dpex
22nd December 2009, 19:36
I'll say it again, and if I have to, again and again. The ACC levy system is utterly iniquitous....For the grammatically challenged, such as Katman, 'Iniquitous' means, really fucking unfair.
Look at who don't pay a cent in direct ACC.
1. Beneficiaries of all types.
2. Children of all ages till they're employed.
3. Super annuitants.
4. Tourists.
Of the above group, unless they register a vehicle or buy petrol, they contribute nothing by way of a targeted levy toward ACC.
Now consider who does.
1. Employees. You know, folk who actually work to eat and drink.
2. All registered road-users.
THAT'S IT!!!
Now consider the nails.
1. The employee is nailed for ACC at a rate some grey person determined as risk. But it's only for work-related accidents.
2. So where do the bucks come from to cover said employee when he/she has an accident outside work hours? General taxes?
3. The registered road user has an accident, but away from his/her vehicle...like he/she gets trashed riding a bike... Where does that cover come from? General taxes?
So here we see well over fifty percent of the population who don't work (therefore they pay no ACC employer levies) yet this same group account for over 75% of all ACC claims.
Are you seeing the point yet?
The only fair way is to introduce a levy which is payable by all, despite the size of the payment, per each.
We drop all ACC targeted levies and put a 2.5% levy on GST.
That way everybody pays a bit, while employees, the goddamned engine room of the country, who own at least one vehicle save upwards of $1300 a year!
What will they do with that money?
Spend it!
And one-ninth of what they spend is?
Well done. Correct. GST. 2.5% of which fills the coffers of ACC.
Suddenly our economy has a million employees with an extra $1300 to spend.
Do you think that might relieve the so-called recession? 1300-million, back in the economy?
It is this for which we must fight. A uniform payment of ACC by EVERYBODY.
Ergo, via a slight increase in GST.
If you can come up with a fairer method then feel free to allow your design to become public, here, on KB.
Look at who don't pay a cent in direct ACC.
1. Beneficiaries of all types.
2. Children of all ages till they're employed.
3. Super annuitants.
4. Tourists.
Of the above group, unless they register a vehicle or buy petrol, they contribute nothing by way of a targeted levy toward ACC.
Now consider who does.
1. Employees. You know, folk who actually work to eat and drink.
2. All registered road-users.
THAT'S IT!!!
Now consider the nails.
1. The employee is nailed for ACC at a rate some grey person determined as risk. But it's only for work-related accidents.
2. So where do the bucks come from to cover said employee when he/she has an accident outside work hours? General taxes?
3. The registered road user has an accident, but away from his/her vehicle...like he/she gets trashed riding a bike... Where does that cover come from? General taxes?
So here we see well over fifty percent of the population who don't work (therefore they pay no ACC employer levies) yet this same group account for over 75% of all ACC claims.
Are you seeing the point yet?
The only fair way is to introduce a levy which is payable by all, despite the size of the payment, per each.
We drop all ACC targeted levies and put a 2.5% levy on GST.
That way everybody pays a bit, while employees, the goddamned engine room of the country, who own at least one vehicle save upwards of $1300 a year!
What will they do with that money?
Spend it!
And one-ninth of what they spend is?
Well done. Correct. GST. 2.5% of which fills the coffers of ACC.
Suddenly our economy has a million employees with an extra $1300 to spend.
Do you think that might relieve the so-called recession? 1300-million, back in the economy?
It is this for which we must fight. A uniform payment of ACC by EVERYBODY.
Ergo, via a slight increase in GST.
If you can come up with a fairer method then feel free to allow your design to become public, here, on KB.