tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post3451597487677645683..comments2024-03-21T20:29:29.030+13:00Comments on Life Behind the <u>IR</u>on <u>D</u>rape: IRD and Retrospective Law Making Again – A Question for the Politicians.Mark Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-11136739800494824492013-07-02T23:42:59.117+12:002013-07-02T23:42:59.117+12:00:)
Stats a bit out, but yeah. And again, I don...:)<br /><br />Stats a bit out, but yeah. And again, I don't agree with democracy: representative democracy will always become hopelessly encumbered with majoritarianism. Best to go for minarchy. Won't happen in our lifetimes though: we're lurching way, way, way over into the Gulag of the Big Brother State for another century first.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560636882691523439.post-21949903217047752842013-07-02T21:29:02.059+12:002013-07-02T21:29:02.059+12:00Because - as you well know - only 5-10% of kiwis -...Because - as you well know - only 5-10% of kiwis - depending on how you count - actually pay any tax. The remaining 95% live off the backs of the high-value, high-worth 5%.<br /><br />But for some crazy reason the 95% still have the vote.<br /><br />That's why Don Brash's "fiscal council" was such an important idea - that decisions on taxes and spending should be made only by those who payed for it all - <b>No Representation Without Taxation</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com