More ACC levies on registrations

[prettybillie]

Did you all here that ACC levies on motor vehicle registrations are going up by $50 per year!!!!

[sunhuntin]

given the number of helmet and other gear-less quad riding farmers i saw on main roads today, im not surprised.

[Usarka]

A lady started the thread so I won't voice my opinion of ACC again.....

[CB ARGH]

shit happens

[Coyote]

shit happens

Frequently

[carver]

who cares, its only 50 bucks, half of you fat bastards should stop eating mc'ds and thats it paid for

[Max Preload]

...ACC levies on motor vehicle registrations are going up by $50 per year!!!!

Not mine...

[vifferman]

No surprise there - they were already slated to go up before the New Gummint discovered the woeful state of the ACC books.

[Skyryder]

The whole ACC deficit is nothing but a PR job. The projected deficit and that is what this is a projected deficit of three years, (is this a coincidence of the parliamentary term??) not an actual deficit. Considering the fact that National have stated that they want to privatize ACC it should come as no surprise that ACC levies etc are going to rise. It’s the start of the softening up process so that when Key and his cronies finally come out and say that they are going to privatize ACC and this will reduce costs the public will think this is a good idea and go for it in the false belief that they will be better off. It’s the classic ploy make something unpopular and the public will insist that you get rid of it.

Much the same tactic will be used with the RMA. This will be fed into the mouth of the public as a means of improving the economy by way of reducing costs. Hide is already stated this.

But I be your bottom dollar when it comes to building private prisons or transmission lines or for that matter a coalfired powere station they will not be in Hides or Keys back yard.

That Kiwi’s trust Key in light of his lies is a complete mystery to me.


Skyryder

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

That Kiwi’s trust Key in light of his lies is a complete mystery to me.

I any politician for that mater I have not seen one that I would class as honest, and probably never will...

as for ACC I have never believed in that system either and never will, and have my own insurance and yet I still have to pay... nearly twice as much with rego, and in fuel, and from paye tax etc

[FJRider]

As for ACC I have never believed in that system either and never will, and have my own insurance and yet I still have to pay... nearly twice as much with rego, and in fuel, and from paye tax etc

Private insurance is good... but your own choice. ACC "levies" paid, do not cover all ACC payouts. And are paid/topped up, from ALL tax paying people...

I am just supprised any goverment, has not introduced compulsory health insurance.

[SPman]

I am just supprised any goverment, has not introduced compulsory health insurance.

Second term...........then the health system can end up like the USA - fucked!

The more I travel, the more I think ACC is a good idea!

[firefighter]

who cares, its only 50 bucks, half of you fat bastards should stop eating mc'ds and thats it paid for

some of us have shit like rates and a mortgage to pay, so no it doesn't go on mcd's, when your a bit older and eventually start to pay for these things you'll find "Just 50 bucks" actually becomes a big deal......I used to think like that too until I started paying off a mortgage......

[Ocean1]

Second term...........then the health system can end up like the USA - fucked!

The more I travel, the more I think ACC is a good idea!

USA doesn't have a health system, it has an health industry. It's fucked not because it's mostly privately funded, it's fucked because the funds are almost exclusively managed by HMOs.

And yes, ACC is a good idea, if it's policies represent both a fair revenue structure and best-value service implimentation. It's drifting further with each political tweak.

[mstriumph]

Private insurance is good... but your own choice. ...........

private insurance is good provided the government acknowledge that you are taking a weight off the overcrowded public system by giving you a tax rebate on it ......... that's how it USED to be here in oz when i first arrived

then they took away the tax incentive and i [and hundreds like me]said ok you unfair, ungrateful scum and discontinued our private coverage .....
..... i mean DUH couldn't anyone with half a braincell have figured out what was going to happen??

oh yes - government - why did we expect sensible behaviour?!

anyway -
the public system teetered for several years

and for the past couple the govt has actually had to offer a cash incentive for peops to take out private cover

twits

i despair - i really do