corosanta wrote: Having worked all my workable years and paid all them-there taxes, surely a pension and a bit of respect (and a Gold Card) are justly mine to have earned? |
Kevin.S wrote: Depends how you look at it corosanta. That's a little bit like saying "I have lived in this rental house for 30 years and paid my rent all that time, so surely it should be mine now". The taxes you paid were used to run the country during that time, not saved away to give back to you later on. Perhaps, as Reel Deal explains, our governments should have taken a portion of money every year and invested it. But, generally speaking, our past governments haven't been that smart (not that I think the current one is either). |
cirrus wrote: Think there is more to this than meets the eye. With commodity prices continuing to fall we have alot less money coming in. We still have debt and interest to pay. A Greek default looming in the next week or so. The ripple effect of this added to falling commodity prices could be catastrophic for N.Z. In which case the gold card may be part of the initial cost cutting measures. |
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