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I like this idea alot, there would be a lot of what ifs and what nots but at the end of the day the food monopolys in our country are doing nothing to help people eat better or even help to feed our kids more when mum and dad just dont have enough money to go around.
New Zealand currently has a one-tiered value added tax (GST) system. A muti tiered system would be adequate for New Zealand to make it more affordable for necessities and less affordable for luxuries.
I believe no government in NZ has thought of implementing such a system as it is deemed too much work to set up and administer. But it has been done already in many countries, particularly the United Kingdom where the standard VAT on goods and services is 17.5% but reduced for other commodities to 5% or even 0%.
Working For Families did not apply to the unemployed..you had to be a worker to get its benefits..hardly a Labour policy..it was more a "let's grab middle class voters policy."...AND according to your arguments we should cut out all taxes because they are all difficult to implement ..AND if you want to help the poor why not remove tax from the first $11,500 as they do in Australia..AND introduce a top tax rate of 45% as they also have in Australia..
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