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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 5h

Monopolistic companies are well known for their pricing policies that carefully consider the welfare of the least privileged customers... #nzpol

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 6h

The point is well made. NZ is out of step with most OECD countries on a CGT. This needs a #nzpol tag

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 6h

you know that WWJD trend years back? THIS is what Jesus would do...

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 23h

How anybody in healthcare, education or community services of any kind could vote for this NZFACTNAT govt is beyond me #nzpol

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Ka pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Greens wealth tax would be barely noticeable to the ultra wealthy. It would not stop anyone from innovating. The narrative from the right is ridiculous. Anyone who would flee for paying a tiny fraction more to support the country they live in does not care about it. #nzpol

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Foxes @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This should lose National the election #NZPol

Government tells nursing schools to stop training so many nurses
Glenn McConnell
Glenn McConnell

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Imagine if the nuclear free issue came up now? This NZFNATACT govet would fold quicker than a faulty camp chair. Spineless, feckless muppets... #nzpol

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

So... great time for Guy Fawkes???

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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The bot layer is gone and the comments under Trump's own post are now 99% hate. Not manufactured rage from troll farms. Actual Americans telling him what they think. Real replies, always buried under a wall of paid Kremlin traffic, are what remain. The information war has a physical backbone.

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I hope Zelenaskyy / Ukraine keep this up. This may be making a difference to the NZ election also... #nzpol

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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Quick reminder: They stopped saying back on track when they realised their replacement for 3 waters Cost more than 3 waters.

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Let's trade Peter Thiel for John Oliver... #nzpol

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 11/10/2026

Counterpoint: All potential NZ government parties can in fact afford whatever they want to prioritise. They have massive capacity for investment and the financial position of the country, despite what the current Government likes to cry, is totally fine. Spend money to make NZ better!

Election 2026: Labour says it can fund pay equity and public services. Its fiscal plan suggests it will have to pick one – Thomas Coughlan

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/10/2026

Trump: "It's interesting -- China makes the windmills, but try finding a wind farm in China. There is no such." (China has the largest wind power capacity in the world!)

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

More quality writing from “mr credible” #nzpol

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

AI image to illustrate dangers of AI? 🤔

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Uhhh #RNZ sports news..? #Kiwis in one of the biggest motorsport events on this weekend? Bathurst?

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Dor HaMidbar @dorhamidbar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Look! It's Simian Brown & his organ grinder!! #nzpol

Christopher Luxon as an organ grinder, with his monkey Simeon Brown

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Kevin @kevinz1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Perfect depiction of Simeon Brown. Credit: Guy Body. #nzpol.

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

At this stage, you would surely have to be one dumb fuck to vote for any of the current parties in government.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?

npr.org

As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

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Aliya D @alinasu33.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Let everyone know about this gem 👇

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

McKenzie Scott is a good case study that showcases we should tax the hell out of billionaires. She got $36billion, has given away like $25-$26billion and she is still worth around $35billion. There’s no reason for this to be happening while people are starving.

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Deborah Russell MP @beefaerie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How do you come third in a two person race?

Graphic showing the set up for a tv leaders debate, with the split for who won the debate. The numbers show 49% for Chris Hipkins, 27% undecided, and 24% for Luxon.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Frankly, I don’t care” epitomises Luxon’s time as PM. #nzpol Some of the things Luxon doesn’t care about: Homelessness NZers dying in hospital while waiting to be seen. People dying on the streets in winter People starving People being made homeless by no cause evictions Pay equity Racism Lies

Part of a stuff headline that epitomises Luxon’s tenure as PM

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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’d be very interested in the takes from Bernard Hickey and Ganesh Nana as to the net cost of fair pay once that extra money is recycled through the local economy (& taxed & retaxed and so on). But that’s not the kind of column you’re going to see on a New Zealand news site, unfortunately #nzpol

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Andy Gardner @discovery-process.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Great letter to the editor published in the October issue of Canterbury Farming #nzpol

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Oli - something or other @olimnz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What has this government been up to? Brad knows. Brad's been keeping a list (over on FB)... #nzpol

Over the last three years, I’ve been keeping a list of the rubbish this Government has done.
Stopped work on Auckland light rail.
Stopped all work on the Lake Onslow renewable battery project.
Disestablish the Ministry for the Environment.
Scrapped the smoke-free law to fund tax cuts.
Scrapped Fair Pay Agreements.
Gave $3 billion in tax cuts to landlords.
Tired to paid himself $52,000 to live in one of his own many properties, on top of his half a million dollar salary.
The so-called party of infrastructure ... cut Cook Strait ferry deal, then paid $8 million for consultants to tell them they need new ships. $700 million wasted in total. Still no ships.
Stopped the Clean Car Discount, after Luxon took an $8,000 discount himself.
Blocked statistical reporting on who does and doesn’t pay their share of tax. Think about that!
Broke its election promise and didn’t scrap the app tax.
Scrapped Three Waters, pushing costs onto ratepayers and increasing rates.
Used $4,150 of taxpayers’ money to pay for his te reo Māori classes after saying, “People in the real world should pay for it themselves.”
Halved the crayfish take for locals, but cut the commercial take by only one-fifth.
Gutted freshwater protections so cruel intensive winter grazing could continue to pollute water ways.
Took $80 million from hospitals.
Cut DOC funding by $125 million.
Scrapped the First Home Grant.
Gave half a million dollars of taxpayers’ money to their mate Bill English to do a "review".
Blew $8 million on consultants for a proposed tunnel under Wellington.
Wasted $4 million on a six-person advisory group to talk about crime and reduce youth offending. They achieved nothing.
Gave big tobacco a $216 million tax cut.
Refused to reinstate Jobs for Nature while unemployment soared.
Reduced the qualifications needed for relief teachers.
Introduced new road tolls.
Deprioritised police responses to mental health and family violence call-outs.
Slashed $107 million a year from school lunches, costing…

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Also... Is it...? Subsidies to support farms & rural businesses OR communism? Tax cuts for landlords and tobacco OR communism? Govt support for small businesses OR communism? Just stupid ignorance...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You really can’t make this shit up.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026

Apparently a CEO of a small (govt owned) airline and an English literature major aren’t that great at growing an economy. Who knew …. #nzpol

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Daniel Bullen @danielbullen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Look at my 1990 Toyota Celica beside a modern “sportage”… one of these is actually “sporty”…

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 29/09/2026

Nicola’s ferries won’t arrive until 2029, if ever. IREX would’ve been sailing by now and cost less that just one of National’s new RONs, that they now also can’t build. You only have a few weeks left to enrol. If you aren’t enrolled, your vote is like Nicola’s ferries. non-existent. #nzpol

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BonnieHuval @bonniehuval.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It is no longer safe to ask people like me at a party, “What do you think of this El Niño?” It is not the boy child we know. This is the devil boy. El Niño Diablo is going far beyond what we have ever seen before. bonniehuval.substack.com/p/el-nino-di...

bonniehuval.substack.com

El Niño Diablo

Main audience: everyone

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