stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoNew Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cutswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1475arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1469arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cutswww.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square165fedilinkfile-text
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up67arrow-down4·2 years agoThis headline SCREAMS ‘conservative’: bad for people bad for healthcare generate tax cuts … for the wealthy
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoBut think of the savings. Early death means budget surplus from hospice saved. /s Can someone that still has a twitter ask Dan Patrick to take one for the economy here?
minus-squarekaffiene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNo surprise that it’s from an anti woke virtue signalling bunch of reactionary conservatives, then
minus-squareAmazinghorse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoYou know the tax cuts are for the bottom 3 tax brackets, don’t you?
minus-squarekaffiene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNo they aren’t. The poor get SFA
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago@Amazinghorse that’s not really true. It won’t affect the bottom tax bracket. National have been pitching it as a tax cut for “middle income earners”. I just went and played around with their tax calculator and low income earners get almost nothing compared to wealthier people.
This headline SCREAMS ‘conservative’:
But think of the savings. Early death means budget surplus from hospice saved. /s
Can someone that still has a twitter ask Dan Patrick to take one for the economy here?
No surprise that it’s from an anti woke virtue signalling bunch of reactionary conservatives, then
You know the tax cuts are for the bottom 3 tax brackets, don’t you?
No they aren’t. The poor get SFA
@Amazinghorse that’s not really true. It won’t affect the bottom tax bracket. National have been pitching it as a tax cut for “middle income earners”.
I just went and played around with their tax calculator and low income earners get almost nothing compared to wealthier people.