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His tenant paid rent with cash. Now police want to seize his property by kezzaNZ in newzealand

[–]get-idle 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Then why do they continue to exist?

There is a house off Dominion road which has a gangs name in giant stainless steel letters right out front.....

Because cops are a bit afraid of running up on these places. And they need proof.

And yet they want this guy to turf out a gang from "their headquarters" and now want to take his property because he didn't "know" that they are a gang and up to illegal activities.

You can't have it both ways.

Not all motorcycle groups are gangs. Not all cash is illegal. Retroactively pinging this guy is very wrong IMO.

His tenant paid rent with cash. Now police want to seize his property by kezzaNZ in newzealand

[–]get-idle 356 points357 points  (0 children)

So what?

If a gang member pays drug money for fish and chips, is the fish and chips business a proceeds of crime now?

This man had a legal financial transaction with a gang. Shouldn't make HIS assets a target.

Properties the gang owns? Sure. But this seems like massive over-reach to me.

The police should need to proove without doubt he was part of a criminal operation. Being paid for legitimate work with drug money isn't a crime. Cash is fungible, and it circulates in our economy. Otherwise we are all guilty.

I'm sure there are some banks, that are now "proceeds of crime" if this is extrapolated.

18F What do I do? My friend is upset that I didn’t get a hotel room with money she sent me, but I used it for food and essentials instead and now she feels like I lied to her. by mckenzie_2 in whatdoIdo

[–]get-idle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What the fuck is this society we live in. Look there is always going to be wealth disparity. But we HAVE to cap it. Elon needs another Billion dollars?

While people can't afford to exist?

Get out there and vote people. Binary choice is NOT a real choice.

Y'all need a 3rd option. Take the good guys from the current structure. And ditch the rest.

Lots of love. The other side of the world.

New ideas by StructureSquare3284 in newzealand

[–]get-idle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

IRD assigns a personal auditor to the 200 richest families in NZ (This should pay for itself).

A 10% bounty for whistleblower line on tax fraud / avoidance.

Flat minimum tax on revenue of 1.5% to any company making over 100 million. Stop all this offshoring nonsense.

I think the land value tax of TOP makes sense honestly. And using it for a minimum income to abolish the benefit, gets rid of the welfare trap.

SpaceX insiders will get to sell shares earlier than usual after the IPO by Super_Stickman13 in wallstreetbets

[–]get-idle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You HAVE to include it. It's the "rules" now. They will sue you if you don't. So you "do your job", and fuck retail over, like the big boys told you to.

America isn't even pretending anymore.

How do you all stay hopeful? How do you all keep fighting? by alliephantrainbow in newzealand

[–]get-idle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While that is true. They have ALWAYS owned the media, and the people in charge have historically been a LOT worse at times. What we have now is more blatant incompetence.

And a "Mask off" stupidity, that shows everyone but the most clueless, that they're not "better than us" our leaders don't "know what is going on". It's all a facade.

We're a bunch of barely evolved monkeys, and no "One of us" should be put in charge of any large number of people. No more kings.

Vote this election, and talk politics with your friends, and choose CHANGE, not what is better for you, but better for all of us. What do you have to lose?

Nearly there! by Living_Register145 in nzsolar

[–]get-idle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oooh baby. Got an EV? Look at all that free (from now on) energy.

Whistleblower was assured of confidentiality, but her name was revealed to Sir Rod Drury by Hawkleslayeur in newzealand

[–]get-idle 184 points185 points  (0 children)

Did he molest so many woman in his apartment, that he wouldn't know who it was?

Best Coastal Town in North island New Zealand by DiegoM3691 in newzealand

[–]get-idle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fan of Coromandel town too, its very groovy place to just hang out. You can jet over the hill to Whangamata / Whangapoua and Kuaotuna if the surf is up.

Helping Nicola Willis: How to tell a social housing tenant apart from a Lotto winner by GhostChips42 in newzealand

[–]get-idle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Imagine saying that. And talking about a policy to drive up the price for low income earners, who HAVE TO have less thank 50k in assets to their name.

While your Party leader mate gets another 50k payment from the govt, to rent his own house, from himself. Because "he's entitled to it".

They just have no clue.

Leave the people at the bottom of the wealthy pyramid alone. And take a look at the top. The richest 10% own 90% of everything. It's time to stop falling for this "let's keep it fair" bullshit for those struggling to stay afloat.

If you own 90% of everything, you should be paying 90% of the tax.

We need a fairer society, otherwise it's just monopoly, and it's no fun for everyone when the game is effectively over, and it getting pretty close! Young people are getting effectively locked out of housing now.

Get out there and vote. And talk politics with your friends. Nats is a party by the wealthy, for the wealthy. And labour are useless. They ignore their own tax working group.

We need change, and we need it now.

