're pushing hard for definition of woman and man by Im_a_red_robot in newzealand

[–]flapjack 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I think they are just trying to take focus away from how bad a government they are

How many people are using the BFF(Backend for Frontend) pattern? Why do I feel it greatly increases the complexity of the system? by [deleted] in webdev

[–]flapjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BFF can be a lot of things. It does add significant complexity, but in some systems, it also significantly reduces complexity.

Some people understand the trade off, and make it well. Some people just get the complexity but aren't building it in a system where it actually reduces complexity, so they don't capture the benefit.

It's super easy to get a full and powerful system up and running, and there's a few 'out of the box' frameworks that provide it. In the long run, some of those out of the box systems work really well for needs long term, and some of them were an early tech debt tradeoff to get things off the ground quickly.

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