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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 21h

#nzpol National's latest scare tactic has been claiming 'Labour will tax households an additional $2,263.' Read my article to find out why they're either completely dishonest or stupid. Labour’s ‘Hidden Tax Bill’ is 1% of what National claims it is yknowthatjournalist.substack.com/p/labours-hi...

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Labour’s ‘Hidden Tax Bill’ is 1% of what National claims it is

National’s $2,263 Claim is Full of Holes

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Labour’s ‘Hidden Tax Bill’ is 1% of what National claims it is

National’s $2,263 Claim is Full of Holes

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#nzpol Made an article about 'No New Taxes' National Already Taxed Families, Especially those with Newborn Children yknowthatjournalist.substack.com/p/national-a...

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National Already Taxed Families, Especially those with Newborn Children

The Party of ‘No New Taxes’ is fine with taxes as long as you don’t notice

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camwing @camw.ing · 05/12/2024

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

A screenshot of PayPal's terms of service. Big wall of legalese text, which I will be pasting in below. You don't need to read it, here's the important part:

"The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop."

Here's the whole paragraph:

We are updating our Privacy Statement to explain how, starting early Summer 2025, we will share information to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you. The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop, unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so. No matter where you live, you’ll always be able to exercise your right to opt out of this data sharing by updating your preference settings in your account under “Data and Privacy.”

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Some thing I would add to the Greens' new plan (including their other policies)? #nzpol -Free/Further Discounted Public Transport -A plan to further reduce free carbon credits -Reconsider moving from the ETS to a border-adjusted carbon tax -Consider a carbon dividend -Expand Warming-Up-Homes

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

How can the policies in the Greens' new plan improve? #nzpol -Return agricultural ETS revenue to regions/provide double credits to methane reducing activities -Be more open to or at least about GE R&D -Consider a different tax mechanism for the Clean Car Discount -Reconsider the Jobs Guarantee

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

-Green infrastructure plan:✅ -Agriculture in the ETS:✅, though an idea I might push is to use the revenue to provide additional credits for agricultural emissions reduction -Clean Car Discount:✅, but the revenue mechanism could be more elegant -Green Jobs Guarantee:❔, highly highly skeptical #nzpol

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

There's so much mixed messaging on both sides surrounding the semantics of 'socialism,' especially for Americans. (1/3)

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Daily Tax Policy Review: Labour #nzpol (disclaimer: tax policies are reviewed independent of other policies that the party would implement alongside them)

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#nzpol Any of you ever heard of the parabole of the blind men and the elephant? I'm considering making a political cartoon about that, but with politicians (or party voters?) as the blindmen and the issue of housing as the elephant.

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Daily Tax Policy Review: National #nzpol (disclaimer: tax policies are reviewed independent of other policies that the party would implement alongside them)

assets.national.org.nz

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Eric Crampton @ericcrampton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Either of us trying to rap would be an abomination. Especially me.

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Labour really ought to run on benefit reform. The red line represents the returns for increased hours of work for a single mother, taking into account almost all relevant benefits, assuming average income. #nzpol

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

If we just effectively deducted benefits at the point of paycheck dispersal (through a tax) rather than at the point of benefit dispersal (through a 'phase-out), I'm willing to bet at least half of this problem goes away. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Almost a quarter of beneficiaries being paid incorrectly - report

It falls well short of the Ministry of Social Development's target of at least 95% correct payouts.

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I feel like we're so stuck in on criticizing the coalition that we never really demand more from Labour. Even as a broadly non-radical guy, I want to see more from Hipkins beyond literally only recycling old policies a year on from the new government forming. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks at party's annual conference

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins has pledged if elected in 2026 to resume SmokeFree Aotearoa, complete Dunedin Hospital's rebuild and said NZ would not join AUKUS.

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Luxon: "We need to improve economic growth." Jack: "We need to improve economic growth." Luxon: "Now Jack what'd I'd just say to you and be really clear about is that we are working our way through a balanced approach, I get it. Isn't it great?" youtu.be/5lwEkGh9tvw?...

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Luxon on Māori-Crown relations: 'There's more division' | Q+A 2024

YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame

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y'knowthatguy @yknowthatguy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Would probably be timely to post this drawing I did of Yoon about two years ago. It's not very good, especially given he's my dad's ex-neighbour (tru facts!)

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