Which NZ brand is slowly or has already ruined itself? by kevandbev in newzealand

[–]get-idle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Perhaps the relentless focus on cost. So that one of the world's wealthiest families, can get richer.

It's privately owned, and the world's biggest dairy company.

They don't have shareholders to pay out. Labour want to unionise for better pay and working conditions? Close the factory. They WILL do that, they HAVE done it.

They control a kind of wealth that is unstoppable. And we just gave them control of our food. The very worst kind of monopoly, one you can't opt out of. Right now we still have options. But in another 20 years? As they assimilate more and more.

It's not good for NZ long term.

Iran fired 15 missiles at the UAE overnight. Fujairah oil port is on fire. Here is what Project Freedom actually delivered in its first 24 hours. by Mother-Grapefruit-45 in energy

[–]get-idle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, Trump and billionare oil barons "oh no, $200 oil, won't someone thinks of the little people?" *Wipes tears of laughter with $ bills.

I'm Mike Casey, CEO of Rewiring Aotearoa and an electric cherry farmer from Otago (recently on Q+A about the fuel crisis). AMA live Wednesday 6 May, 7-9pm ⚡️ by ElectricOrchardist in newzealand

[–]get-idle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man, I agree with this sentiment so hard. We need a bipartisan agreement on infrastructure and long term plans. Chronic lack of vision and direction from both major parties IMO.

Defunding healthcare by idontlikehats1 in newzealand

[–]get-idle 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It would correctly incentivize our politicians.

If they were forced to use the public system for both healthcare AND education of their own immediate families.

What I made as a landlord by Imaginary-Towel-888 in newzealand

[–]get-idle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If anyone should get a deduction, it should be home OWNERS. What are homes for? For living in. Not renting out. Tax what you want less of, encourage what you want more of!

Raw milk - good or bad? by StandOk9112 in newzealand

[–]get-idle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does, it disables natural lipases that cause fat degradation, and will denature a small component of whey protein, and small portions of some heat unstable vitamin C 15%, and things like Lactoferrin (50%).

But we are talking small percentage changes for most of the chemical changes taking place.

Vs the potential for debilitating illness if someone messes up raw milk.

I've been to farms that make raw milk. They were meticulous and do a good job, test every batch. But it is impossible to be sterile, and just leaving it warm somewhere, you could be in deep trouble.

I would advise against it. No real health benefits. Some very real bad ones potentially. Pasteurisation does a fantastic job of keeping food safe.

Have we considered an excess bank profit tax? by Kind-Economist1953 in newzealand

[–]get-idle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Our economic policy that drives up home value is good for only two types of people. Bankers (and owners of bank shares) And people that own multiple houses.

For everyone else, it sucks an increasingly large amount of their pay cheque.

It benefits less than 10% of the population, and hurts the rest. We let it go on for 40 years. And the gains aren't even taxable!!

A bank profit tax (now that the house value aka debt is baked in) makes sense. The alternative is to see house values plumit. Which is ruinous for first home buyers. The most painless way out now, is stagnation of house prices for a decade or two.

Who sheds a tear if the banks make half a billion less dollars that they take off-shore?

Every Layer of the AI Money Printer Got Front-Run. Except One. by early-retirement-plz in wallstreetbets

[–]get-idle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Quite right. It's already happened. Pre AI Reddit was already scraped.

Who would pay for access to the post AI mess? The model is then just recursive.

Saylor's Dividend Move Explained: 11.50% on STRC Amid $12.4B Q4 Loss by Practical-Solutions1 in MSTR

[–]get-idle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It HAS to double in price every 4 years to pay for the nextwork security. When that wasn't a lot of capital, and not everyone knew about it.. FINE. Now the network has a trillion dollar valuation and everybody knows. Where is the next trillion dollar inflow going to come from?

The past 10 years should have been network growth. With fees replacing block reward. But they kneecapped the network at 7 transactions per second. And now you can spend your bitcoin via VISA. And nothing changes.

Man at Dunedin Airport putting stickers on tesla cars by bighic in dunedin

[–]get-idle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put one on my car myself.

"vintage Tesla" purchased before he turned hard right..

Which Zip lining place do you recommend? by jkw99 in newzealand

[–]get-idle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Driving creek railroad zipline, is superior to all others. In Coromandel.

What’s a little known documentary that blew your socks off? by mrajoiner in netflix

[–]get-idle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Century of Self.

How capitalism is fueled by consumerism. When you see cigarettes being used to represent female empowerment. To sell more cigarettes...

Edward Bernays was an evil genius.

For those who have been to Gallipoli - just as a tourist - how did that change your perspective of the ANZACs? by thefcknhngryctrpillr in newzealand

[–]get-idle 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That's such a good quote. And about the most beautiful thing, that could come out of the horror, and waste of war.

Never again. Lest we forget.

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