To be honest I'd never considered plonking an empty paper in the box, ha. You may well have me putting my first piece of voting paper into a box next time around... although I'd prefer to tick a box that specified my non vote vote. Not voting speaks volumes to others, perhaps your definition need an update.
Obviously I'm really really worried and concerned that I'm not taken seriously. Technically putting an unticked piece of paper into a ballot box isn't putting it on paper, as nothing has been put on the paper by me declaring my vote. fuck it, I take it back, I won't stick the paper in the box, you've talked me back out of it again![]()
I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
yeah, that's been a great excuse, but I'm curious as to exactly what National did to get us out of said recession. I've had a good long think about it, and apart from laying off public servants and giving a tax cut to high income earners they haven't really implemented any strategies. Oh, sorry, I forgot, the cycle way and the 9 day fortnight. And of course the home insulation scheme created a lot of work and will result in significant long term savings in energy use and health costs. That was just about their best achievement - pity it wasn't actually their idea.
Don't blame me, I voted Green.
Change it to what? State what they could have changed it to?
At best all they could have done was get labour in instead of National. Perhaps it was a case they agree with neither?
You might benefit asking "why" rather that stating what you clearly do not understand.
As mentioned earlier - people have voted in governments while others did not (vote). If history tells us anything, eventually it gets to a point where these people (that did not vote) make their intentions very clear.
Unfortunately innocent people usually die after.
If I gave you a choice between a red rope or a blue rope, to hang yourself with. Which would you choose?
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How about a gracious... ok yes National have power because they got more votes.
Woopdishit, Centre-Left/Right parties are pretty much the same, the most contentious issue being the sale of 3% of our state assets.
HARDLY THE END OF THE WORLD.
You can make your vote informal, all of those are counted. We have a long list of informal vote types, including 'NO SUITABLE CANDIDATE', although I've seen some good pictures drawn too
So it would appear that you've twisted the truth. For the record, did you cast a ballot, informal or otherwise?
I drew a cock on my vote but I think it just counted as a vote for John Key
Not voting is essentially an anarchistic act because you are deliberately rejecting all forms of social control available. It could be seen as a very passive demonstration of anarchy in that you aren't actually doing anything, or if an active decision it's the most extreme because you are intentionally rejecting not just the political parties but the very democratic system itself.
But not voting is in most cases a cop out because there is no perfect party: there never has been and there never will be. I think it also demonstrates intellectual laziness because the person concerned hasn't bothered evaluating every political party to find the one that is the best fit. Even in a MMP environment most people still think in terms of National and Labour, and left and right. One of the characteristics of most modern representative democracies is that the left and right continuum is very fuzzy and parties ideological positions change constantly.
I voted Green because they while I didn't like of their policies, there were none that I was really unhappy about whereas I couldn't say the same about any other party, and in fact Act, National and to a lesser extent Labour all had policies that I rejected outright. And while all the parties had some good ideas, I think the Greens had more of the best ideas than their competitors and accepted most of the other parties better ideas (e.g. capital gain tax). Right now New Zealand needs new ideas and fresh thinking more than ever in our history, but sadly the only parties weaker than National in that area are Act and NZ Future. Our government.
Don't blame me, I voted Green.
The personal rate is 10.5 to 33%. The top personal is lower than the Netherlands, Norway, Australia, Sweden and Germany. It's also higher than Palestine, Iceland, Jamaica, Mexico and Kazakhstan, so we need to follow their lead.
Corporate tax rate is 28% and it's lower than Australia, Germany and Japan but it's higher than Sweden, South Korea. Personally I think the corporate tax rate is about right and the personal is a bit low, and that's a big reason why the government struggles to balance it's books. The only problem is we have been fed the doctrine that the only way to grow is to cut tax and that we are paying too much tax for decades now so common sense will never prevail and we will always have governments that go broke in order for you and I to have enough money to buy more shit that we don't need. I know a lot of people look for tax cuts to improve their circumstances, but personally I prefer to either cut my cloth or lift my income by making myself more valuable and productive.
Don't blame me, I voted Green.
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