The political outfit formerly known as The Opportunities Party is continuing to chase the 5% MMP threshold to enter Parliament. It's been almost a decade now...
Labour wasn’t “smart” to leave out the family home. They just knew that it isn’t politically tenable for a NZ party to go against the property market. Even though they know that is exactly what we need.
So how do you propose to fix it?
Labour wasn’t “smart” to leave out the family home. They just knew that it isn’t politically tenable for a NZ party to go against the property market. Even though they know that is exactly what we need.
I don’t see the difference myself. And one solution is to make your primary residence exempt, and perhaps a lower rate for farm land.