Man that JK's a sexy binch

"MANA Movement Economic Justice spokesperson John Minto is calling for a radical overhaul of New Zealand’s taxation system with calculations showing that a minimum wage worker pays a ten times higher tax rate than the Prime Minister.

Minimum wage worker 28% tax

Prime Minister 2.8% tax

The minimum wage worker on 40 hours per week earns $29,640 and pays $4,207 in income tax and $4,149.60 in GST giving a total tax of $8,356.60 or 28% of income.

On the other hand the Prime Minister earns $428,000 from his PM’s salary along with this year’s $5,000,000 increase in his wealth (according to NBR’s rich list) which gives him a total income of $5,428,000. On this total income he pays just $132,160 in income tax and approximately $21,400 in GST giving a total tax of $153,560 or 2.8% of income.

This is a national embarrassment. Those least able to pay are under a heavy tax burden while the super-rich pay peanuts.

The National government and its attack bloggers refer to the working poor as scum, bludgers and ferals but it’s clear the real problem is with the top 1% of income earners who get all the benefits of taxpayer funded facilities and services but don’t pull their weight paying for them.

Cleaners, fast-food workers, hospitality workers and security guards are all heavily subsidising the lifestyles of the superrich.

These figures show we need an overhaul of our tax system so the Prime Minister and his rich-list colleagues pay their fair share."

It's a ' national embarrassment ' that any thinking person would believe such nonsense trotted out by one of the only Marxist's in the world, John Minto.

He's probably talking about that cameron slater scumbag, That guy is a real piece of sh*t

I think you better check your facts ! especially concerning JK's salary and how much he takes home,

Here is another way of looking at it - So on those figures, someone with a good income (regardless of who it is) contributes around 20 times more to the country than someone on a minimum income, yet somehow they aren't pulling their weight? I figure that in reality they are pulling several times their weight, and the only reason that someone on a minimum income gets the services they get from this country is because the higher income earners over contribute. 

The same anti wealthy bs propaganda spewed out by the mana party. Why would anyone give any credit to anything Marxists would say, after the millions of dead they have left across the world in any state they ever achieved power in. You may not like Slater, but if he were in power, at least you'd not be put up in front of a sunny wall at dawn one day for a quiet ciggie and a short banging noise....Minto, I would almost guarantee you , would.
For your own good and in the interests of fairness and the nation of course, just as every Marxist in the last century has done
Tell me, if hone ever became p.m., would he refuse his salary as Key does? Fat chance.

That 'increase' in wealth is unrealised and those figures are completely misleading but you'd expect that from someone like Minto.

Where that kind thinking would smash a lot of people is if it's applied to capital gains on small businesses. NZ is made up of SME's and many of those are businesses that individuals have toiled on and in over the years and are counting on the sale proceeds for their retirement. Those same businesses and the people running them have paid tax all the way through but there's a few parties who will plan on taking a slice of that.....

How many people on here does that apply to on here - heaps I'm picking. And good point from superhero, Key doesn't even take his salary.

Think carefully before you vote because there's some people and parties out there who will have this country down the economic gurgler before you can say "There's a thing". If the economy is stuffed then watch the pressure go on primary industries for more revenue and you can kiss goodbye to rebuilding our fisheries.

Ok JK gives the money to charity HOW Philanthropic of him.
I'm not going to vote Mana.
I believe we've accrued heaps more debt under national....... thats not saving us from the gurgler

I read this article (by John Minto) in its entirety on the "Unite" workers website. To derive the 28% tax paid by the minimum wage worker he simply added 15% GST to the 13% PAYE levied on the minimum wage. He completely ignored the fact that the biggest single expense (housing) is GST exempt and he assumed once you paid 13% PAYE you were also encumbered with a further 15% GST on 100% of your gross earnings, not 15% of the 87% you actually had left to spend!!! Let's hope this halfwit never gets anywhere near the treasury benches...

Tagit wrote: Here is another way of looking at it - So on those figures, someone with a good income (regardless of who it is) contributes around 20 times more to the country than someone on a minimum income, yet somehow they aren't pulling their weight? I figure that ....

While you were at University did you have to borrow $50k to pay for your education or was it free?