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Tax call by Labour upsets young voters (stuff.pressreader.com)

submitted 2 years ago by cloventt@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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This will push a lot of them back towards the Greens I reckon.

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[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For me it has. Capital gains and climate policy. I dont like their UBI though.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I love the idea of NZ trialing a wide scale UBI. But my way of doing things probably would not be too easy for a political party to pick up.

I'd like to try setting a UBI rate similar to benefits. Then remove all benefits (and super, etc), and cut lower tax rates to claim that same amount back as extra tax. Basically almost everyone is in exactly the same position as they were before, but now we can slim down WINZ to only deal with more targeted support (family support, accommodation supplements, etc).

This would end up costing slightly more but in theory would be offset by reduced operational costs for WINZ.

Now, don't get me wrong, this is an idea not a policy, and I'm under no illusion that it wouldn't fall apart under scrutiny. But I think it's an idea worth exploring.

But no one will vote for a party that promoses to leave you in the same state after the election as you were in before for the sake of a social experiment. So this is probably just a big dream that will stay in my head.

I just love the idea of NZ being early adopters of large scale change.