Category Archive

Ten Reasons to Scrap our Benefit System

Geoff SimmonsJanuary 19, 2015Tax and Welfare

Our current welfare system is broken, and is in need of a radical fix. It is time to ditch it, and start over. Here are 10 reasons why we think this is the case. Tomorrow we will look at what … Read More

How we pay for a universal basic income – Whiteboard Wednesday.

Gareth MorganDecember 16, 2014Tax and Welfare

Lots of people like the idea of an Unconditional Basic Income (UBI), but can we afford it as a nation? In this Whiteboard Wednesday Geoff looks at the three parts of the Big Kahuna package – Unconditional Basic Income, Flat … Read More

The media is getting it wrong: Tax dodging is a national sport

Gareth MorganDecember 10, 2014Tax and Welfare

This morning I was on Breakfast TV talking about how our tax regime is unfair and how many Kiwis get around paying their fair share of tax. The media likes to paint these tax loopholes as the preserve of the … Read More

5 Benefits of Radically Overhauling New Zealand’s Tax and Welfare System – Whiteboard Wednesday

Gareth MorganDecember 2, 2014Economics, Tax and Welfare

The Big Kahuna takes as its base assumption that we don’t, as a society, accept that huge differences in income are acceptable and that we, therefore, choose to redistribute wealth. While they are generally regarded as separate, the tax and … Read More

Whiteboard Wednesday – How a flat tax would be fairer than our current system

Gareth MorganNovember 25, 2014Tax and Welfare

Geoff is going to talk us through how a UBI and flat tax work together. The end result is less bureaucracy and a fairer, simpler, more productive society. Whiteboard Wednesday – How a flat tax would be fairer than our … Read More

Whiteboard Friday. How NZ’s welfare system traps people in poverty

Gareth MorganNovember 20, 2014Tax and Welfare

This Whiteboard Friday looks at how our current benefit system traps people in poverty, which is another reason we need to replace it with an Unconditional Basic Income. This week has been a big week for the Unconditional Basic Income. … Read More

This video shows the pain caused by NZ’s current benefit system

Geoff SimmonsNovember 19, 2014Tax and Welfare

Darryn bravely talks about the stigma that comes with being on the benefit, and how that has affected his life. This stigma is just one of the many problems our current benefit system creates. These problems would be removed if … Read More

How much tax does Gareth Morgan Pay?

Geoff SimmonsNovember 5, 2014Tax and Welfare

Since the election we have been talking a lot about tax – how we don’t tax all the income from investments equally. One of the common questions we have had is how much tax Gareth pays. While the question is … Read More

Why it makes no financial sense for Treasury to invest in our kids

Geoff SimmonsOctober 28, 2014Tax and Welfare

Today UNICEF released its report on child wellbeing. They found that during the global financial crisis New Zealand’s level of child poverty didn’t budge. Child poverty rose in most countries, thanks to the financial crisis, and fell in a few. … Read More

Bill and National going ape at councils for poverty is disgraceful

Geoff SimmonsOctober 8, 2014Tax and Welfare

Bill English has taken on local councils, blaming them for increased housing costs and its impact on the poor. As we pointed out last week, English is setting up a scapegoat; a sprawling Auckland for example is no answer to … Read More

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