Posts by Deborah
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to mark taslov,
Actually, I've gone quiet on it because I don't want to threadjack this discussion, and by the time I got back to the thread in the morning, other people had answered the questions you raised, so there was no point in me making the same answers.
Notable exemptions - family home, first $250,000 gain on sale of a small business (including farms) where the business has been held and worked by the same person for at least 15 years. This exemption is intended to allow for people who "save" for retirement by building up a small business. All these details are in the policy document which has been sitting on the Labour website for months..
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If someone is well enough off to own a second house, it’s a little hard to see why they are regarded as being one of the ‘lowest’ members of society (your words, not mine). Can you refine your example?
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to mark taslov,
As far as I can tell, Mark, you edited your post after I had replied to it.
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to mark taslov,
It doesn't apply to the family home, it only applies on a realisation basis, it only applies on a forward basis. Someone who earns a lump sum by realising a capital asset is earning income, and will pay tax on that income in the form of a CGT. The rate is set at a low level (15%) in part to accommodate exactly that sort of situation.
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Oh. Stephen - snap! Also, Russell - snap!
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Speaker: An Open Letter To David Cunliffe, in reply to mark taslov,
Jesus wept. Mark, ask me any f^%&$ing!!! thing about the CGT and I will answer it for you. In detail.
Also, I know for absolutely certain sure that Stephen Judd, who has the utmost integrity, and who has a huge reputation here, was not any sort of "puppet master" behind James writing this post. I haven't been in contact with Keir, so I don't know for sure, but I'm sure as can be that he wasn't behind this post either.
Give James the credit for being a grown man who is entirely capable of making decisions for himself.
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Hard News: The humanity, in reply to Lynn Williams,
Great comment, Lynn. I'm going to have to think about that while I'm weeding the garden (literally, not metaphorically, 'though you're welcome to take it metaphorically if you like).
Welcome to PAS.
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Speaker: Three times over, and never again, in reply to Russell Brown,
It's taking me a while to think this post through . Some of things I want to say are quite political, so I don't actually want to say them here. Because that seems wrong to me.
But you made me realise that I need to acknowledge this post, and to offer my thanks to June for writing it.
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Hard News: The sole party of government, in reply to Steve Barnes,
What I meant by that was when you are struggling you just don't have the time to think far beyond your needs, quality of life if you like.
Exactly so. There's a good piece in The Guardian about this.
Poor people don't plan long-term. We'll just get our hearts broken
Why do so many poor people eat junk food, fail to budget properly, show no ambition? Linda Tirado knew exactly why… because she was one of them. Here, in an extract from her book, Hand to Mouth, she tells her story in her own words
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Also, the “man ban” slam was coined to describe allowing Labour Electorate Committees to choose to have a female only shortlist if they wanted. If they wanted.
Incidentally, a policy also suggested by the UK Conservative Party, which is concerned about its lack of women MPs.